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The middle of the year already – WOW !!!!!!!
We have been working hard and
many long hours at the school, all of the hard work should soon pay
off. The big building is almost complete! In the picture
below you can see that the floor is being put in (80 bags of cement)
and all by hand. That made for a long day – 12 hours actually.
Probably next month I should
have some pictures of the building when it is completed.
It still needs the doors –
they will be installed soon, Lord willing.
It will be a great blessing
to the school – Praise the Lord!!
Actually, everyone is not working
so hard – the children had a wonderful day yesterday (21st)
for – dia de Limpera – Limpera Day, he was kind of an equal to George
Washington for Honduras, except that he didn’t become the president
because he was killed before they could select him.
Below is a picture of the two
children who won the contest for best dressed or nearest to what the
original Indians would have worn. As you can see, the boy is pretty
excited!
I met Alex a few weeks ago;
he was hired to do the electrical work for the installation of the lights
and wiring the building, as well as wires from the poles to the building.
He was selected because – well truthfully, I think for two reasons. One, because I was looking for someone with a lot of experience and he worked in the states for many years and secondly,
I believe that the Lord chose
him, let me explain.
I was in the ferreteria (hardware
store) last month buying some items and I asked the manager if he knew
of someone who did electrical work. He mentioned Alex, then I
went back a couple of days later to get some things and was going to
ask the manager again about Alex, however this time I prayed before
going into the store. While I was getting some items the manager
told me that Alex was there. So we talked and he was hired.
I guess I said all of that
to say this >
Alex did not know the Lord as his Lord and Savior; he has a family here and one in the states.
This is very typical for people who leave Latin American counties and go the states for work.
Without going into it very much I will say that I have spoken to him about it and especially about Jesus. At first, he was as most non-Christian men are here and maybe everywhere, talking about women. Although the conversation quickly changed when I told him I was a Christian, we still discussed his past to some extent.
Time pasted as he worked and
I spoke about Jesus to him.
Then the other day, he said that he wanted to know more about Jesus and wanted to know where he could go to church. Praise the Lord! Blessed Lord – that is so wonderful.
Bless you precious Lord Jesus
for giving me the opportunity to speak with Alex about You.
Noelia
Such a precious child – please
pray for her.
Although she smiles a lot,
she is also hurting inside, especially from her past. She has
been taken away from that, however she doesn’t seem to fit in or make
friends easily and some of the girls at the orphanage have been very
mean to her.
Fanny, who also lives at the
orphanage, is sitting behind or beside Noelia in the picture below,
Fanny’s sister is the other person with the tortilla. Fanny’s
sister is also the little girl in the photo above – the winner of
the contest.
I believe with all my heart
something good is going to happen to Noelia, I believe that is why I
met her and why she was removed from the abusive lifestyle that she
was in.
Oh, I just remembered. Dori was telling me today that the last time that Noelia was here visiting us that they spoke about where she was born. She didn’t even know.
She also didn’t know when her birthday was – pretty sad I think.
Appalling might be a better
word, to grow up and don’t even know when your birthday is because
no one ever celebrated it and didn’t even have the dignity to tell
her when or where she was born. Just work and be a slave to the
adults in her life.
I better be silent before I
mention the real cruelty that she had to go through.
One of my workers, Wilmer,
who I have mentioned in the past; I don’t know if you remember the
name, however he was witnessed to by Antonio and accepted Jesus.
I told the story in a previous newsletter, I also hired him because
he accepted Jesus, and I wanted him to know that Jesus loves him and
would take care of him. Since then he has been of fire for the
Lord.
He has been studying and learning
all that he can. Teaching in the church and assisting his pastor
in many ways. A couple of days ago Antonio mentioned to me that
he will be moving, he will still work with us, he will however not live
in La Ceiba, he will be in a small village about an hour from La Ceiba.
A small church in that village (probably the only church) wants him
to be their pastor, the other pastor left and it is very hard to find
someone who will take a job in a small village. Wilmer has accepted
the position and I think that the Lord will bless him for it. Praise
God for people who will give their all to JESUS!
Life can be tough – I know
– however there is always a light at the end of the tunnel
and
Prayer requests >
For Alex to stay grounded and not waver
For Noelia
For Wilmer – Lord bless him
bless us Lord Jesus
