Rainy season is cranking up. Everyone is excited and thankful that we
have had few early showers. The birds are singing every morning and
evening. One bird sounds like a water pipe. Grasshoppers are flying,
and those crazy flying beetles are everywhere at night. You here them hitting
your house at night. They are in your hair, your covers, and circling any light source. Thankfully it is not like our fellow missionary, who was wrestling last night with
46 beetles in her room!!! She counted them. I used to get all whacked
about them. Now I just grab them out of my hair and throw them on the tile
floor. Life with bugs changes you. It really has been very dry here in Honduras.
Other areas of the country had been getting some rains, but we were
not getting anything here in our little corner of the world. Even though the
rains we have gotten have birthed the beetles, we are thankful for what we have received,
We have discovered that even though electricity is very nice, water is
necessary for life. I know, being from the States, that it is hard to
think about not having electricity. We just call the electric
company, and they come quickly and turn it back on. We have
discovered that we can live without electricity, but water is mandatory.
Three of our PTC girls are going to the public school now.
There are about 100 children at the school, including the
kindergarten and preschool. This week, when we sat down to lunch,
our girl from public school told us that the teacher
asked them to bring a coke bottle of water to school. There is no
water for them except for the rationed 3 gallons the households get
daily from the community water project early in the morning. With
those three gallons families have to wash their kids, wash their
clothes and have drinking water and water to cook with. This is not
even enough. Today, I was washing my clothes by hand. It took me two
large rubber-made trashcan tubs to get my weekly clothes clean .
Rosa and Lina told me a month ago that the water situation in our
community was bad, but now it is getting critical. I decided to get
the workers to dig a connection spigot from our church to the gate at
the fence, so people could get drinking water from our well.
Also this week we took a 5 gallon water jug with the dispenser that
was in our mission house to the little public school. When I arrived I saw
the coke bottles and they had water in them but it wasn't even clear at all. It broke my heart to know that I have water and the children of the community are drinking this water.
We will keep the blue water jugs changed everyday. Please pray about how we can
get more water here for this community. There has to be an answer to this situation.
There were 7 families including ours 23 years ago and water was an issue then. At that time in our mission life, we were catching water from the roof for my
cooking water. Now, there are almost 200 families here. They have
had various water projects, but the projects can't keep up with the
growth in our community. They need a well.
The girls and I were talking last night in devotions. Our community
needs a lot of things, but the main need is to have Jesus. He is the
most necessary thing we need for life. They need Jesus so they will
never thirst again. He knows what we need, knows what our community
needs. Please continue to pray for a solution for El Obispo and a revival for this mountain.
have had few early showers. The birds are singing every morning and
evening. One bird sounds like a water pipe. Grasshoppers are flying,
and those crazy flying beetles are everywhere at night. You here them hitting
your house at night. They are in your hair, your covers, and circling any light source. Thankfully it is not like our fellow missionary, who was wrestling last night with
46 beetles in her room!!! She counted them. I used to get all whacked
about them. Now I just grab them out of my hair and throw them on the tile
floor. Life with bugs changes you. It really has been very dry here in Honduras.
Other areas of the country had been getting some rains, but we were
not getting anything here in our little corner of the world. Even though the
rains we have gotten have birthed the beetles, we are thankful for what we have received,
We have discovered that even though electricity is very nice, water is
necessary for life. I know, being from the States, that it is hard to
think about not having electricity. We just call the electric
company, and they come quickly and turn it back on. We have
discovered that we can live without electricity, but water is mandatory.
Three of our PTC girls are going to the public school now.
There are about 100 children at the school, including the
kindergarten and preschool. This week, when we sat down to lunch,
our girl from public school told us that the teacher
asked them to bring a coke bottle of water to school. There is no
water for them except for the rationed 3 gallons the households get
daily from the community water project early in the morning. With
those three gallons families have to wash their kids, wash their
clothes and have drinking water and water to cook with. This is not
even enough. Today, I was washing my clothes by hand. It took me two
large rubber-made trashcan tubs to get my weekly clothes clean .
Rosa and Lina told me a month ago that the water situation in our
community was bad, but now it is getting critical. I decided to get
the workers to dig a connection spigot from our church to the gate at
the fence, so people could get drinking water from our well.
