Attacks & Answered Prayers

October 7, 2007

Sorry its been so long since I have written. We are still trekking along here in Honduras. The last Friday in September we had parent teacher conferences. Lets just say I am going to dread the last Friday of every month. There is one mom who totally has something against the missionary teachers and she really does not make my life easy. None of us had an easy time dealing with the parents…Karens homeroom teacher ditched her and left her to try and translate for herself. Stacys teacher was taking the side of the parents. My teacher just sat while the parents ripped into me about every little thing. We made it through though and hopefully we will be able to prove to the parents that we really do care and only want the best for their kids.

That same night Michelle, Stacy, Kimmie and Katrina decided to go on a walk in the park. Katrina ended up having her purse ripped off by a couple of bikers that rode by. We had just gotten paid that day so she had all her money and her passport, camera, keys, credit card and letters in it. When they came back and told us it was just another hit to an already awful and emotionally draining week. We prayed about it in hopes that by some crazy miracle something might turn up. The next day was Sabbath and Karen came over and said after church she though we should just go looking and see if we can find anything. We decided that was a good idea. After teaching English we were riding back with Norma when she received a call from Loida who said a man had found Katrina’s passport. You have no idea how amazing this is! They were saying it is a miracle that anything turned up! Katrina, Karen and I were all crying. It was totally amazing that the most valuable thing she had was found. She also got her credit card, and letters. I had just prayed that morning that God would just show that he is there watching out for us. I think we were all feeling just miserable and abandoned after everything that had happened over the past week. But after her passport was found I think we all realized God really is here looking out for us.

Mark came down with dengue fever last week. He was in the hospital for a week. He was also having a reaction to the malaria pills he was taking. He was finally released today.

I feel like my school kids are finally starting to respect me a little more. I am getting to know them and their personalities. They really are cute kids. I have learned that they absolutely love stickers and if I start giving stickers to the kids that are behaving and doing their work soon the whole class will be working and listening because they all want a sticker too. Its like magic!

So to say the least these past few weeks have been hard but at the same time we have also seen God working in amazing ways. We appreciate all your prayers and support!

Love,
Mindy