11 Things about Honduras (and my trip there)
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- As you may have guessed, bananas are a big thing in Honduras. I would say there were more meals when I did eat bananas than when I didn’t. Fried, dried, in soup … I have a whole new appreciation for this fruit.
- I had a chance to visit a business that manufactures and sells/exports pottery. Pottery is also big in Honduras.
- There has been tension especially between Mexico, the USA, and Honduras, because of the many who are fleeing from very dangerous situations in Honduras to Mexico or through Mexico to the USA. Children in particular are being sent north. There is a lot of discussion about how to handle the issue from a perspective of humanitarian aid, immigration, and safety. Praise the Lord for those in Mexico and the USA who are reaching out to help these people survive and hear about the Life who is our Lord.
- The food in Honduras was excellent, but a bit of a shock coming from Mexico. There was a conspicuous lack of chilli. I was served salsa a couple of times – but it was a sweet, bland concoction that bore little resemblance to Mexican salsa.
- We had a LOT of meetings and so really didn’t see a lot of Honduras. What we saw – mainly along the highway from the seminary to the airport, was very nice. But I can’t really say I saw too much.
- Honduras and Canada just signed a free trade agreement. It came into effect on the 1st of October.
- We stayed and met at a Bible seminary called Seminario Biblico Centroamericano de Honduras (SEBCAH). Everyone was very kind and it looks like they’re doing great things when it comes to training a new force of Christian workers in Honduras.
- I’m afraid Honduras just isn’t the Coca-Cola country that Mexico is. Certainly not “within arm’s reach of desire”. But I found some eventually.
- On Saturday night we were honoured to attend a memorial for Camino missionary Neil Livingston, who served at the seminary. Neil is the father of the Camino USA director, Douglas. We formed a men’s choir and sang a couple of his favourite hymns – Day by Day and Great is Thy Faithfulness. It was good to hear what God did in and through His servant.
- I was able to visit the church which had the memorial and also another church in a nearby town. It’s great to see what believers are doing in Honduras, in an atmosphere very different from that of Mexico.
- Primarily, as I said, it was meetings, meetings, meetings. But it was good to hear about what’s happening around the world and talk about how God may use Camino as we move forward. We also had a chance to fellowship with mission leaders from around the world, including Canadian director Charlene de Haan and some of the Canadian board.
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