Report 3 Honduras Summer 2012

Hello! Since I have Internet access, I will do another report. One report would have been too long, so you get two – lucky you! I am still at Café El Gringo, enjoying a nice morning. It is so pleasant here: 70s with a light breeze this morning.

Yesterday was a tough day in lots of ways. The work was really hard. We started on three houses in very rough areas of Tegucigalpa, which is quite a contrast to our little rural village of Guajire. These houses really needed to be built, so we were glad to do them. One of the houses is for people who work at the dump. They walk nearly 2 hours one way, according to Marc, to work there. There were several people living in a shack, so they will have quite an upgrade.

The house site I was on was one of the more difficult ones I’ve experienced. It was tight! The walkway from where the lumber was delivered was rough, not too long, but very narrow. The opening was probably only about 3 feet wide. All the lumber, tools, plus the old house we had to demolish, had to come out that narrow way.

On the site where I worked we started on two houses. One house was about 6 feet above the other one. One of places was empty and ready to build on. It was an old concrete slab. This presented a challenge for making post holes. The other site had an old house on it, so it had to be removed first. That took a little over an hour.

Another challenge was that there are other house right next to where we were building. It was impossible to get a full swing of a hammer on the walls next to the other houses. There was so little space between the new house and the old one next to it. It was a slow build. In fact we did not get finished with either one, and the other group did not finish theirs either.

Today there is a group, including Christopher Wiles, finishing all three of the houses. Hopefully Christopher will be able to catch up his blog later. When he does, I will link you to it, or you can use the link from my previous (first) report.

Please keep praying for us!

I’m not sure when my next post will be. We are planning on going to Guajire tomorrow (Friday) to build a house. Some of us, including me, are going to spend the night in the village with the locals, which should be quite an experience! There will be no Internet out there for sure. We will build another house on Saturday. We will also distribute food and clothing, along with doing a Princess Day.

Hopefully, here are some photos (or use this link):



The young woman pictured with the man is our main contact. She works at the dump. Her name is Fanny (I think!). She has a whole bunch of family who live with her.