Our Weekend Retreat with HFMM

HFMM weekend retreat at Valle de Angeles, HN March 15-17, 2013 (group photo) Can you find the Wolfes?

 

Back in September of last year I wrote a post about how we had joined the Honduran Fellowship of Missionaries and Ministries, (HFMM) primarily for the help they would provide us in acquiring residency status in Honduras. After this weekend they have become so much more to us.

 

Although we have connections with Camino Global and others, we are on our own down here. What we didn't realize is that there are many others like us who have started their own ministries, some connected with churches in the States, others not. HFMM has brought many of us together. Their missions is to unify the many different missionaries working in Honduras, to help everyone network with each other and to provide a spiritual umbrella over independents like ourselves. This ministry is not limited to independents only, but includes missionaries who already belong to an organization. HFMM does not involve themselves in anyway (unless asked to) in anyone's work. They are here to support and encourage. If you are a missionary in Honduras, I highly recommend that you consider joining HFMM. You won't regret it!

 

The entire facilities of Villas de Valle had been booked for this retreat. Even so, rooms at another hotel in Valle de Angeles had to be booked as there were so many people attending. Our boys had a really awesome time connecting with other American teens living in Honduras, which was very good for them. Ben celebrated his 15th birthday while we were there. It was quite a party with over 150 people attending.

 



 

 

For Barbe and me the weekend was an incredible blessing. We have had a few transitional difficulties, and to see many others struggling with the some of the same things made us see that we are not alone in all this. We returned with a new focus, encouraged in a way that we have not been in I don't know how long. John and Adrianna Mattica, the director and pastor of HFMM and his wife are exceptional people. It is an honor to be a part of their fellowship and under their care.

 

Barbe and Kirsten waiting on fajitas in Santa Lucia

Friends of ours, also members of HFMM and missionaries with Camino Global, Corey and Kirsten and their two sons traveled with us. We had a great time on the trip to Valle, even stopping in Tegucigalpa for good ole American fast food. On the way home we visited Santa Lucia, another quaint Honduran village, and had lunch. We arrived back home Sunday afternoon around dark, tired out, but very content. A very special thanks to our friend Trey (Roberto) for staying with Tiger for the weekend.

 

Note: In the next few days I am going to be posting on this blog a ministry update that I am passionate about. I have not said much about this to anyone, but have been planning for this particular event for quite some time. Please watch for this.