#2 – Check!

Have I mentioned how much I love checking things off a list? :)

#2 on my 101 in 1001 list was to dedicate a wall in our house for our Honduras feathers. Brad and I are very passionate about the people of Honduras and teaming up with BMDMI to minister to them. Our church normally goes to Honduras once a year for a mission trip and we give out clothes, shoes and food in the villages, as well as provide people with medical and dental necessities that they may otherwise never get. And after we try to meet their physical needs, we minister to them and try to meet their spiritual needs. Every year we see numerous people come to know Christ as their Savior.

It’s a week full of hard work, sleeping on the floor, no air conditioning, fighting foreign bugs, taking cold showers and it’s one of the biggest blessings I’ve ever been a part of. If you go just once, you will be changed forever and will always have a special place in your heart for the people.

So each year as a reminder of our trip, we buy a painted feather in Honduras to bring back home with us. I went in 2005, 2006, and 2008. Brad has gone in 2011 and 2012 and he leaves to go again in July. The feathers used to be displayed in our kitchen, but we had to take them down when we had our backsplash installed. But we finally gave them a home in our foyer this past weekend!

And there is plenty of room for future feathers! :)