This morning Derek shared about God’s greatness as compared to the nations who are but grains of dust on scales in comparison. The workers at the site wrote “Feliz Cumple Años Donaldo” for Dad on the “cajon” (left) they made for him. I went with Alfredo to the future La Providencia office at the end of the main street in Siguatepeque.

Work continued with each member confidently knowing what to do without having to constantly ask Luis or Evelio (the foreman). While we worked, Drew and Sharon were given a wonderful opportunity to drive with Mizael on an all-day trip to Danli to visit their child, Susan, they sponsor through Compassion International. They reflected that the ten hours of driving was worth the twenty minute visit. It was exciting to see Sharon’s face light up as she spoke about Susan and their time together.

The Americans took on the Honduran National team after lunch for an extended soccer match. That is, we played for 30 minutes straight versus ten or fifteen minutes as we did the previous days. It was a tight match with the Americans scoring in the last minute to tie the score, 2-2, in a heated battle. Whereas the Honduran workers went right to their jobs after the game, the exhausted Americans took several minutes to recover.

That evening we had a late but tasty dinner of empañadas. Eric sang his most unusual and quite humorous rendition of “Happy Birthday” to Dad and afterwards we all enjoyed a upside down pineapple birthday cake. The praise time was again spirited and Omar shared about his testimony about coming to the U.S. in the context of Gideon, one with whom God worked through so greatly despite his weaknesses. We then re-told all the jokes to Drew and Sharon that were shared during lunch that day. More laughs.

“To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?”