WE ARE SO WEALTHY, BUT THEY ARE SO RICH!

Below you will have the privilege of reading some of the first impressions of a variety of team members. Not everyone chose to write, but you will appreciate the insight and humor of those who did. They truly represent the team as a whole. Someone once said, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” I have yet to be on a trip where Honduras has failed to make a significant first impression on each team member. Along with the first impressions, this trip has another first. This is the first time we have had the opportunity to evangelize a parrot. From the way he flapped his wings and repeated the prayer, he may have made a profession of faith. (Tongue placed firmly in cheek). Only eternity will tell. We do know that his owner prayed to receive Christ. PASTOR DON ERICKSON

The neighborhood was very poor. I saw the inside of a shanty and there was garbage everywhere in a room no bigger than a child’s bedroom. There were two cute little boys living there, perhaps with just their mom in this one room with one bed. But, they had a big TV! LOIS THOMPSON

We saw over 140 people in optical today with the majority of them receiving reading glasses. One woman was thrilled to be able to read her Bible again. Heather washed and combed lice out of children’s hair all day. We are blessed to be here. We send our love to family and friends. GRACE THORNTON

Once again, God has shown me how to be flexible and follow His lead.
………and after one year, I can’t believe the paper still goes there! MIKE UNTI

I learned today that spiritual burdens are greater than physical ones. In a home about the size of a 1 ½ car garage, ten year old hydrocephalic Alfred is cared for by his deeply peace-filled grandmother who’s greatest burden is the eternal security of her own adult children. God worked mightily, her daughter Fanni accepted Jesus not only as Savior but Lord today before we left. Amen! BETH PROPP

Hola to everyone “back home”. Today it was amazing to see what I perceived to be chaos turn into a smooth operation. God is awesome-I’m quite pooped…going to bed soon; Love to all my Unti children & Ma-Love, DEB UNTI

I am amazed at how being content is a state of mind. I met an 84 year old woman today who has NOTHING…no food, no water, no electricity, and no money to get any of those. When I offered to pray for her, she asked me to thank God for all of her blessings, not food, water or electricity. I leave you with this…Philippians 4:11. KATHY PETROVICH

Wow! Today was truly amazing. So many people waiting so patiently to have their medical needs met. In 6 hours we tested, examined and issued glasses to over 140 people…and that was just the optical station! During the short time we have been here, we have seen how our material things can be a burden, the people here have such a simple-minded, joyful life. I hope we all can take that joy home with us. Love you Tom & Daria. See you soon! TAMMY & KRISTEN BAUER

A small gift—a cement floor to replace a dirt floor in a 15 ft square home. A surprisingly difficult task, mixing by hand, carrying buckets up the hill. Then THEY witnessed to US, and read us scripture. And finally, lots of hugs from God’s family in Honduras… PETE KINDINGER

I was truly move by the Spirit when the WGO translators and doctors got on the bus. They are so alive with excitement and energy. I can see the love they have for God and the fire they have to serve our Lord. To know that this they do week after week is such a witness for me. I praise God for them…. JIM HAWKES

Well today was such a crazy experience because it was like something I have never done. When I worked on putting a concrete floor in, it was just a step that God has taken us so we could get this adult to except Jesus Christ into her life. So the concrete floor was meant just for us to get to this woman. DAVID BUGBEE

If I got a nickel for every smile I saw today…I’d be worth more than a share of Google stock. TAYLOR WEGRZYN

Today I was in evangelism. I tried to get out of it, but God did not let me. I was so nervous in the morning, before we began. I actually looked around the room for someone to switch with I’m ashamed to say, but God was not having any of it. The next thing I knew, person after person were accepting the Lord, and I was afraid that I was doing something wrong because this was too easy. Then after saying it over and over again I realized, yes salvation is a free gift from God, and yes, it’s that easy. So, I want to thank God to ministering to the Honduran people through me, and ministering to me through the Honduran people. JULIE SZUM

From the World Euchre Tour to root canal operations, I could have not asked for a better start to this 2007 trip. God has blessed us with a great team and I am looking forward to the rest of the week! SUSANNE JOHNSON

Today we were all blessed by the people we came here to work with… we pulled the last two teeth from one man’s mouth and he thanked us!! We worked with a young couple today… the husband had been shot 3 times one year ago while being robbed of his cell phone and was paralyzed from the waist down, his 14 year old brother that cared for him…had been killed by a gang member 3 months ago, they had 2 young children…1 and 8 years old and the young mother had to quit work to care for her husband. The mother in law was supporting her mother and her son and the son’s wife and children, all in a little house about the size of our living room! Yet when we went to their house to help him they were not down or depressed, they were thankful for what they had and prayed with us… they were happy to be together as a family and supported one another. A true witness of God’s love showered on us by those we came to minister to!!! MICHAEL GREEN