Happy Tuesday everyone! We had more traffic than usual yesterday for our trip back to La Ceiba. It took us an additional half hour to get here. It is a pretty scenic trip though so that helps some. It usually takes around 5 1/2 hours, if we only stop once for something to eat and a bathroom break. As we drive along the mountains, we pass pineapple fields, banana fields, date tree plantations that produce oil for soap etc., sugar cane fields, corn fields, herds of cattle, flocks of sheep, some horses, ostriches, a little bit of everything! An interesting and beautiful journey. I'll try and get some pictures for next week! The crew is continuing painting, plumbing and drywalling! I'm working pricing, room layouts, material selection. Everyone is busy doing their part! We have been having some water issues with the system in La Ceiba. We think we're going to need a new pump and new lines running down into the well. This has been a good problem-solving lesson for the guys. Needing to understand how the system works, how to trouble shoot, what things to think about and try. How to eliminate possible issues, etc. A classroom in the field! Saturday morning, we finally had some rain yesterday! It cleared the air, washed the dust off, cooled things down a bit...it'd been over a month since we'd gotten much rain! Since we're in Omoa, we need to eat sometime at La Plaza! Tammy and the ladies made a set of wedding rings for Carlos and Paty, they usually don't do rings here in Honduras, I assume because of the price. Check out the pictures! Sunday morning, it POURED last night! A lot of wind, lightning and thunder! I thought one of our roofs was going to come off! We did have a ridge cap come loose on the shelter house. We lost power for about 10.5 hours, 8:30 pm to 7am... I get suspicious when the power comes on and off at specific times like that... Church today, getting ready to go back to La Ceiba in the morning. Ok... I'm still crying over what I'm going to share with you... I took the trash to the dump this morning for the first time. We'd heard the stories of people living in the dumps...well I saw it firsthand, up close... oh.my.goodness! My heart broke for those people. Living alongside the constantly burning trash, waiting for someone to come dump their trash so they can hurry and go through it before someone else does... The buzzards so thick and so used to people you would think that they're chickens running around! Their houses made of a few skids, some scrap tin, tree branches...raising children... it makes you want to drop everything to go help. I have to keep my focus on why we're here, while adding a priority to my thought process on the best way to help these people! The first thing we (yes I said we) can do is pray! Pray for God's guidance in the best way to help. Pray that they can remain healthy in the presence of constant smoke and waste exposure. Pray that if we do something for them it doesn't make matters worse. Pray that the children and their families can look to God and know, through our actions, that He loves them, that there is a better situation for them! Pray the God would release some(lots) of His money that we are holding/using for Him, to help with housing for these people. Oh my... to say we are blessed is an understatement! This, my friends, is worthy of our love and commitment to help! The need is there, the call just went out, from me to you and to whomever you may know...let's stand before Jesus when we're called to heaven and hear "well done good and faithful servant!" with a heavy heart, but happy knowing God is in control... to you all!
John and Tammy
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