WEBVTT 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:05.280 Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:08.939 of Trinity Talks. My name is Kyla and this week 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:12.699 as you can see I have a full room of folks who 00:00:12.699 --> 00:00:17.640 are recently back from Honduras where they went 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.989 on a trip with Trinity, but also with our partnership 00:00:21.989 --> 00:00:24.910 with World Vision. And so I'm really excited 00:00:24.910 --> 00:00:27.469 to hear more about what that trip was like for 00:00:27.469 --> 00:00:30.030 each of these folks and yeah, how God has been 00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:33.509 working there and in each of our lives here as 00:00:33.509 --> 00:00:37.009 well. So let's start with some introductions. 00:00:37.130 --> 00:00:39.909 Maybe you can give me your name and what made 00:00:39.909 --> 00:00:43.890 you interested in being part of this trip. Okay, 00:00:43.929 --> 00:00:46.320 we'll start over here. Sure. Good afternoon. 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:49.700 My name is Heather, and what led me to want to 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:52.020 go on the trip is I've heard about the work of 00:00:52.020 --> 00:00:54.659 World Vision for many, many years, and I've always 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:57.820 been impressed with what I've heard, but an opportunity 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:00.700 to go and see firsthand what they were doing 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:04.340 was what led me to decide to participate. Okay, 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:07.680 cool. My name is Petra, and I wanted to go on 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:10.700 the trip to meet my sponsored child and to just 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:13.200 experience what it's like in the countries that 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.689 aren't as wealthy as Canada. Okay. Cool. And 00:01:16.689 --> 00:01:19.730 here. Ah, yes. I mean, I was brought on to capture 00:01:19.730 --> 00:01:23.349 the trip, so I went two years ago, and it was 00:01:23.349 --> 00:01:25.049 kind of a continuation of that, being able to 00:01:25.049 --> 00:01:27.870 kind of film everything that was going on. So 00:01:27.870 --> 00:01:30.450 it was also just, I like being there. It's a 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:32.250 meaningful trip, yeah. And what is your name? 00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:37.549 My name is Alex, for those at home. All right. 00:01:37.590 --> 00:01:41.150 And at the end here. My name is Adrian. And when 00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:42.829 I got the email about it, it sounded interesting. 00:01:42.969 --> 00:01:45.069 So I chatted with Rob a bit. And he mentioned 00:01:45.069 --> 00:01:46.590 that Women's Empowerment was going to be kind 00:01:46.590 --> 00:01:48.189 of a focus of the trip, which is a real passion 00:01:48.189 --> 00:01:51.430 of mine. So I kind of got on board then. Okay. 00:01:51.430 --> 00:01:56.670 Cool. So you spent about a week -ish in Honduras 00:01:56.670 --> 00:02:00.769 with some travel time on Monday and Friday. So 00:02:00.769 --> 00:02:03.969 in general, what did that week look like? What 00:02:03.969 --> 00:02:05.469 were some of the things that you were doing? 00:02:06.810 --> 00:02:11.509 Yeah, do you want to start, Adrienne? So, well, 00:02:11.629 --> 00:02:15.550 we visited several schools. We got to see the 00:02:15.550 --> 00:02:17.689 kids, what World Vision is doing at schools. 00:02:18.530 --> 00:02:22.990 We also went to a farm. We went into a community 00:02:22.990 --> 00:02:25.469 and got to see a couple of different ways that 00:02:25.469 --> 00:02:27.830 people live in those communities. What else? 00:02:28.289 --> 00:02:32.349 So a lot of traveling. So it was a good distance 00:02:32.349 --> 00:02:34.860 from the hotels where we stayed. up into the 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:37.819 mountains where the villages were on very rough 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:40.879 roads. And our drivers did a great job taking 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.139 care of us, but it was a lot of rough and rocky. 00:02:43.259 --> 00:02:45.719 They told us that was a Honduran massage being 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:55.500 bounced around in the vehicles. We also went 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:59.479 to like a daycare center, a child's care center, 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.710 and they showed us like... They painted with 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:06.250 coffee and they made us paintings and they showed 00:03:06.250 --> 00:03:13.469 us around. So you talked about going to some 00:03:13.469 --> 00:03:15.189 of these firms, going to some of these schools 00:03:15.189 --> 00:03:17.590 and places to see what World Vision is doing. 00:03:17.689 --> 00:03:19.930 So what was it that you saw? What are they doing 00:03:19.930 --> 00:03:23.009 in the schools and firms in different places? 00:03:27.890 --> 00:03:31.629 So a lot of what they're doing is child education, 00:03:32.009 --> 00:03:35.270 but they have a holistic approach to education. 00:03:35.310 --> 00:03:39.509 So a lot of what we saw were a unit they had 00:03:39.509 --> 00:03:42.490 done around personal hygiene, so around how to 00:03:42.490 --> 00:03:45.389 wash their hands and how to know what was safe 00:03:45.389 --> 00:03:48.829 food and how to know what was safe water. And 00:03:48.829 --> 00:03:52.050 the curriculum that they had used to teach the 00:03:52.050 --> 00:03:53.689 kids that. And the day we were there, the kids 00:03:53.689 --> 00:03:55.949 got their certificates, having learned about 00:03:55.949 --> 00:03:59.669 eight different aspects of personal hygiene. 