Friday, June 15, 2012

Surprise!

A ¨normal¨week at the Farm:
Monday I wake up around 5:45, sometimes earlier if I´m willing to brave the cold shower that early. We have a small morning prayer in our house at 5:45, and then head to the chapel for community morning prayer.  Breakfast at 6:30, and I´m running out the door to make it to the school by 7. School lasts until around 1 and we have a teacher meeting until 1:30. At the very latest, food is in my stomach by 2, and I´m taking a quick break/ planning girl scouts for the week because it starts at 3:30. After girl scouts I take the girl back home and walk over to the chapel for English Communion Service at 5. Dinner is served at 6, with a community night following at 7. After community night, I like to just sit in the ¨living room¨ for a little bit to relax. Finally to bed, and Tuesday hits you all over again in the same way. After school on Tuesday, my only activity is Study hour for the kids at 3:30, so there is a little more time to breathe and plan for the coming classes.
On Wednesday, same routine all over again, early morning, school, grumpy children, annoyed teacher, head home, start cooking dinner. So when I checked my phone on Wednesday afternoon after a week already full of activities to a message from my dad saying that by some miracle he would be arriving in Honduras tomorrow (Thursday), my heart was OVERJOYED.




He found out Tuesday night that an adult that had already made the trip with my church was needed, and had offered to be that adult. The only problem: He was headed down to Jultigalpa which was approximately a 9 hour bus ride from where I am. (In the states, probably 2 hours, but it´s dirt roads the whole way) A nine hour bus ride was not going to stop me from seeing the greatest father in the world that I had not seen in 9 months.

SO. Very calmly (After spilling hot oil on myself) I explained to everyone what was going on, and my community VERY graciously helped me get all of my classes and meals and activities covered, AND one of the Sisters said she would travel with me (We can´t travel alone due to safety reasons) because my church just HAPPENS to work with and beside their Motherhouse. Lets just say, God was truly working to provide me the opportunity to spend a week in the country I love, with the people I love, serving in the way that I know how. It was truly more of a blessing than I could have ever even prayed for. God truly knows much better than we ever could that which He has planned for us.
I´m so greatful for the whole Holy Family team that was down here loving on the Honduran people, and SO SO grateful to the whole Hayes family that ochestrated the trip,and made seenig my father possible. They have all been a second family to me and supported me so much in my journey both here and at home, and I´m so grateful that God has placed them in my life.




In other news, I will be heading back to the states in two weeks for my first stateside vacation! It will be SO great to see family again. Please continue to keep everyone here in your prayers!
Stay tuned for some very special annoucements about next year in a blog soon to come.

Love you all, and praying for you all as my brothers and sisters in Christ,
Sara