By Pastor Gabriel Vargas | [email protected] | www.misioncasa.org
Before starting this trip with the missionary group from Misión Casa Church, Mauricio, Pedro, Arnoldo and me, Gabriel, researched, through the Internet, the present situation in the country. It is not unknown to anybody the political and social reality of this Central American country and its crisis. But, in our experience having visited a wide area beginning with San Pedro Sula, Copán, and Ramal del Tigre—the only fear we had during the eight days we were there—was that we might not want to go back to the United States. “THE MOST DANGEROUS THING WE SAW WAS ITS BEAUTY AND ITS NATURAL RICHES.
I respect this country that—even though it has suffered so much—it has not lost its hospitality and its humbleness. Wherever we went, our impression was of a strong, hard working people. The variety of food and authentic flavors delighted our palate in a thousand ways.
My respect goes to these people who—after so much suffering—they have not lost their humbleness and hospitality traditions. Wherever we went, our impression was of vigorous hard-working people. The variety of food and the authentic flavors delighted our palates in a myriad ways.
The purpose of our trip was to visit and establish connections with our Honduran brothers. We met with local leaders of several villages, as well as various clergymen from different denominations. We found the youth eager to fight for their future; hard working and enterprising women full of hope; men who look for work from early morning until night time so they can provide food for their families.
As to the leadership, we have to emphasize our most sincere respect. Our admiration goes to the pastors and communal leaders that manage to solve physical and spiritual problems in the region. What I saw were people who care for their land, their neighbors, their community, and their relationship with their Creator.
Two missionary trips have been organized for 2020, one to work with children and youth in this region; and the other to take a medical squad hoping to deal with general medical problems, including ophthalmology. The grandest of this experience was definitely to converse hours and hours with different families whose members shared with us their hopes, wishes, and pain for being unable to see those relatives who moved to USA and Europe a while back.
Our main purpose is specifically that one: to become closer to Honduras, the land where “milk and honey” flows. Eight days were enough to entice us to go back and work together with our friends and brothers “catrachos.” With Jesus Christ’s aid, our aspiration is to help children as well as seniors by building a place where they can find food and cover when necessary.
If, you, dear reader, wish to join us in these plans, don’t hesitate to contact us. Misión Casa is a non-profit organization that firmly believes that working hard together—with God’s blessing—we can make great things happen. Psalm 60:12.
