Loving the Least of These

As many of you know two years ago I fell in love with Honduras, and it's people. I love everything about it. After I came home from my first trip down there I knew that my life would never be the same and that I wanted to eventually spend an extended amount of time there, which I knew would have to be after I graduated high school. So here I am, graduated and heading to Honduras in the morning until October. I have many emotions about all of this. I'm excited of course, anxious, scared, and sad about not being able to be as involved in some people's lives that I love as much as I have been recently, and as much as I want to. But it will be worth it.   I am so excited about the first week in Honduras with my group from GC. We had a blast last year, and they were truly the hands and feet of Jesus to hurting people, and I'm sure that this year will be the same way. I can't wait to watch them pour their life into the lives of people who live in desperation. It's a beautiful thing.  So we will fly out tomorrow morning and land in San Salvador, El Salvador, then make a 6 hour bus trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The group will leave on June 15th, and I will head to Casa.  So June 15th, will probably be the hardest day of my life. Last year when the group left I realized how much I hate goodbyes. It was the hardest thing I had ever done. But this year will prove to be much harder because I will watch people that I love, leave a place that has stolen both of our hearts, and I'll know that I won't be seeing them again for a few months. It will be hard. I hate goodbyes.  July 3rd Anna and Delaney will leave Casa to come back home, and that will be equally as hard as I say goodbye to two girls who have become sisters over the past few months. I hate goodbyes.  But I am getting really excited to see what the next few months hold, and where they take me. I'm so excited to stay at casa for a few months, I can't wait.

I won't be updating until I get to Casa after the group leaves..but you can check out our group blog and see what we are doing each day that we are in Honduras. It's on my list of blogs if you want to check that out.  But for now, I have some major packing to do.

Sam