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Stories about South & Central American Trips

Rob bryant
2006-01-07 11:33:13

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Hurricane Mitch -I flew to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in Central America recently. I was there one year ago when Hurricane Mitch smashed into Honduras killing thousands. Even so, this is one of my favorite trips each year. The country is beautiful, the people are friendly, and the dollar is so strong against the Limpira that I buy many beautiful gifts for family and friends there. As VP for Quality and Safety for DynCorp Aerospace, I audit places like this all over the world. My driver took me up to Soto Cono AFB, Joint Task Force Bravo (Army, Marines, AF personnel) where I was to work all week. The base is surrounded by mountains and the sunsets are spectacular. They teased me about my visit when it began raining on Monday night. However, the rain came again on Tuesday and Wednesday night and washed out all of the bridges to the base except one. They really began wondering if I had brought bad weather again by Thursday. They were all too glad to take me back to the airport. The base radio station advertised that I would be speaking on Wednesday. On September 22nd I spoke to many military men and women at the Chapel. It was a terrific meeting and the Chaplain, Captain Horton, is a wonderful example of Christ's love. But, I figured that since these were seasoned Special Forces type folks, that the response to my message would be minimal. I was delightfully surprised when 100% of the men and women came forward to pray. I asked for one of them to close us in prayer. The biggest, meanest looking man in the room began to pray. It was one of the most beautiful prayers I have ever heard. It was as if heaven had opened up and this soldier had the key in his hands. The prayer was full of scripture, love and compassion. I saw something in his eyes that I had missed earlier - it was the love of Jesus.

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