The Ministry of LEGOS

With Christmas just around the corner, many of you will be looking for a way for your children to give back. There are many great things that they  could do, but I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you a ministry created by a young buy in Honduras.

LEGOS of LOVE

In 2010 this Aiden Waits had an idea. You see, just like most American boys his age, he loves LEGOS. He likes to build and create, and is very proud to show off what he has made, and thought up. If you have boys, I’m sure your house is blessed with Lego’s. Well, Aiden lives in Honduras with his family. They serve as Missionaries with Reach Out Honduras Ministries. Aiden began to think of ways he could serve along with his parents. I’m sure he tossed around many ideas before God laid it on his heart to share his love for Lego’s with the children of Puerto Lempira Honduras.

In the spring of 2010 Aiden launched his ministry and began collecting LEGOS. After month of collecting, and receiving many donations from the US, Aiden was able to give small bags of LEGOS to the children in his town for Christmas. Some of these children had never played with LEGOS before. Aiden stated that it was “AWESOME, to see their faces light up.” Aiden used this ministry to share the love of Christ in an unconventional way. It has opened many doors for him and his family to share the love of Christ.

Click the link below to read the full story, and view photo’s of this ministry in action:

http://reachouthonduras.org/2011/01/04/feelin-the-love-lego-style/

Aiden’s is excited about continuing this ministry this Christmas. To donate LEGOS send them to Reach Out Honduras, P.O. Box 2993, McKinney, Texas  75070. This would be a great opportunity for your children to share something they love with those less fortunate. 

Reach Out Honduras

The Library’s summer reading program this year is “One World, Many Stories”. Our local library has a club that Hailey is involved in where they are learning about people from all over the world. I had been thinking that as a part of this, we would sponsor a child from Compassion. I began to pray about the direction God wanted us to take, and I couldn’t get my blogger friend Laura from      “The World is our Classroom” out of my mind.

Alex and Laura Waits, and their four beautiful children are a home school family serving as missionaries in Honduras. Their work and devotion to the mission, and God is simply amazing.  I once again visited their Reach Out Honduras site and began to read all of the things the ministry is doing, and I was brought to tears. It became clear to me that night that my family was to sponsor these missionaries. I’m not clear on the best way to do that, so for now we are sponsoring them through our prayer support, and by collecting “treats” for her kids. I am going to be creating a Missions prayer poster that will feature a map of Honduras, a Picture of the Waits family, and 3 pictures of children currently in need of sponsors. We will also be praying for those 3 children, and each area of ministry served by Reach out Honduras. I hope to one day go to Honduras on a short term missions trip. I hope that through this I can not only teach my children about missions, but also be a support to Laura and her family.

I encourage you to visit the Reach out Honduras page, and be blessed. If your family is thinking of sponsoring a child, please look at the children in need of sponsors.