00:04:00.250 --> 00:04:03.770 Okay, cool. And you mentioned, you know, women's 00:04:03.770 --> 00:04:05.509 empowerment being part of the trip. So what did 00:04:05.509 --> 00:04:10.030 that sort of look like? I didn't go to the farm 00:04:10.030 --> 00:04:13.330 visit. You guys did. But one of the things we 00:04:13.330 --> 00:04:15.509 did was the female farm cooperative. So it was 00:04:15.509 --> 00:04:18.930 11 women, one man to make 12. And World Vision 00:04:18.930 --> 00:04:21.610 does a lot of, I don't know if I'd call it agricultural 00:04:21.610 --> 00:04:24.250 coaching maybe, for lack of a better term. But 00:04:24.250 --> 00:04:27.430 they have a lot of experts that were helping 00:04:27.430 --> 00:04:30.790 people maximize their crops, figuring out markets, 00:04:30.910 --> 00:04:33.230 things like that. And even in the community, 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:35.050 the lady that we visited, I can't remember her 00:04:35.050 --> 00:04:38.600 name. Gracie. Yes, Gracie. So she talked about 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.759 the leadership training that she also gets from 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.139 World Vision. So apart from, like, we saw lovely 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:46.420 new bathrooms that had been built at two of the 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:49.660 schools with running water sinks, flush toilets, 00:04:49.939 --> 00:04:51.920 and then we also saw a computer lab that World 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:54.500 Vision had built. So aside from those tangible 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:56.680 things, the ongoing coaching was something that 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:58.939 I certainly wasn't aware that World Vision did 00:04:58.939 --> 00:05:01.240 that was really awesome to see and see people 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.160 take advantage of that. And not just coaching, 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:05.160 too, but I think there are... big portion of 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.319 that as well was like changing their minds too 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.879 i guess right like it was the empower world view 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.500 i believe that's what it was and their thrive 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.959 program as well so the thing where like they 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.439 had to actually change the mindset that a lot 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:20.980 of these people were in to be able to like have 00:05:20.980 --> 00:05:23.800 those trainings really stick um if they teach 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:25.740 them how to do things or they they teach them 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:29.959 how to grow certain like products and stuff that 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.639 has to actually be like backed by some inspiration 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.100 so that they feel motivated they they know they 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:38.000 can do this they're really pushing for it and 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.800 so that was like a big aspect of the trip too 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.600 is like seeing how in each of the areas that 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.759 we were around like how that was taking effect 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.019 which looked a little bit differently where it 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.199 was if it's in like the farming communities or 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.180 schools and whatnot too it's having that it's 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:55.600 a big aspect of it Yeah. And so Petra, did you 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:57.720 go visit the farm? Is that what I heard? Yeah. 00:05:57.779 --> 00:06:00.120 Okay. So what was that like? It was very cool. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.040 They were mostly women. There was one guy. Yeah. 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:06.160 They had like this whole like, I forget, it was 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.079 like the system so that it would get watered 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:11.500 properly. It was like layered. I don't know how 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:14.379 to explain it. Yeah. They looked very educated 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:17.040 about their farming and stuff. It was good to 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:22.339 see. Yeah. Cool. like as a central hub to teach 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:24.879 a variety of farmers as well too instead of being 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:28.079 able to like go to different areas too and teach 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.860 them how to do it being able to have a central 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:32.379 spot where they can just fund that one area too 00:06:32.379 --> 00:06:35.360 with like an irrigation system and and all that 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.019 is a little bit more manageable too then once 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:40.160 they learn those skills as well then they can 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:43.339 go out and practice that elsewhere as well, if 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:44.839 I remember correctly. And there was also a financial 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:46.519 piece that they trained them on. What was that? 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.160 So what they had is they were teaching them so 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.959 the money that they earned, they had almost like 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:56.540 a financial cooperative so they could then provide 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:59.779 loans to other farmers. Like a savings and loan 00:06:59.779 --> 00:07:04.000 kind of thing. So talking about a passive income. 00:07:04.139 --> 00:07:06.079 So the fact that they had this money and the 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.480 money could make money for them. So rather than 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.339 just the planting and the growing of the crops. 