5 More Days!

So, it is time to start getting excited! I am continually amazed at how God works.  I was thinking today about how different my life would be if I didn't know these boys and these amazing people that work and live at Jovenes. They have been such a blessing to my life and have changed so many things for me. If you would have asked me four or five years ago if I thought I would be traveling to Honduras twice in one year I never would have believed it. But God is good and He can make some amazing things happen. So we, most importantly have Him to thank. But we also want to thank all of our friends and family who have helped make this dream possible for us financially and emotionally. We were so blessed to raise more than enough money last summer for our trip. This was an even greater blessing than we realized at the time, but the extra money enabled us to make this second trip! We would like to thank each one of you and let you know that we are so thankful and beyond blessed.

Christmas is upon us and Laura and I are finishing up Christmas shopping, while also trying to figure out how we are going to get packed and ready to head to Honduras by the end of this week. But if you know anything about us, you know that we are up for a challenge. So bring it on! We are so excited, there are almost not enough words (in English or Spanish) to explain how very much needed this trip will be for Laura and I. We are ready for the change in culture and life style. We are ready to speak Spanish all the time. And we are ready to love! The great thing about the time that we decided to go visit is on the boys "summer" break. All the boys, except for the 6 Allison boys will be out of school all day everyday we are there! So plenty of time for playing dominoes, corn-hole and.......soccer! (Laura is especially excited about that since last time we were there she couldn't exactly play...).

We have been praying a lot about this trip. I know that God will do amazing things, just like He always does.  I can't wait to worship with them and sing devotional songs. Hearing them worship God makes my heart explode with joy. Ronald, the house parents, and the rest of the staff are working wonders in these boys spiritual lives and I cannot wait to experience that again. Continue to pray for Laura and I for our trip and that it may be a blessing to the boys. Remember to keep checking our blog, as we will try to keep you all updated again while we are there.

Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!

God bless you! Dios te bendiga!

Hannah y Laura

JEC...Here We Come!

Well, I guess it is officially time to update the blog. It has been so long (definitely longer than I would have liked). It has been a long very interesting few months for Laura and I. Re-adjusting to life here was definitely harder than we thought, but it eventually happened. Eventually, we got used to our old lives and fell right back into our old routines and habits. The day we got back to the states we were determined to get back to Jovenes some how before the year was over. God is good of course so as of a few days ago, we are officially going back to Jovenes for two weeks! We will be leaving here on the 28th of December. God is so faithful. Even when we become complacent and wrapped up in our own worlds, He is still there. I am so excited to see how He uses us while we are there. Satan, of course, keeps putting discouraging thoughts in our heads like, "i hope the boys remember us", and "what if they have all moved on with their lives and don't care anymore". But it is these thoughts that are beginning to encourage me more and more every day because I know for a fact that we love those boys and the boys love us. So I know that Satan is trying to attack us which means God must have some pretty amazing things in store for us when we get there. I just can't wait to see what that is!

Please keep us in your prayers as we once again prepare our hearts and minds to be servants. Pray that we can be servants here in the states as well. We want to live our lives as servants of God no matter where we may be. Pray for positive thoughts, and selfless thoughts. Pray that we remember that we are not going there solely for our own happiness and encouragement. We are going to uplift the people at Jovenes and shine God's light.

JEC Here We Come!!