My hope is built on nothing less...

Sorry it's been so long since the last blog! Hopefully many of you have gotten some of my newsletter updates via email. If not, and you'd like to, please let me know! January and February have been some difficult but awesome months filled with so much peace and so much seeing God work. 

For those of you who don't know, I have found myself in a time of transition once again. The Lord has definitely been faithful in reminding of his call on my life and what he wants me to do in Honduras. I am working with two ministries, Running for Him 24/7 (or The Honduran Fellowship of Missionaries and Ministries, as you might have heard me talk about being a part of before) and another one called Schools of Hope which is a part of the HFMM. The Lord has given me so much peace and joy about being here and I feel like I have really found a niche in what I am doing. If you'd like to hear more about all of this, please let me know!

So getting on to what I'd like to share today. =) Currently I am helping Schools of Hope in hosting a team. It's been great to get to know this wonderful team from St. Catharines, Canada. During this week they are helping the community with a project to build a new kindergarten at one of the schools. They are also visiting schools and spending time with the kids. I took part in the building project on tuesday this week. I can't say that I've swung a pick axe or used a shovel much lately.

We picked rocks, shoveled sand, and moved it in buckets to create the foundation for the kindergarten building. As we worked on one pile of dirt and rocks, we found there was a lot of garbage mixed into it. Victor, one of the men working with us told me to make sure that this didn't get into the mix for the foundation. He then mentioned a housing development right outside of the city where all the houses had crashed down, and he said that if we included trash in our foundation it would turn out like that. (see picture below)

Not a very firm foundation... 

 On the way home, I began to think about this. Later that night, I led us in the song "Cornerstone" during worship time.

"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus name. Christ alone, cornerstone, weak made strong in the Savior's love. Through the storm, He is Lord, Lord of All."

It's so easy to let the little things get into our foundation. A little trusting in our own abilities. A little trust in money. A little bit of our hope put on other people. But these things don't make for a firm foundation, only Jesus does. When everything else has been shaken, I know my foundation won't be.

I pray that as we work with the families and people in the communities here in Honduras, these kids and adults also learn to build their foundation on him in the midst of a rather unstable environment. In the classrooms we were able to share stories with the kids and do crafts telling them about God and how important they are to him. We also had plenty of time to just play with the kids and love them. I've really enjoyed the fact that I don't have to say goodbye to these kids, but I'll get to see them throughout their school year for bible lessons.

These girls approached me and asked if we could take a picture together on my camera... how could I deny these faces for a selfie?