Thursday´s Events

Today, we went to Colonia Linda Vista of Santa Rita Yoro. We set up in a family´s house; we don't think the village had a church. At other villages, we had set up at either a church or a school. We gave deworming medicine and/or vitamins to at least 150 children today. Today, I (Tim) spent a lot of time with the kids with those in the picture below being only a portion of them.


Initially, I started out by taking some pictures. They begged me to take more because they love seeing their pictures on the camera screen. They don't experience this real often. We exchanged questions about what things were in English and Spanish. Shortly after that, they came to me and asked me to play soccer with them on a rutty, dirt road. The first time I got my shirt a little dirty, they got real worried and tried to rub it off. But I told them, "No problema" which after a bit seemed to reassure them. Later they invited me to play a form of baseball with six bases on the same road. I felt blessed. We also blew bubbles for them which they really enjoyed. At the end of the day, several of our MAMA team played soccer with them and one could see that the children really appreciated that. When it was time to leave, many followed us out to our van which was parked a good distance away because the road was unsuitable to drive on.


This was a village with many desparate people. Most of the men have already left the community. And many of the mothers are departing too with America as their destination leaving the children with the grandparents. The people are so poor and little food much of the time. Those leaving may have no idea of the distance or how they're going to get there; but they feel it can't get any worse than it already is.

Pray for this village and the people in it that they may have reason to hope again. Some of us also have participated in home visits. Today one of the home visits was with an 86 year old woman who has a tumor. Given her age and poverty, there is no treatment available for her. Pray that she would have peace and experience little or no pain. Pray for her family who just found out about her condition today. Also in the village we visited yesterday, there was a man with nose cancer; most of his nose had already been eaten away by the cancer. There is no treatment available for him; we prayed for him and ask you to pray also.

We don't do many home visits; there isn't enough time. But some of the value of the home visit is just as much for us. It's a way we learn how the people live and how their circumstances directly impact their lives. It gives us a view of how difficult their lives really are.

Below are two more pictures from today. The first is of Terri mixing up the cream to treat some skin disorders. The second is of Bob blowing bubbles with the children.