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.959 aspect of it as well. And I think to all of us, 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.959 just the fact of teaching them those kinds of 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:20.000 skills, that money management, that passive income, 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:23.500 as well as all of the farming skills and just 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:25.680 listening to the ladies talk about when they 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:27.600 had, when they were determining what kind of 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.160 crop they were going to grow. And they realized 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.379 that, so these peppers that they were growing 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:36.339 is, they're very hot peppers. so they talked 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:38.160 about you know they talked about growing these 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:39.879 peppers but they knew they were going to have 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:41.839 they called it hot hands because i guess just 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:46.019 even picking the peppers and so they were reluctant 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:48.199 to do that but then they went out into the market 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.759 and they talked to um where they could sell the 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.319 peppers and and they determined that they could 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.040 get a better price for the peppers that they 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.819 were uh it was less of a drive to get them to 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:03.600 market and and just the the um decision -making 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.600 process that they went through to determine and 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.519 and in the end the lady's saying so we decided 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.920 we're having hot hands this year because you 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:14.000 know that was the crop but just that they had 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.459 gone through that process the women of the cooperative 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:18.839 had gone through that process of determining 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.879 that and the fact that they had been trained 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.459 to do that and they were out there marketing 00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:27.100 and selling their crops in the market and i thought 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:30.379 wow that's what a skill that they've taught these 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:33.720 women that they can then go on and next year 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:36.299 determine what crop it will be and, again, go 00:08:36.299 --> 00:08:38.519 out to the market. And before that, they were 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:40.600 just, not just, but they were housewives. They 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.639 were housewives, yes. The whole mindset thing 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:44.480 that Alex talked about was getting out of the 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.480 house, now starting a business with women they're 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:48.139 friends with, maybe some not. They talked about 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:50.740 relationships a lot and having good relationships. 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:53.620 So that was really neat. And not only the mindset 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:55.539 thing, but I think like biblical worldview specifically 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:57.639 is what World Vision is coming in and teaching 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.299 them too. Like they're loved and appreciated 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:02.240 and all that too. There's a whole aspect of that 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.820 as well with like bringing up children in that 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:08.399 way too. But even just on a business front as 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.940 well, having that as the background was another 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:14.299 big focus too. yeah that's so cool like there's 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:16.799 sort of two things that i'm i'm hearing one is 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.899 like that this is a really sort of holistic program 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:24.039 right that it's not just giving schooling or 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.100 giving hygiene or giving seeds for farming it's 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:30.360 it's all of those things and how do we wrap that 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:34.139 in mindset training in the ability for people 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:38.919 to like keep doing things The end goal, like 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:41.620 World Vision is in there for a specific period 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:44.879 of time. At the end of that period of time, the 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.399 idea is that the people they have trained will 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.559 be able to carry on without them. So it's not 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.320 like we're here to provide for you forever or 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:57.240 we're going to teach you. It's the concept of 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.389 teach a man to fish is very much a part of. So 00:10:01.389 --> 00:10:03.450 they have going in, they have an exit strategy 00:10:03.450 --> 00:10:06.889 and they're working towards that. A lot of it 00:10:06.889 --> 00:10:09.750 is just a volunteer run as well, too. And people 00:10:09.750 --> 00:10:11.950 being motivated just like out of the potential 00:10:11.950 --> 00:10:15.909 of good for everybody in their community as well, 00:10:15.909 --> 00:10:17.570 too. So they'll have like some key people that 00:10:17.570 --> 00:10:19.250 will be volunteering and we'll get all these 00:10:19.250 --> 00:10:21.269 trainings to it and they can train other people. 