This week, Ashley and I are in Honduras. We are here for two reasons. Firstly, Ashley is taking part in the first Team Honduras Women's Retreat. Secondly, I had to leave Costa Rica again in order to renew my visa, so I felt it would be best for Ashley and I to be able to travel together.
We arrived in La Ceiba on Sunday morning and got worship here with most of our team in English, then went to a Honduras church to worship our Lord in Spanish. Monday morning, the ladies headed out of town for their retreat. Ashley, and the four other women on the team, are taking this week to relax, get to know each other, learn how to better work together, and study what the Lord says about important topics relating to women on the mission field. Each on of the women were given a topic to share about, Ashley shared about prayer.
Meanwhile, back in La Ceiba, I have been able to spend some quality time with the men of the team and help out a little with the kids. It has been great for me to talk with Mike (team leader) and John about what it is like living and serving here. Also, I am going to get a chance to look a little closer at a few of the communities in which the Lord may be calling Ashley and I to serve.
This morning I was thinking about how I sensed the Lord's call for us to come to Honduras. We were here in the summer of 2009, and after we left I just could not get the idea of being here out of my head. The Lord may it clear to me in my head, in an indescribable way, that this is where He wanted us. I am now praying the He would do the same thing in regards to what community He would have us to work in.
Mike and Ashley Troxell are missionaries to La Ceiba, Honduras with Mission to the World.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Spanish, Spanish, and more Spanish
So, its been awhile. I am still here. I am still studying Spanish in Costa Rica.
Both Ashley and I have had some great opportunities to use our Spanish over the last few weeks. I got to help out some friends at an event called Super Match. I worked alongside missionaries with Palabra de Vida (Word of Life) here in San Jose to set up for an afternoon of crazy games in which about 200 Costa Rican youth participated and heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached. I was able to communicate (in Spanish of course) with the other helpers to coordinate the games and help make sure everyone was doing what they were supposed to be doing.
A few weeks ago, a family from our church invited us over to their house for lunch after the service. We spent 3+ hours eating, talking, laughing, and getting to know this family. It was such a fun time and it was all in Spanish. We didn't even have headaches when we got home!
Just this past weekend we visited friends of ours who are living and working on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It was great to get out of the city and to see friends who were in our classes in our first trimester here. We used the public bus system to get there and back and on our return trip, Ashley sat next to a Costa Rican woman who has an abusive husband and a super cute 2-year old son. Ashley was able to listen to this woman share about her difficult life and was able to describe to her the hope that is found in Jesus.
These are just 3 short examples of opportunities we have had over the last few weeks to use the Spanish we are learning to communicate on a deep level with people we have come in contact with. This is all in addition to our everyday life of going to the store, paying the bills, and getting to know neighbors.
We feel so blessed to have this time to concentrate on learning Spanish and to learn more about the Latino culture. We are so excited to use all this the Lord is teaching us when we get to Honduras!
Both Ashley and I have had some great opportunities to use our Spanish over the last few weeks. I got to help out some friends at an event called Super Match. I worked alongside missionaries with Palabra de Vida (Word of Life) here in San Jose to set up for an afternoon of crazy games in which about 200 Costa Rican youth participated and heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached. I was able to communicate (in Spanish of course) with the other helpers to coordinate the games and help make sure everyone was doing what they were supposed to be doing.
A few weeks ago, a family from our church invited us over to their house for lunch after the service. We spent 3+ hours eating, talking, laughing, and getting to know this family. It was such a fun time and it was all in Spanish. We didn't even have headaches when we got home!
Just this past weekend we visited friends of ours who are living and working on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It was great to get out of the city and to see friends who were in our classes in our first trimester here. We used the public bus system to get there and back and on our return trip, Ashley sat next to a Costa Rican woman who has an abusive husband and a super cute 2-year old son. Ashley was able to listen to this woman share about her difficult life and was able to describe to her the hope that is found in Jesus.
These are just 3 short examples of opportunities we have had over the last few weeks to use the Spanish we are learning to communicate on a deep level with people we have come in contact with. This is all in addition to our everyday life of going to the store, paying the bills, and getting to know neighbors.
We feel so blessed to have this time to concentrate on learning Spanish and to learn more about the Latino culture. We are so excited to use all this the Lord is teaching us when we get to Honduras!
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