Wednesday, January 21, 2009- El Sentadero
A slower paced day today for everyone´- nice steady flow at the clinic and the concrete crew had the surprise of community people setting up the last two floors, and we were all done by 2pm! Since we got back early the concrete crew used their expertise to work on the new driveway in front of the mission house. They poured footers on the lower side of a new turnaround.
The rural community today was along one of the main rivers in Honduras. It was a pleasant place with obvious cleaning done to prepare for our visit. Persons were fairly healthy, just signs of a hard life - foot problems from lots of walking, skin problems from bathing in the river, headaches from dehydration and hard work. We worried about the boy who cut his hand with a machete yesterday trying to open a coconut and about the mother of two down-syndrome children. The day is really a celebration for everyone- medicine for now (and the next time they are sick), vitamins (everyone wants vitamins, esp. the kids!), and gifts for the kids (stuffed animals, notebooks, Bibles and candy).
The weather has been perfect, even a touch cool (mid seventies during the day, 60 degrees at night). Everyone is healthy and enjoying our time here.
Thanks so much for your prayers!!
Barb for the team
The rural community today was along one of the main rivers in Honduras. It was a pleasant place with obvious cleaning done to prepare for our visit. Persons were fairly healthy, just signs of a hard life - foot problems from lots of walking, skin problems from bathing in the river, headaches from dehydration and hard work. We worried about the boy who cut his hand with a machete yesterday trying to open a coconut and about the mother of two down-syndrome children. The day is really a celebration for everyone- medicine for now (and the next time they are sick), vitamins (everyone wants vitamins, esp. the kids!), and gifts for the kids (stuffed animals, notebooks, Bibles and candy).
The weather has been perfect, even a touch cool (mid seventies during the day, 60 degrees at night). Everyone is healthy and enjoying our time here.
Thanks so much for your prayers!!
Barb for the team
posted by DRE MAMA Project at
1/21/2009 10:11:00 PM
3 Comments:
So glad everything is going well for the team--we are praying for you guys alot. Got a e-mail from Jenae LEatherman and she is doing great in Gualt. so we have lots of people to pray for. This am the temp was 7 degrees and hopefully tomorrow it will warm up - so they say it will:) Love and Prayers Rachel and Rich
So glad to hear things are going well! Keeping you all in our prayers!
Sandi and Jim
Enjoy reading your reports. sounds like you are finding plenty to do to keep you out of trouble. Are you seeing any of the damage from the flooding from last fall? We are thinking of you and keeping you in our prayers. Barry
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