00:10:21.309 --> 00:10:25.750 And it kind of spreads out that way. Yeah, I 00:10:25.750 --> 00:10:27.549 mean, that sustainability piece was sort of the 00:10:27.549 --> 00:10:30.190 other. part that that really stands out to me 00:10:30.190 --> 00:10:32.450 you know like like so i previously worked in 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:34.549 in international non -profits and like i always 00:10:34.549 --> 00:10:36.610 thought of it as like the end goal is working 00:10:36.610 --> 00:10:39.350 myself out of a job right at least in that specific 00:10:39.350 --> 00:10:41.190 location there's always going to be more places 00:10:41.190 --> 00:10:44.190 that have need but like the end goal is always 00:10:44.190 --> 00:10:46.929 how do we provide what's needed so that the people 00:10:46.929 --> 00:10:50.250 can provide for themselves right yeah and that's 00:10:50.250 --> 00:10:53.830 yeah that's so cool that's what's happening um 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.139 so it was a very full week lots lots happening 00:10:58.139 --> 00:11:02.820 um is there one favorite memory or one sort of 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:07.039 favorite moment that stands out to you um yeah 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:17.379 for those of y 'all are listening in the service 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:19.139 you might have heard a little bit about this 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:23.769 but Yeah, there was a bit of a memorable moment 00:11:23.769 --> 00:11:28.129 that happened. So I was capturing all the video 00:11:28.129 --> 00:11:31.669 stuff for it. And so as a part of that, I was 00:11:31.669 --> 00:11:33.950 able to bring a drone this time, which was nice 00:11:33.950 --> 00:11:36.529 to be able to get a few shots here and there. 00:11:37.250 --> 00:11:39.509 And one of the shots that I wanted to get, because 00:11:39.509 --> 00:11:41.850 we were traveling in a convoy of like three or 00:11:41.850 --> 00:11:45.570 four or whatever vehicles, like off -road. trucks 00:11:45.570 --> 00:11:47.649 and whatnot because the roads were kind of crazy 00:11:47.649 --> 00:11:49.570 but I wanted to get a shot of seeing that in 00:11:49.570 --> 00:11:51.169 the landscape because I was just filming from 00:11:51.169 --> 00:11:53.669 inside the car all the time and so we were coming 00:11:53.669 --> 00:11:57.090 back from Jorge's coffee farm so we were pretty 00:11:57.090 --> 00:12:00.049 high elevation and I was like last day too I 00:12:00.049 --> 00:12:01.649 was like hoping I can get something so I was 00:12:01.649 --> 00:12:03.549 like cool I want to get a shot of the trucks 00:12:03.549 --> 00:12:07.090 going down I can just like fly up and so that's 00:12:07.090 --> 00:12:09.590 what we're doing and I was flying outside of 00:12:09.590 --> 00:12:15.149 the window of the truck and It was going good. 00:12:15.409 --> 00:12:19.289 You know, let's get some shots. And the drone's 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:21.409 going around. And then I get a warning on the 00:12:21.409 --> 00:12:23.169 screen, which I don't even know if it's a warning, 00:12:23.230 --> 00:12:25.190 but it was like a notification. Extended flight 00:12:25.190 --> 00:12:26.450 time recognized. I'm like, yeah, I don't care. 00:12:26.549 --> 00:12:29.649 Whatever. And then it's like, get going. And 00:12:29.649 --> 00:12:32.960 then. The drone, so I'm following the trucks, 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:35.000 and then the drone just kind of, like, stops, 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.659 like, going any further. And I'm like, okay, 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.460 this is interesting. And then on the bottom of 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:41.360 the screen, I see, like, the distance. It's, 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:43.659 like, 800 meters, and then it's red. And it's 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:45.480 like, okay, what? It won't go anywhere? So what 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.799 was happening is it wouldn't go any farther that 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:48.840 way. It could only backtrack. So I was like, 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.539 okay, well, this is the whole thing. So I had 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:53.399 to tell the trucks to slow down. And then I tried 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.259 to see, okay, maybe I run down. I get a little 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:57.899 bit closer. Like, the 800 meters will go down. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:02.860 Didn't happen. And so basically I was standing 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:06.700 like on the road and I could try to like look 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:08.039 for the drone. I like made it go up a little 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:09.740 bit. I could see it was like 30 feet like off 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:11.700 the road and it wouldn't go farther. It was like 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:14.019 literally I could see it. It was hovering above 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:16.299 a tree. And I was like looking around to see 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:17.759 if anywhere else I could drop it down. There's 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.720 like a little path there. I didn't know. It was 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.519 like even harder to access if I was to put it 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.059 down there. And I had recovered drones before 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:25.779 if they'd like fallen into a tree. And it's not 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:28.690 the end of the world. i was like well all right 00:13:28.690 --> 00:13:30.549 battery starts going down like two minutes and 00:13:30.549 --> 00:13:33.110 whatever left and then inevitably starts like 00:13:33.110 --> 00:13:35.710 lowering itself so i basically just have to watch 00:13:35.710 --> 00:13:38.029 this from the road like 20 feet away just like 00:13:38.029 --> 00:13:39.509 thing happening and i knew in my mind i was like 00:13:39.509 --> 00:13:41.190 okay it's gonna become a whole thing now it's 00:13:41.190 --> 00:13:44.070 like well now it's gonna be like a 20 minute 00:13:44.070 --> 00:13:45.830 whatever like thing like looking for this thing 00:13:45.830 --> 00:13:49.169 and uh yeah so i was like all right Goes down. 00:13:49.230 --> 00:13:52.190 I have to go down the dry. So there's a little 00:13:52.190 --> 00:13:55.190 dry river bank there. I had to go under a barbed 00:13:55.190 --> 00:13:58.029 wire fence and then across the river bank up 00:13:58.029 --> 00:14:00.590 the like hill into the like forest or whatever. 