We haven't been around many Spanish speaking people since we left Honduras. I was not nervous though. We try to speak in Spanish as much as possible when out and about and we speak frequently with the kids. I thought I was prepared so I wouldn't have much of a problem. I was not prepared, however, for Mrs. Gonzales. The Gonzales family was so kind to put us up in their home. Mrs. Gonzales talked a little bit when we got there, but I couldn't understand much of what she was saying. It may be because of my tiredness as we have been travelling all day, or it may have been the rate at which she rattled off Spanish. I am not sure what the problem was, but my first though was how was I going to live in this family's house for the weekend. The feelings of despair I had upon moving to Costa Rica for language school all came rushing back to me. I took some time that night to pray and ask the Lord to help me. Thankfully all went well the next day and we had some great time talking and rejoicing in the Lord. I was able to learn much about her and her family. I pray that I was as much an encouragement to her as she was to me.
God always knows what we will need even before we need it and provides help for any situation. There are so many things that have gone "wrong" past few weeks of travelling, but each time we were able to see God step in and give us an even better outcome than what we could have hoped for. Now as I sit here in a hotel room, I am overwhelmed at all of the blessings God has bestowed upon us. While I know that as I use this verse here, it is taken out of context, but II Corinthians 9:15 keeps running through my mind. "Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift" We have the greatest gift of all, salvation. With that it should be enough, but God keep on blessing us with gifts of his goodness and grace along the way.
Please continue to pray for us. We are travelling many miles and presenting our work in many new churches. Our desire is to return to the field in February, but to do so means getting new supporters. Please pray for the hearts of those who hear of our burden to unite with us in reaching Honduras. We have every faith that God will provide for our need of more support, but we don't want to neglect to pray for it every day.
