WHO
WILL GO FOR US?
Doug and Deborah Duty
Cofradia, Honduras
Today
I want to focus not on those who we are serving but on those who came to serve.
“Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying – “Whom shall I send, who will go for Us?
Then I said, “Here am I, send me!”
Isaiah 6:8
That
is what I have seen in the days here on this trip. Men and women of all ages,
all cross sections of life and from various states. As I walk around I drink in
the wonder that is this team.
Everyone
doing their “thing” but also pitching in to lug boxes, unstack and stack
chairs, carry tables and help anyone that needs help. It is a beautiful sight
to see brothers and sisters working together.
These
great people answered the call regardless of anyone else. They didn’t tell the
mission what they would or would not do… they said – HERE AM I! I will go! I
want to go! Not only that they paid for the privilege of serving. They set
aside their own vacation time, they save for months just to be able to say –
HERE AM I.
I
thank God for people like this. I am impressed by their humble serving hearts.
Working LONG hours and still laughing. Smiling when I know good and well they
are extremely tired. That is how you answer the call when God says – “who will
go for Us?” Doug
Returning
to Honduras for the second time still has me in great awe! I love seeing how everyone works together to
serve as many people as possible. At the
end of today, I find myself thinking it is just not enough. Everyone was still
working frantically to see every patient as the sun sets.
Mother’s
on the other side of the fence begging for medication for their children. A humbling reminder that I have never had to
do this. And that I am truly
blessed. It amazes me how God always gives you what you
need exactly when you need it! I was
asking the ages of children and mothers were yelling out ages and I understood.
No one was complaining, just trying to
continue to serve. How do you turn
people away as they have stood in line all day, not one of us wanted to! What a humbling experience!!! Deb
Each
one here has answered the call and I know God will honor what has been done in
this place.
Notes from a Newbie: (Larry McCullough)
Although
I have traveled extensively throughout Latin America, this was my first medical
missions trip in over 40 years. It was
wonderful to see people come together with the purpose of being God’s hands,
feet, and ears to a needy people.
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