00:14:01.049 --> 00:14:03.889 And I'm trying to do this because if I, it's 00:14:03.889 --> 00:14:05.190 like another like two or three minutes left of 00:14:05.190 --> 00:14:06.710 the battery. Otherwise like the GPS signal gets 00:14:06.710 --> 00:14:08.990 lost and I can't really find it again. And so 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:10.409 I have to go like really quick. So I'm going 00:14:10.409 --> 00:14:12.049 around the GPS only updates every 30 seconds 00:14:12.049 --> 00:14:15.110 as well. Okay. I go too far and update. Okay. 00:14:15.210 --> 00:14:17.309 Too far again. So I knew it's in this like area. 00:14:17.309 --> 00:14:19.129 I was like pretty close. And then I looked across, 00:14:19.210 --> 00:14:20.629 I'm like scanning across the ground and I see 00:14:20.629 --> 00:14:23.490 like a pair of boots standing. And I'm like, 00:14:23.490 --> 00:14:26.889 oh gosh, I don't want anything bad to happen 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:31.990 here. So I immediately run back and then go back 00:14:31.990 --> 00:14:33.529 over to like the road and the others are coming 00:14:33.529 --> 00:14:35.370 to meet me. And I'm like, yeah, well, so the 00:14:35.370 --> 00:14:36.870 drone's over there, but there's like somebody 00:14:36.870 --> 00:14:38.629 over there. I didn't even see who it was. I just 00:14:38.629 --> 00:14:40.490 saw the boots. I'm like, I'm out of here. And 00:14:40.490 --> 00:14:42.110 they're like, oh, no, it's fine, it's fine. Okay, 00:14:42.149 --> 00:14:46.389 so then our translator or one of the drivers, 00:14:46.769 --> 00:14:50.009 World Vision, guy Tony, love Tony, shout out 00:14:50.009 --> 00:14:54.389 Tony. Rob goes under, so I hold the barbed wire 00:14:54.389 --> 00:14:56.750 fence. Everybody goes down. And they started 00:14:56.750 --> 00:14:58.149 talking to this guy. I think his name is David. 00:14:58.769 --> 00:15:01.110 He's a coffee farmer there. He's nice. He's super 00:15:01.110 --> 00:15:03.529 nice. He has a machete, of course, as you do. 00:15:03.649 --> 00:15:04.929 I didn't even notice the machete, too, when I 00:15:04.929 --> 00:15:07.889 was in there. That would have been even scarier 00:15:07.889 --> 00:15:11.759 if I saw that. And so I was talking to him. He 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:14.240 was like, oh, yeah, I heard this buzzing. In 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.700 Spanish, of course, it's great to have people 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:17.600 that speak a native language. First of all, I 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:19.299 also think it sucked having a language barrier. 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.379 I think we all felt that, too. I was like, man, 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:23.120 I wish we knew the language more. But we did 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.740 have a translator there. Anyway, so we were all 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:28.580 looking for it. I told him, we can leave it. 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:30.879 It's fine. I was expecting to possibly lose the 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.600 drone. I swapped the SD card out ahead of time 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.779 just in case I lost it. Didn't expect it to happen 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:38.279 like that. But anyway, so he whistled over. He 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:42.159 had found it. And yeah, we got it back. I got 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:44.539 a picture of it as well, which is really funny. 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:47.340 But yeah, I was surprised we were all kind of 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:49.200 looking for it for that long. There was a hornet, 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.399 massive hornet as well too. We were standing 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.799 on the road and watching them in the jungle and 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:57.600 forging around and just looking at this massive, 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:01.019 massive hornet's nest just right above where 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:02.879 they were. I can't imagine what would have happened 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.159 if the drone had crashed on there. Into the hornet's 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.740 nest. Yeah, but it was funny too. And I was like, 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:10.600 dumb thing we're like praying like no it'd be 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.539 really cool to like get it back you know it might 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.460 be nice and then but it's funny because like 00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:16.960 you wouldn't expect someone just to be like in 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:19.799 the forest like right there like i had no idea 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:22.759 like that somebody's right there so it was convenient 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.500 that we got we got that little little win gifted 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:29.860 to us okay very cool very cool um yeah adrian 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:33.259 what about you favorite memory So I work with 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:35.840 a charity called Days for Girls, and we make 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:38.039 menstrual hygiene kits that last like two to 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:40.799 four years. And so I had mentioned it early on, 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.179 then I was told a week before it was arranged, 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:46.169 so I was good to go. So I had never done a distribution 00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:48.269 before. I have never worked with a translator 00:16:48.269 --> 00:16:50.570 before. I have never been to a country like Honduras 00:16:50.570 --> 00:16:54.950 before. So I was like, what a great idea. So 00:16:54.950 --> 00:16:59.870 Tony, again, Tony is awesome. He did it with 00:16:59.870 --> 00:17:02.370 me, the presentation. So we had a classroom of 00:17:02.370 --> 00:17:05.549 about 25 grade 6 girls. So through him, I did 00:17:05.549 --> 00:17:08.150 the presentation. It was awesome to see how much 00:17:08.150 --> 00:17:11.509 they knew. A lot of places that we go to, they 00:17:11.509 --> 00:17:13.990 know nothing. Girls were very well informed. 