Also this week we took a 5 gallon water jug with the dispenser that
was in our mission house to the little public school. When I arrived I saw
the coke bottles and they had water in them but it wasn't even clear at all. It broke my heart to know that I have water and the children of the community are drinking this water.
We will keep the blue water jugs changed everyday. Please pray about how we can
get more water here for this community. There has to be an answer to this situation.
There were 7 families including ours 23 years ago and water was an issue then. At that time in our mission life, we were catching water from the roof for my
cooking water. Now, there are almost 200 families here. They have
had various water projects, but the projects can't keep up with the
growth in our community. They need a well.
The girls and I were talking last night in devotions. Our community
needs a lot of things, but the main need is to have Jesus. He is the
most necessary thing we need for life. They need Jesus so they will
never thirst again. He knows what we need, knows what our community
needs. Please continue to pray for a solution for El Obispo and a revival for this mountain.
House number 5 is now open for business. Crosspointe Church in Valdosta, has helped us with this project. We have 4 of our little girls in there as of this week. Kelsey McHugh is in charge of them. I don't know who is having a better time, the girls or Kelsey. She was telling me tonight how they just started a memorized prayer at bedtime and they all wanted to pray in English, except of course our new little one. Kelsey was so moved by their prayers that she was near tears telling me about it. Pray for Kelsey. The girls she has are great, but they are little and it is a huge undertaking for this young missionary. So proud of her.
There are 4 boys in the House of Nain. Three of them are in the bi-lingual school and Wesley and Suzanne are the caretakers of these boys. The smallest one will run for president this next year. Wesley ran inside the hardware store to get some supplies. The little 3 year old slipped into the front seat and grabbed the keys to the ignition to turn them. Wesley said, "No, don't touch", in Spanish. A phrase he had to learn first off with this boy. Wesley in earnest, started explaining in English why he wasn't to touch the keys. The 3 year old looked at him and said in Spanish, "Well don't cry about it". He is hysterical and very attached to Mr. Wesley.
Ken and Katrina are back for the next 6 weeks. They are a huge help with the girls, and a wonderful help to me running errands so I don't have to.
There are 4 boys in the House of Nain. Three of them are in the bi-lingual school and Wesley and Suzanne are the caretakers of these boys. The smallest one will run for president this next year. Wesley ran inside the hardware store to get some supplies. The little 3 year old slipped into the front seat and grabbed the keys to the ignition to turn them. Wesley said, "No, don't touch", in Spanish. A phrase he had to learn first off with this boy. Wesley in earnest, started explaining in English why he wasn't to touch the keys. The 3 year old looked at him and said in Spanish, "Well don't cry about it". He is hysterical and very attached to Mr. Wesley.
Ken and Katrina are back for the next 6 weeks. They are a huge help with the girls, and a wonderful help to me running errands so I don't have to.
We are planting coffee plants again. We are planning to have about 6000 planted on our farm and House of Nain. It is so wonderful to watch this process begin. A local coffee shop located at different locations in South GA called RED OWL will begin to feature our coffee. I will send photos. Exciting times.
Please Pray for Rain and for sufficient water,
Pray for permanent water solutions, and everlasting spiritual water from the well that never runs dry.
Pray for a revival here on this mountain.
Pray for our girls and our staff to be aware of our community and pray accordingly
Pray for our girls, who are practicing for more 5 K races this summer.
Pray for permanent water solutions, and everlasting spiritual water from the well that never runs dry.
Pray for a revival here on this mountain.
Pray for our girls and our staff to be aware of our community and pray accordingly
Pray for our girls, who are practicing for more 5 K races this summer.
They are excited to be able to attend these races. Pray for the teachers
who are helping train our girls.
Pray for the teachers that are teaching our girls after school dance, baton
twirling, and tumbling.
Thanks for all the prayers and gifts. Thanks to all of our teams who have worked liked Trojans this year. Pray for us to be more aware of our neighbors. Blessings, from the Extremely Thankful Honduran MOM
who are helping train our girls.
Pray for the teachers that are teaching our girls after school dance, baton
twirling, and tumbling.
Thanks for all the prayers and gifts. Thanks to all of our teams who have worked liked Trojans this year. Pray for us to be more aware of our neighbors. Blessings, from the Extremely Thankful Honduran MOM
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