On July 5, fifteen from Baton Rouge arrived here in Tegucigalpa along with our dear friend Sherry Hubright. Included in the group was our mentors and friends Kin and Donna Ellis. It was a blessing and encouragement to have a group from our supporting church come to share in the work we do on a daily basis.
I was so excited for their arrival. Initially, I planned to go to dinner and devotional every single night no matter how I felt. I had not lightened my load any at the children's home, and was becoming very tired in my pregnancy, but I really wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. I said to Matt before they came the only work with CdE that I was going to do was my Teleton appointments. Between the doctor appointment that I had and Teleton appointments, I was scheduled to have 5 appointments while they were here and on the days they were not doing labor, I hoped to go with them.
The group arrived on Thursday. Friday, I had to spend much of the day at Teleton. Fortunately, Donna went with me for the day and helped watch Haley and the others as I went into the appointments for each kid. At the end of the day, the plan was to have a big bond fire and to roast marshmellows and hot dogs with our kids here at CdE. Due to rain, the bond fire got canceled.
Saturday I worked with the kids most of the day. Sunday, I drove to town after church and enjoyed a nice meal at a Mexican restaurant (yes Mexican food is very different from Honduran food) with the folks from BR. Monday night, I started telling Donna, Kate and Sherry that my mother-in-law Cheryl was going to be very jealous because I thought they would be able to meet Emma that week and Cheryl wouldn't. I was starting to have contractions. For several hours, I was having strong contractions 20 minutes apart. I was certain they were going to become more frequent, but during the night they slowed down.
I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday morning, and Dr. Darwin was ready to do the c-section right then because he said I could go into labor any minute. He told me the absulute latest we could do it was Wednesday. I was nervous about going into labor from Santa Ana, but I really wanted Matt to be there with me. The doctor told me to go directly home and to do nothing till I arrived at the hospital. I disobeyed the orders, and went to have one last meal with our group before going home. Everyone was in a mode of celebration for the news of Emma's coming.
It was very uplifting that Sherry and Donna came and spent most of the day at the hospital while Emma was born. While they did not get to see Emma except through a window, I felt their moral support and love.
Before I went to the hospital, my girls received a number of gifts from various people in the church. While we are far away from the folks in Baton Rouge, we felt their love from the people that came to work with Honduras Hope in forms such as books, candies, baby things, and a very special doll that came for Haley. It is amazing how God gave us a group of other beilievers that allows us to have a great family in all parts of the world.
To Kin, Donna, Sherry, Blaine, Kate, David, Jimmy, Leigh, Hannah, Kierra, Lydia, Justin, William, Woody, Nathanial, and Jack: Each of you was a bigger encouragement to us than you know. Thank you for giving up ten days of your time to serve the people of Honduras. To the missions committee and elders of SBRCC: we love that we are part of such a mission-minded church that helps to send people to so many parts of the world to share the love of Christ. To Eddie, Kin, Blaine, Robin, David, and Michelle: We love that the ministers at South are so missions-minded and constantly encourage people to get up out of the pews and DO THE GOSPEL. We are blessed to be a part of such an awesome church family.
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