00:17:14.210 --> 00:17:16.430 I gave them the kits. We chatted. Tony was an 00:17:16.430 --> 00:17:18.990 excellent sport about it. And then I was able 00:17:18.990 --> 00:17:21.450 to leave 25 kits behind that they're going to 00:17:21.450 --> 00:17:23.930 give out to the high school students. So I also 00:17:23.930 --> 00:17:25.869 left a Spanish flip chart for them. And then 00:17:25.869 --> 00:17:27.849 Days for Girls already has a partnership with 00:17:27.849 --> 00:17:30.869 World Vision. So hopefully going forward, we 00:17:30.869 --> 00:17:34.730 can keep doing that. That's awesome. Yeah. Petra, 00:17:34.730 --> 00:17:37.789 what about you? Favorite memory? For me, it was 00:17:37.789 --> 00:17:40.970 playing soccer with the kids at Children's Center. 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.339 It was just, like, even though I couldn't really 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:46.400 understand them, we could still play soccer together 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.460 and we understand that. Nice to connect with 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:53.380 them even without speaking Spanish. Yeah, because 00:17:53.380 --> 00:17:55.859 like play is like a universal kind of language, 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.500 right? Yeah. What about for you? I think for 00:17:58.500 --> 00:18:00.660 me it was the children's party that we did and 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:03.000 just seeing all of the children. Everywhere we 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.079 went, the children were so happy. They were so 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.299 engaged. They were so excited to see us. But 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:11.079 at the children's party that we got to meet our 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:13.339 sponsored children, but also we got to meet, 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.359 well, all of the children there were children 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:17.950 that were sponsored by Trinity. So those of us 00:18:17.950 --> 00:18:19.769 who were there, we met our individual sponsored 00:18:19.769 --> 00:18:22.150 children. But then there was a group of families, 00:18:22.250 --> 00:18:24.950 children sitting off to the side, obviously waiting 00:18:24.950 --> 00:18:29.130 for us. And these were kids whose sponsors hadn't 00:18:29.130 --> 00:18:31.509 come on the trip, but they had gifts to send 00:18:31.509 --> 00:18:34.769 back. So they gave us gifts to bring back to 00:18:34.769 --> 00:18:37.230 the families that were sponsoring them. So it 00:18:37.230 --> 00:18:42.000 was lovely. It really was. We look at these kids 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.880 and the poverty that they live in, and yet they 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.740 want to give back to us. And that, just their 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:52.299 wanting to give to us was so genuine and so encouraging. 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:57.880 Yeah. That's awesome. So I'm wondering how this 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.559 experience has sort of shaped your faith. If 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.740 there are things that you learned about God through 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:07.099 this experience or that God has shown you. Yeah. 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.519 What are some of those interactions like? Adrienne, 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:16.460 do you want to start? Oh, great. For me, it was 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:20.339 more encouraging, I think, my faith and seeing 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:24.660 the people there and just how faithful they were 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:28.240 and how reliant on God they were and how hopeful 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:32.180 they were. we're fairly privileged here relatively. 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:34.920 And I was like, wow, I am not grateful enough. 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:38.720 I am not hopeful enough. So yeah, for me, it 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:42.940 was a real encouraging piece. Sure. Yeah. What 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:45.079 about for you, Alex? Yeah, well, it's interesting 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.019 because I think the first time I went a couple 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:49.460 of years ago, then I especially noticed a lot 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.200 of differences too. Because the first time I 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.579 was going to a country that was different than 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:57.119 Canada, I think, or like much different. And 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:59.200 so, yeah, I think the privilege thing was... 00:19:59.529 --> 00:20:01.230 has been a really big thing as well where we 00:20:01.230 --> 00:20:05.170 don't even really clock how we live our life 00:20:05.170 --> 00:20:08.309 on a day -to -day basis and how much like and 00:20:08.309 --> 00:20:12.430 I mean Honduras is very like Christian like country 00:20:12.430 --> 00:20:15.509 as well which is great too so not like as much 00:20:15.509 --> 00:20:19.009 persecution I guess I suppose but like like there's 00:20:19.009 --> 00:20:22.190 not