Friday Report
Today we went back to Colonia Gracias a Dios of San Pedro Sula but served the people of the nearby community (within walking distance) of Rancho El Coco. We drove by their community at the end of the day's work. It was heartbreaking seeing the rundown shacks lived in by the children and adults that one has just ministered with face to face. And just across the road from them were homes that wealthy Americans would be proud to live in. This community is often called "The Pit."
Dr. Kathy (who is pictured above) identified two malnourished babies today. Help would be available for the mothers and babies at a MAMA Center. But each mother and child would have to move their for a month to bring the child back to nutritional health and to teach the mother how to properly care for their children. But the mothers expressed more concern about who would feed their husbands. It may be that the mothers fear that the husband would find another woman if they left for a month. Pray for these mothers and the babies.
In the first of the following two pictures, Kathy and Phyllis are working our pharmacy dispensing the medicines. In the second picture, Terri is giving deworming medicine to the boy and Rachel has a Gummi vitamin to give afterwards.
Today, after initially helping with the deworming pills and vitamins, I (Tim) blew bubbles with the children, showed them story books (that in most cases I let one of the Honduran children read out loud to the other children), and played soccer with them. The children really appreciate it when we spend time with them. When I played soccer, all of them would want me on their team even though I'm not all that athletically skilled. I will miss them.
For devotions, Rolando read from Hebrews 11 noting that faith empowers the accomplishment of impossible things. Bob noted that the work of mission is about building relationships. And Carmen read from Ezekial 37 from the "dry bones" passage and what God can do with dry bones.
Dr. Kathy (who is pictured above) identified two malnourished babies today. Help would be available for the mothers and babies at a MAMA Center. But each mother and child would have to move their for a month to bring the child back to nutritional health and to teach the mother how to properly care for their children. But the mothers expressed more concern about who would feed their husbands. It may be that the mothers fear that the husband would find another woman if they left for a month. Pray for these mothers and the babies.
In the first of the following two pictures, Kathy and Phyllis are working our pharmacy dispensing the medicines. In the second picture, Terri is giving deworming medicine to the boy and Rachel has a Gummi vitamin to give afterwards.
Today, after initially helping with the deworming pills and vitamins, I (Tim) blew bubbles with the children, showed them story books (that in most cases I let one of the Honduran children read out loud to the other children), and played soccer with them. The children really appreciate it when we spend time with them. When I played soccer, all of them would want me on their team even though I'm not all that athletically skilled. I will miss them.
For devotions, Rolando read from Hebrews 11 noting that faith empowers the accomplishment of impossible things. Bob noted that the work of mission is about building relationships. And Carmen read from Ezekial 37 from the "dry bones" passage and what God can do with dry bones.
posted by DRE MAMA Project at
1/20/2006 06:28:00 PM
3 Comments:
hello to all, today was beatiful here 60 degrees. Rhoda, Keith and I had dinner tonight with your husband and he misses you. He tried to figure out how to send you a message, but you know how he is a master with the computer...lol, he says hello. It sounds like you are very busy there tending to the needs of the people. Take care and we will see you soon.
Carol and Keith
For lunch today, we had cheese-filled tortilla pockets with salsa. For supper, we had fried chicken, rice, beets with hardboiled eggs, and a lettuce salad with mayonaise. We also had a special treat since Dr. Kathy is leaving tomorrow morning - a large strawberry tort.
All week, a number of us have been playing Phase 10 in the late evenings till ten or eleven. It's a time when we relax from the day and often get silly and laugh over things that one would have to be here to understand. It´s been good.
Oh, Bob, none of you teased me too much. I felt right at home with you all. And most likely, there will be repeat trips; but at this time we'll let the future take care of the future. :)
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