11/12/11
Friends,
Here is the latest installment from our Honduras Mission Team...
Today the medical and vision teams went to a new pueblo named Agua Sacre
in the morning. We were told that this community recently suffered Dengue
Fever. We worked in a church/Iglesia where the pastor spoke a few words
of English! The people were young and relatively healthy. There were
many, however, who sought vision care.
We then traveled to the new pueblo at Cerro Azul and joined the building
team. It is amazing what has been accomplished here and how they have
worked to make it happen! Gloria cooked a wonderful meal for us along
with a woman from Copantle. The village people gathered around for
pictures and goodbyes. The children clung to our girls and it was hard to
say goodbye but the team left knowing that the people of the pueblo were
closer to their goal than they were 5 days ago. We then headed to
Copantle. Some of us went in Tim's truck. We determined that the road to
Copantle was too muddy for the bus so a call to the Mayor's office was
made and the Mayor's truck was sent for as many as could pile in! In
Copantle we ran a brief medical clinic and then were privileged to listen
as three women testified about the difference made in their lives since
they now had houses to live in. Our building team worked in Copantle 16
months ago. The woman who helped Gloria cook is a leader in her community
and is now teaching others the things she has learned about nutrition,
growing new foods, heating water with a "manure boiler" and promoting
health. She extolled Gloria and Tim for their work and for their example
of marriage. She gratefully thanked the Presbyterian Church for their
work with the people of Honduras. It was a special experience for all of
us.
The evening was spent with Orlando and Berta and other municipal workers.
They discussed their new initiative with scholarships to be able to keep
children in school or continue education. This would cost 15 dollars a
month per child. Orlando again expressed appreciation for our work. We
continue to be the only medical team who will go into remote villages! He
reports that other municipalities are now asking him how he has gotten
done what he has accomplished in 6 years; he credits Tim and Gloria,
Heifer International, and their work with teams like ours for the changes
in his municipality of 8,000 people. We are privileged to be here. We
thank you for your support and prayers. We thank God for love, wisdom,
guidance, and safety. Vaya con Dios!
One of the beautiful families in Agua Sacre waiting to be seen by the medical and eye teams...We set up "shop" in the Baptist church. Each group of chairs is a medical or eye station. We had 5 medical and 3 eye stations working together in this room.
In the middle is Iris, the Honduran Nurse Practitioner from the Health Center, registering and examining patients.
Just another view looking back to the door.Here is Clair's dad, Marshall, aka "Poppi" translating for a family.
With new glasses he was so happy to see things differently!Back at Cerro Azul the view is beautiful...
Jo overseeing cement mixing!
One of houses in Cerro Azul with coffee growing in the background.So cute! This brother and sister are eating lunch with us in their new house!
Adorned with her new barrettes from YPC!Two of our wonderful Honduran colleagues preparing lunch.
Cerro Azul, door frame and roof construction.
What a great team!!!!Beautiful work being done on the house and all the work in progress from shucking all that corn!!
One last look at Cerro Azul with the beautiful fig tree in the center of town.
Biogas equipment in Copantle.This is a view from the Ruins in Copan looking across the river at Bonete, a village YPC has worked with in the past and continues to visit and work with on different visits.
A closer look at Bonete. If you look closely you can see the houses dotting the hillside that YPC helped build alongside our Honduran colleagues. This was the site of the first trip from YPC.