really any stakes for us right now in Canada 00:20:22.190 --> 00:20:24.690 as well and like we have such a good life and 00:20:24.690 --> 00:20:27.250 having seeing these people and seeing how much 00:20:27.250 --> 00:20:31.329 they rely on their faith and god is to like just 00:20:31.329 --> 00:20:34.710 survive and even the role of the church in honduras 00:20:34.710 --> 00:20:37.369 as well is a lot different too like they have 00:20:37.369 --> 00:20:39.670 to take the role of doing a lot of the good in 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:43.750 the the communities as opposed to um like how 00:20:43.750 --> 00:20:46.210 it's the countries are set up too so like they're 00:20:46.210 --> 00:20:51.490 going in and teaching kids how to like prevent 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:54.210 violence in their communities or like the whole 00:20:54.210 --> 00:20:57.460 like thing of just like taking growing making 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:59.000 sure everybody grows up well it's like that's 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.859 a role that the church is taking on too like 00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:03.000 there's so much more that they have to do or 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.940 like that they are taking on then that we have 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:07.720 to do here is come on a sunday right and so like 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:10.720 it's really obvious like how motivated they are 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:14.599 to benefit the good of their community and yeah 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.220 just relying on god's guidance for that i think 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:20.819 yeah for sure and like In Canada, for better 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:22.460 or for worse, we have a lot of government services 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:25.539 and a lot of nonprofit agencies that do some 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:27.539 of that work and do it really well most of the 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:31.099 time. So as a local church, we don't necessarily 00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:33.079 feel that same pressure, like you were saying. 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:36.619 But when those services are lacking, the church 00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:39.740 really becomes a community center just as much 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:50.410 as a place of worship. yeah, is really helping 00:21:50.410 --> 00:21:53.970 people. Um, yeah. What about for you, Petra? 00:21:54.029 --> 00:21:57.049 How's this sort of shaped your faith? It definitely 00:21:57.049 --> 00:22:00.109 has encouraged my faith just to see how I think, 00:22:00.109 --> 00:22:02.549 um, God still blesses those people, but just 00:22:02.549 --> 00:22:05.250 not in material ways. Like even when I see them 00:22:05.250 --> 00:22:07.869 living in their poverty, they're still joyful. 00:22:08.089 --> 00:22:11.009 They're still faithful. And so it just shows 00:22:11.009 --> 00:22:15.130 me that like, sure. Um, like living in poverty 00:22:15.130 --> 00:22:18.619 is horrible, but they're still like faithful 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:21.240 and they're still blessed by god and they're 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:28.680 still just i don't know um yeah yeah for sure 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:32.359 there's that real sense that like god like sometimes 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:37.079 people will say you know like that god blesses 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:40.559 us through material wealth, right? And your experience 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.759 is showing you that that's not true, right? God 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:46.099 blesses all people regardless of their material 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:50.559 circumstances. I think for me as well, the whole 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:52.619 gratitude piece, the fact that here are these 00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:55.720 people living in what we would consider abject 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:59.380 poverty. And yet they're hopeful. They're all 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:01.880 talking about, we do this for the children. They 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.000 want to make the lives better for their children. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:07.380 And just the faith that they have, the hope that 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:12.819 they have, it amazes us. And the whole idea that 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:15.079 there is no social safety net like we have here, 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:18.480 and the church being that, and how much more 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:22.039 the church needs to be, just really opened my 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:27.160 eyes to a lot of how things... are um how things 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:29.539 actually happen in other parts of the world sure 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:34.160 yeah yeah yeah and so cool to see yeah again 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:37.700 the church's role in that and how really like 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:40.579 i think back like even to scripture in like acts 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:42.180 you know it talked about there was no need among 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:44.420 them because they provided for each other's needs 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:46.539 and they cared for the widows and all of these 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:48.799 things right and like that's what the church 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.299 should be i think right yeah yeah yeah so cool 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:54.960 that you get to actually see that in in action 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:00.480 Is there anything