Inspiring Others
In a city that is filled with violence, darkness, negativity and little hope, we are called to be light and salt of this world. It’s hard some days, but there is such joy seeing God use His people, especially his youth, to break through the darkness. It has been amazing to see our youth from […]
Building Community
Reflecting back on this last week, I’m realizing just how much God cares about the details. I can see just how much He loves each and every one of us and works out an amazingly intricate plan to bring us closer to Him and make us more like Him. This week, the community of Santiago […]
Standing Firm in Faith
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Kentucky as I was blessed to participate in a couple of beautiful weddings (To my sister and one of my best friends, thank you so much for letting me be a part of your special days). I was really looking forward to the chance to catch up with […]
Home Sweet Home?
In just a few days, we will be boarding a plane and heading to the United States for a three week visit with family and friends. It has been over a year since the last time our family spent any amount of time in the United States in our home states of Kentucky and Ohio, […]
Humility Leading to Unity
Hello everyone! My name is Ashley Ross. I am Justin’s better half and I am sure I have meet many of you reading this blog! I have the privilege of leading a women’s discipleship class in the Bordos ever Monday afternoon. We started meeting together back in the fall of 2009 with a group of […]
Love, Listen, and Encourage
This past week I was visiting a dear friend, whom I see regularly. She is such a precious and sweet girl and spending time with her has been such a blessing to me. Because of the language barrier, it has taken almost the whole time I’ve been in Honduras to actually get to know her. […]
God’s Mercy
Watching our families from the Bordos suffer and tear apart their houses this week was very hard. Feeling so hopeless and watching each of them struggle with where they are going to live has lead my earthly flesh to cry out and struggle with feelings of injustice with the government. But I cannot even begin […]
Become Vulnerable. And Learn
I read a great article the other day about learning from people in the margins of society. In the article the author uses the phrase, those on the margins, to describe people that essentially are not thought of with much importance or with much concern. Philosophically these are people of different races, economic standards, even […]
Restoring our Souls
NOTE: The government of Honduras frowns upon American non-profits using the images and names of children living as orphans or in foster situations. As a result, we have chosen to use nicknames or initials to identify the beautiful little people living at our children’s home! “Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular […]
He Stays The Same
Two weeks ago, the Sparrow Academy opened its doors to 85 students, with the desire to provide an opportunity for spiritual growth in the Lord and a better education with teachers that were trained to give them the best they deserve. Sounds like an awesome plan with nothing to worry about, right? Well, the truth […]