I haven't written about this trip - I really should have planned to update this web site regularly, but I have been very busy. I'm currently in Honduras with an organization called Torch Missions. They provide housing, food, and financial support for the very poor here in Tegucigalpa Honduras.
It is utterly amazing what passes for a house down here in the area we work in. Back in the USA, many of these shelters would barely pass as a tool shed. The little houses we build (about 20 x 20) would make a really good fort or club house for children to play in - but we would still have to put some finishing touches because of the nails that stick out in many, many places. Here's a picture of me taking a break from working on one of these homes.
The people here are wonderful but you better keep an eye on your stuff. If, for example, your backpack (with your drinking water and granola bars) is found on the side of the construction site, it may be "mistaken" as a gift from God and simply removed! It's not stealing from their perspective, it is simply survival! The humbling part is that you or I may do the same thing if we had to live the way these people live.
It's actually rather expensive to live here - food cost more, gas cost more - this is WITH the conversion from Dollars to Lempiras, the currency of the country. Thus, these very poor but beautiful people are even worse off economically than we could imagine.
I have been here with 4 others from the church (Bowie Church of Christ) but working with a team of people of about 120 under the direction of a man named Terry Reeves. Their blog site is called Children of the King.
Anyway, I have so much to say but no time right now. I've been here for 1 week! Today we attended church - in Spanish of course, and I caught a few words and references. However, we are about to leave for dinner in town. Sunday's the staff at the Mission House gets a break - normally we eat there after a HARD days work....
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