else, like, if folks are, like, 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.900 thinking about this sort of experience or they're, 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.940 you know, they say, okay, what's, like, one thing 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:07.240 that you want everybody to sort of know or remember 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.200 about Honduras or about this partnership with 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:14.960 World Vision? What's one final thing that we 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.579 might want to leave folks with? Do you have anything 00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:20.000 to add there, Alex? Yeah, I guess one thing, 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:23.920 too. Like, it was obvious to see how here, too, 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:26.190 you don't really see the, effects necessarily 00:24:26.190 --> 00:24:29.289 of the support that you give for countries like 00:24:29.289 --> 00:24:31.450 that but it's like if you go on a trip like this 00:24:31.450 --> 00:24:33.849 and you actually see even like this yeah world 00:24:33.849 --> 00:24:35.930 vision taking us around to places that they're 00:24:35.930 --> 00:24:37.690 involved in and interventions that are taking 00:24:37.690 --> 00:24:40.970 you can actually like see how that money is being 00:24:40.970 --> 00:24:44.450 used like in the physical space instead of just 00:24:44.450 --> 00:24:46.369 being like oh yeah i could sponsor a child or 00:24:46.369 --> 00:24:49.170 whatever like seeing that that's very real like 00:24:49.170 --> 00:24:51.730 there's people on the end of that as well and 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:55.299 that they and even kids that have sponsors too 00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:59.579 like they like not necessarily want a connection 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:01.799 but like they're like you're not just like a 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.980 nobody to them too like you're a physical person 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:06.460 like it's these are real people and your need 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:09.319 like the needs are very real and the the money 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:12.730 there is just it's all It's all there. It's very 00:25:12.730 --> 00:25:14.089 clear. So if you go on a trip like this, this 00:25:14.089 --> 00:25:16.829 makes it more obvious and it really puts that 00:25:16.829 --> 00:25:20.549 perspective into place. It puts it in 3D. And 00:25:20.549 --> 00:25:22.769 for me, I think of World Vision as such a giant 00:25:22.769 --> 00:25:25.710 organization. the boots on the ground there were 00:25:25.710 --> 00:25:28.109 really impressive. Like the people that we met 00:25:28.109 --> 00:25:30.250 at the world vision office that would come with 00:25:30.250 --> 00:25:32.349 us to locations, like the kids knew them, the 00:25:32.349 --> 00:25:34.069 teachers knew them. They're very ingrained in 00:25:34.069 --> 00:25:36.750 the community. So it's not just like, you know, 00:25:36.750 --> 00:25:39.289 some overarching thing that doles out money to 00:25:39.289 --> 00:25:41.230 different programs. They are there, they are 00:25:41.230 --> 00:25:44.170 working, they know people. Um, so, you know, 00:25:44.190 --> 00:25:46.190 we were able to plug in a lot easier because 00:25:46.190 --> 00:25:48.369 they already have those relationships. So that 00:25:48.369 --> 00:25:51.269 was really, really nice to see. Yeah, for sure. 00:25:51.470 --> 00:25:54.769 Yeah. I'd say very similar. The fact, that if 00:25:54.769 --> 00:25:58.269 anyone had ever had a concern or questioned where 00:25:58.269 --> 00:26:00.769 their World Vision dollars went to, or should 00:26:00.769 --> 00:26:04.329 they participate in sponsoring a child in the 00:26:04.329 --> 00:26:08.450 chosen program, to know that absolutely, as Adrienne 00:26:08.450 --> 00:26:10.690 said, the staff there were just so amazing. They 00:26:10.690 --> 00:26:13.150 knew the kids by name. The kids would see them 00:26:13.150 --> 00:26:14.970 coming and come running up to them, give them 00:26:14.970 --> 00:26:18.569 hugs. They are doing an amazing, amazing job 00:26:18.569 --> 00:26:23.470 down there. you know our support can only enhance 00:26:23.470 --> 00:26:26.869 that right and so if if anyone has ever questioned 00:26:26.869 --> 00:26:30.529 based on what we saw the dollars that we give 00:26:30.529 --> 00:26:34.329 are are making it to where they need to be and 00:26:34.329 --> 00:26:37.990 and the kids who are there the families that 00:26:37.990 --> 00:26:41.490 are there are benefiting so gratefully from every 00:26:41.490 --> 00:26:43.930 dollar that we give And it was really cool, too, 00:26:44.009 --> 00:26:45.549 with the sponsorship party as well, just being 00:26:45.549 --> 00:26:47.910 able to see a lot of the kids that Trini has 00:26:47.910 --> 00:26:51.230 supported all in one spot. When I was filming 00:26:51.230 --> 00:26:52.609 that, too, I was like, oh, man, this is a really 00:26:52.609 --> 00:26:54.730 special kind of thing. Everybody's right there. 00:26:54.890 --> 00:26:58.410 Yeah, for sure. Anything else you wanted to add, 00:26:58.569 --> 00:27:03.950 Petra? I think that's it. Okay. Just agree, agree, 00:27:04.029 --> 00:27:08.279 agree. Good. Well, thank you all so much. This 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.519 has been a really fun conversation, a really 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.720 great way to sort of get an insight into what 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:16.319 God is doing around the world and how we get 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.319 to partner with World Vision, but ultimately 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.619 partner with God in doing God's work in the world. 00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:24.700 And so thank you for giving us an insight into 00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:28.609 that. And thank you for tuning in to this week's 00:27:28.609 --> 00:27:30.470 episode of Trinity Talks. I hope that you've 00:27:30.470 --> 00:27:33.029 also found some encouragement and comfort and 00:27:33.029 --> 00:27:35.210 maybe even a little bit of challenge in these 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:37.250 stories. And we'll see you again next week.