Last week, my family was blessed to travel to Honduras to serve on a mission team with our church. While I’m sure I’ll share about our adventure at some point down the road, I’m still processing and not sure how to put all that we experienced into words. Instead, I’ve decided to share some of the photos I took on our trip.
From the airport, we had a 5-6 hour trip by bus and then another hour or so by truck into the small mountain village that we would call home for a week.
We stayed at the school. I loved waking up to the cool, mist filled air each morning.
Some of the scenery was beautiful.
The children were precious. We loved spending time with them.
Some days we took trucks further into the mountains.
And I couldn’t resist taking more landscape pictures, though none could do the views justice.
Every so often we’d glimpse cows or donkeys tied up alongside the road.
I love this photo of my daughter with one of the preschoolers. In Honduras, the students are required to wear government issued uniforms, even in the mountain villages. The preschoolers are exempt and show up in their own clothes. This little one was so precious and so tiny.
We flew out of Tegicigulpa, a clear contrast from the mountain views we’d gotten used to.
Have you spent time in Honduras? What part did you visit? What was most memorable to you?
This post is linked to Travel Photo Thursday with Budget Travelers Sandbox, Photo Friday with Delicious Baby and Friday Daydreamin’ with R We There Yet, Mom?
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April says
August 23, 2014 at 2:01 pmTonya,
I love looking at your pictures! My husband and I have been going to Honduras for 4 years now! We have been on approximately 11 trips to Honduras from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa! Our Church works along side a Church in a small village there. The pictures make me “Homesick” for them. We feel that God is calling us to live there in the future.
Tonya says
August 27, 2014 at 9:35 pmApril, I still look at those photos and become overwhelmed with emotion. We actually flew into San Pedro Sula and out of Tegucigalpa on our trip. Our church also supports and works alongside a church in one of the villages. The pastor from Honduras visited the states for the first (and he thinks the only) time recently and spoke at our church about the work there. It is amazing to see their faith and such an encouragement. I don’t feel a calling to live there, but I definitely feel that I’ll return in the future. My oldest son went this past July on another mission trip. It’s such a powerful experience. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience!
Lynsey @MoscatoMom says
July 31, 2013 at 8:58 pmSooooo beautiful. I want to get in to missions SO bad!
Dana Carmel @ Time Travel Plans says
July 29, 2013 at 1:07 pmI think it’s awesome that you went on a short term mission trip and I’m looking forward to reading your posts about it. I’ve never been to Honduras but I hear great things!
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 6:52 pmThanks Dana. Our trip to Honduras was a great experience. I’m looking forward to another trip (not sure if it will be to Honduras) in the future.
Tracy @ Hall of Fame Moms says
July 27, 2013 at 10:44 pmGreat pics, Tonya. Looking forward to reading more about the mission you all were on. Glad you’re home safe too 🙂
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 6:59 pmThanks Tracy! It was such an amazing experience! I can’t wait to share more. 🙂
Jenn says
July 27, 2013 at 11:50 amI absolutely love Honduras. I have only spent time there by the ocean, scuba diving in a town called Roatan, but it’s funny, because I’ve been in the interior of Belize doing similar work, and these pictures remind me so much of there! Really really gorgeous atmosphere! Glad you had fun!
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:00 pmI’ve heard Roatan is beautiful. Isn’t it getting quite a bit of attention right now? We flew over Belize and all I can think of is that beautiful water!
Sonja says
July 27, 2013 at 1:48 amLooks very tropical and interesting. I’ve never been!
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:02 pmYes, some of it definitely had that tropical feel (or what I would imagine as tropical). We weren’t far from the jungle and at one point there was talk of us visiting a waterfall where monkeys could be spotted. We didn’t make it but I’m sure it would have been beautiful.
Cheryl @ KidsOnAPlane says
July 26, 2013 at 11:14 pmBeautiful photos Tonya. I have not been to Honduras or that part of the world yet but am hoping we will get to it soon.
Sounds like it was a rewarding and memorable trip. I can’t wait to read more about it.
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:03 pmI can’t wait to tell you all about our trip Cheryl!
Lisa Goodmurphy says
July 26, 2013 at 6:34 pmBeautiful photos, Tonya! My older daughter went on a service trip to Ecuador during spring break and my favourite photos are the ones of her with the children at the nursery where she was working in Quito.
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:06 pmThe children were my favorite part of our trip. I loved spending time with them and wish we could have spent more time with them. They were so precious! I’m sure the trip to Ecuador was a great experience for your daughter! What a great way to build character! 🙂
Marcia says
July 26, 2013 at 3:41 pmThis must have been such a cool experience for your family. Glad you were able to do it.
Students wear uniforms here too. They look so cute, especially the little ones. I can also relate to the animals tied near the road.
Great post, Tonya!
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:09 pmVery interesting, Marcia. I’m so happy that this is an experience my family was able to have together. Now I have a question for you. Do you have many dogs in Malaysia? How are they treated? My daughter had a hard time seeing the skinny, sickly looking dogs who are definitely not treated as pets in the part of Honduras we were in. Just made me curious as to what the rest of the world thinks of them. Pet or nuisance?
Cathy Sweeney says
July 26, 2013 at 2:35 pmSuch a wonderful and rewarding experience for your family. I’m sure your visit meant a lot to those children, too. I’ve never been to Honduras, but it looks beautiful.
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:10 pmThanks Cathy! I even enjoyed what I was told would be a terrifying bus ride because much of the view was beautiful. I didn’t even want to sit back on our 5 hour drive because I didn’t want to miss a thing!
Mary {The World Is A Book} says
July 26, 2013 at 12:01 pmThis must have been such a wonderful and unforgettable experience for your whole family. What a very rewarding trip, Tonya. I can’t wait to hear more about your trip. I love how peaceful and serene the mountains look. We were in Roatan on one of the outlying islands during a cruise stop last week and loved the countryside and water.
Michele {Malaysian Meanders} says
July 25, 2013 at 9:49 pmNice photos. I can’t wait to hear more about your mission trip.
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:12 pmThanks Michele, it was such a great experience. I just know I won’t be able to do our trip justice when I finally share.
Jackie Smith says
July 25, 2013 at 4:05 pmOh the tales you must have gathered there. Look forward to more of the story — and photos, of course!
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:13 pmI left my good camera at home on this trip and didn’t really get many photos. We were discouraged from taking many of the people because they don’t necessarily like to be photographed but I found many of them more than willing to be in a photograph. I have a few copies that I plan to send back to the village.
noel says
July 25, 2013 at 2:43 pmIt’s lush and beautiful there, that bull looks threatening for your picture shooting below, nice pic!
I’m inviting you to come and link up with us for Travel Photo Mondays also for a photo carnival starting on Monday for the whole week!
Tonya says
July 25, 2013 at 11:11 pmThanks for the invite, Noel. I’ll try to join you next week!
[email protected] says
July 25, 2013 at 2:04 pmHi Tonya,
No, I haven’t been to Honduras but would definitely love to go. The mountain village looks very peaceful and bucolic. The photo of you daughter with the little one is so precious. I’m sure your mission experiences were very rewarding. I look forward to read about it.
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:16 pmI loved the mountain village the most. I wasn’t too fond of Tegicigulpa, but then we didn’t see enough of the city for me to formulate too much of an opinion.
Muza-chan says
July 25, 2013 at 1:04 pmGreat article 🙂
Tonya says
July 29, 2013 at 7:15 pmThank you! Glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