Honduras Days 3 February 2011

Honduras Day 3 Feb 2011

It was another good day in Honduras. We got up and ate breakfast at 7, and then we were on our way to work by 8 a.m. We traveled out to Mateo to meet a local minister. He had arranged for us to build a house close-by. We also made arrangements to pass out 200 bags of food after the house was built.

The house build was one of the easiest ones I have ever experienced. The site was completely accessibly by vehicle, which is such a blessing. Sometimes we have to carry all the lumber and tools to site that is very difficult to reach. In the past, we’ve climbed steep hills hundreds of yards from the closest road; other times we have built on steep slopes. Today the site was flat, and we drove right up to it. There was lots of Honduran help, which also made it easier. We were finished around noon.

The house today was built in memory of Kenny Lee who died recently. Kenny was always very generous and helped fund previous trips to Honduras. The young family that will move into the house was very grateful. We gave them a bag of goodies, including two hand-made blankets by Phyllis Mundy.

After we finished the house we went to the church building for the food distribution. The local preacher is very organized. Everything went very well, and we helped lots of people. I appreciate all of you who helped with this by giving us donations.

The rest of the afternoon was spent in getting ready for tomorrow. We are going to install a water treatment system at a feeding station near the dump. We went to the warehouse and got all the supplies that we have brought down on previous trips. We will go to the site first thing in the morning and figure out what else we need.

Before we ate this evening, we had a good meeting to plan out the future, including the shipment of a container. We will need to collect lots and lots of things that are needed down here. There will be plenty of details in the near future. Our summer trip is July 30 - August 6.

Everyone is doing well. We sure appreciate your prayers!