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I had a very interesting morning. I normally walk around town some most days, just seeing who/what God will put in my path. Today I walked out on the beach (I do most days) to take some photos of how it has returned to normal (almost no people) after Semana Santa. I heard my name called. It was a man I try to talk to/check on most days. I ended up spending the next 4 1/2 hours talking with a group... of as many as ten alcoholics/drug users who were starting out the day getting/staying high. Some of them I truly believe are Christians. I'm still trying to process the many things I heard and saw this morning. But it gave me a new outlook on how we are all struggling, don't judge people unless you have walked in their shoes, we are all sinners and sin is sin, none of us is perfect nor can we ever be. Many times I go into areas where Hondurans tell me they would never go, it's too dangerous. But that was a surprise to find an opportunity on the beach to witness like that. I hope to write more soon...
I had a very interesting morning. I normally walk around town some most days, just seeing who/what God will put in my path. Today I walked out on the beach (I do most days) to take some photos of how it has returned to normal (almost no people) after Semana Santa. I heard my name called. It was a man I try to talk to/check on most days. I ended up spending the next 4 1/2 hours talking with a group... of as many as ten alcoholics/drug users who were starting out the day getting/staying high. Some of them I truly believe are Christians. I'm still trying to process the many things I heard and saw this morning. But it gave me a new outlook on how we are all struggling, don't judge people unless you have walked in their shoes, we are all sinners and sin is sin, none of us is perfect nor can we ever be. Many times I go into areas where Hondurans tell me they would never go, it's too dangerous. But that was a surprise to find an opportunity on the beach to witness like that. I hope to write more soon...
I posted the above on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. Since then I have continued to speak to them and others almost daily. Normally there are about ten but there has been as many as twenty together at one time. A young woman was with them for a few days but I am thankful that she straightened up and is no longer with them. Of the ten that are together most every day, two have been sober for a few days now and are making an effort to change their lifestyle, if only for a time. Honduras can be a very hard place to be. It has recently been named as the murder capital of the world. You here about all the murders in Mexico, but Honduras has a much higher percentage of people murdered than any other country in the world. I live in a city on the only road that connects the two cities that have the highest murder rates of all the cities in Honduras. It's about an hour and a half east to one and the same amount of time west to the other one.
I have learned that one of the I had a very interesting morning. I normally walk around town some most days, just seeing who/what God will put in my path. Today I walked out on the beach (I do most days) to take some photos of how it has returned to normal (almost no people) after Semana Santa. I heard my name called. It was a man I try to talk to/check on most days. I ended up spending the next 4 1/2 hours talking with a group... of as many as ten alcoholics/drug users who were starting out the day getting/staying high. Some of them I truly believe are Christians. I'm still trying to process the many things I heard and saw this morning. But it gave me a new outlook on how we are all struggling, don't judge people unless you have walked in their shoes, we are all sinners and sin is sin, none of us is perfect nor can we ever be. Many times I go into areas where Hondurans tell me they would never go, it's too dangerous. But that was a surprise to find an opportunity on the beach to witness like that. I hope to write more soon...
I posted the above on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. Since then I have continued to speak to them and others almost daily. Normally there are about ten but there has been as many as twenty together at one time. A young woman was with them for a few days but I am thankful that she straightened up and is no longer with them. Of the ten that are together most every day, two have been sober for a few days now and are making an effort to change their lifestyle, if only for a time. Honduras can be a very hard place to be. It has recently been named as the murder capital of the world. You here about all the murders in Mexico, but Honduras has a much higher percentage of people murdered than any other country in the world. I live in a city on the only road that connects the two cities that have the highest murder rates of all the cities in Honduras. It's about an hour and a half east to one and the same young men I mentioned above has a reputation for hurting people for money. I was talking with him one day when a person tried to hire him to beat some one. The person stressed "just hurt him, don't kill him". There was a few seconds between the question and the young man's response. He said, "I can't do it." I said "That's a great answer" and I held my fist up for him to bump it with his (something they do) and he did. He began to talk more to me about his life and how he wants to change. He doesn't hang around with the others now, but I talked with him on the street again today. He is making a real effort to change. I ask that you all pray for him and everyone else. I thank God for the great blessing of being raised in a Christian home. So much of the time people get started off the wrong way in life because of what they were born and raised into.
If anyone has experience in working with/witnessing to people who let addictions take over their lives, and you would like to visit Honduras, please get in touch with me. I'd love for you to come.
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