This has been a really busy month for us and will continue to be so until we hit August.  During the summer months we have so many wonderful people in teams who come down so we tag-team during the summer.  One would leave and the other would arrive.  So we all have been running around and have been busier that a slew of pigs with a new load of slop.

We had a team from Georgetown, Ga.  They had planned to build a chimney in the girls’ homes that didn’t have a cozy chimney and a drying slab for the coffee/basketball court.  We had ordered all the materials ahead of time and finally got almost all the materials the week before the team arrived.  When the roads just would not sustain any big or small vehicles passing over their rain soaked surface any longer, we were stuck.  The ruts were so deep and the rest of the road looked like chocolate pudding.  We drove our Nissan truck as far as La Esperanza the day before to go shopping.  It was a miracle that I got through. There are many blessings about living in South Georgia, one of them being you know how to drive on wet clay roads. Then it started raining really hard when we got to town, so I made a decision to leave our truck in town because I knew I couldn’t get back to the farm and called a good friend of ours and he gave us a ride to our farm in his 4x4 and we got stuck.  We finally got home later that night. The buses had quit operating in our area so we were stranded, but we had a hearty soul who had a 4x4 to drive us to La Esperanza so we could go and pick up the team.

When we got to our truck that we had left parked at a friend’s business establishment we hurried to San Pedro Sula before Olua River got any higher.  We were praying that the weather would hold to make it across the bridge and back with our team.  We were goingto take public transport but the team graciously hired two rental 4x4 trucks.  Meanwhile back at the ranch, the government road crew was busy working on our roads.  It was truly an answer to prayer.  Because of the rain, the team completed only one of the chimneys.  They just had to work around the weather and it was so exciting that they completed one.

The team from Georgetown Baptist left the materials for the next team to use.   Unfortunately, the weather did not let up, but the road crews were dumping material on the road to make them passable. The team from Pennsylvania was a girl soccer team.  They got another chimney up and planted coffee plants at our farm.  We bought 500 more coffee trees and they loaded those up to.  They killed a hog that had a very bad attitude and since she weighed about 300 pounds and was threatening anyone who got close, she needed to go on to “Hog Heaven”.  The Pennsylvania team led by Tim and Ana took the public transport.  As we drove down the road, the bus driver would make stops along the road to pick up other passengers.  Vendors would come on the bus selling everything from bread for your journey to fish for your lunch.   Coconut water and sodas were offered also.  At one point a pastor got on board to give a sermon and promote a ministry that he was helping. 

After that team left we picked up a team from Middle GA.  They are here now.  We are cutting down some trees to use for a team that is coming to help with an adobe duplex we are building for future interns that want to stay short or long term.  These guys are moving the huge slabs of wood up the hill in my back yard.  They are going to treat it with a solution that will prevent any bugs from destroying the wood.  They are going to finish planting the 500 plants that the other team loaded up a week before.  They have other projects planned like visiting feeding programs and different schools to carry supplies to the teachers that have no help this year from anyone.  They are even talking about finishing the last chimney. 

After they leave a group of 30 people are coming from Locus Grove Baptist Church on the day this team leaves.  They are going to finish a remodeling job on House #1 and #2.  They will be putting an extension on one and finishing a bathroom in another.  They are going to do some painting and other projects also. 

The girls, the board and I would like to thank everyone who has come this summer or has contributed to someone getting to come down.  They have done so much work while they have been here.  We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of so many.  Be praying for our team that comes after this one leaves that everything will go smoothly.  We will have the mission house beds full to capacity and my house and the clinic.  We are going to get some extra mattresses and covers to be able to sleep everyone that is coming.   Exciting times. 

 Pray for the girls and the community to continue to be blessed by all these people coming to share the love of God with whosoever will.  Thanks to all of you who continue to support Such Is the Kingdom Ministries.  You have truly held us and helped us through these last years through your prayers and gifts.  Because of you, others have been able to come and bless Honduras for Jesus and be blessed themselves. I know God wants us to search out how we can bless others. 

Blessings,