Yefrin has been kind enough to allow us use of his vehicle. So today we were able to do something while here without a group that we've not been able to do before. We drove out to Mission Del Caribe and worshipped with some of the Christians there. They've had quite the struggle out there. There was a nasty rumor someone had poisoned the water source out there. So, the water supply was shut down and cleaned out and some pipes dug up...only to discover it was just that....a nasty rumor. But now this small community has gone 11 days with no water and it might be next month before it's all fixed and they have water coming from faucets again.
Yesterday Santiago and his family (the minister at the church out there) came here to Little Hands to fill some large containers with water so that they could take some back out there for bathing, washing clothes and dishes and such.
After worship, we headed into town for lunch. We ran into our friend, Angelina, on the way walking in the heat with her sweet baby, Noe (who she had just after we left last year...if you read last year we went to her baby shower and I made the cake for it). So I was excited to finally get to meet him. So she hopped in and we gave her a ride back up the mountain to her home where we passed friends all along the way returning from worship this morning. Reminds me of our days living in the small town of Dayton, TN where just about everywhere we went we would see someone we knew!! I LOVE IT!!!
After dropping off Angelina we headed back down the mountain to our traditional Sunday afternoon place (Chicken Express), where we were greeted with "WELCOME BACK!" as soon as we walked up. Yes, I just love it!! I wonder if they will say that to us at Moe's when we return to Georgia? Perhaps I'll imagine when they say "Welcome to Moe's" that they really noticed that we've returned!
Since it's been a few days since we've had the ability to get online and post.....for those interested, here's a just a bullet list of what we've been up to.
- 'Pablo' has had meetings to plan out the work for the groups. We are really excited about what is being planned to work alongside our Honduran brothers and sisters and the variety of activities that will be going on. Everyone here is working hard to prepare and get ready for the team's arrival!
- MaryKyle and John Mark went with friends to the weekly Youth activity and can not wait til Thursday to be able to go again! MK especially loved working on learning the song "Here I am to Worship" in Spanish.
- We worshipped Thursday with the congregation in Eduardo.
- We worshipped Friday with the congregation in Limonal
- I went to Ladies Bible class last night. We worshipped in the rain and dark as the electricity was out in the city. So we all gathered around one candle we found in the bldg. to praise God (until someone came prepared with a few more candles), laugh and enjoy time together......AANNNNDDDD I am now the designated speaker for the class next week. If you know me well, you know my heart about stopped when I was asked (pretty sure it dropped to my toes before it stopped completely)! Say a prayer for that PLEASE!!!
- 'Pablo' FINALLY went fishing. Santiago and Franklin invited him to join them and they headed out on the bay in a small canoe. They divided up the catch and we had enough for our family plus more!
Tonight brings some more fun time with friends, HOORAY!!! We are looking forward to, in just barely over a week's time, the group joining us and the preparations being put into action!!
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