Wednesday reflections

We woke this morning to the question - do you know what day it is?  It's hump day!  It's hard to believe Wednesday is here already. At breakfast, Don announced that last night we sorted and bagged 34,000 pills - a whole case from vitamin angels.  We traveled to casas viejas (old houses) for our clinic and construction day. We had been there last year and the community remembered us (in a good way).  It was sunny with showers sprinkled in which created muddy conditions both for driving and for working. We again had good community help with both the clinic and construction. A 14 year old boy named Marvin carried buckets of sand at all the houses we worked at.  There are a lot of duplicates on this team:  2 Dave's; 2 Tim's; and 2 Karen's. I believe this may be the first time Dave Rice has ever been called little Dave. We are getting in the habit of checking for big Dave before we leave anywhere - he may be playing soccer, or helping someone, and we almost left him once or twice. After lunch I worked at the clinic helping people with reading glasses.  Marvin came and sat by me and we talked for 15-20 minutes. He will finish school this year and then begin working in the fields. He has 3 brothers and sisters and cares deeply for them. The construction team did 6 houses and 49 bags of cement. Again today I heard several Hondurans say 'you work very fast' to the construction crew. The clinic saw around 200 people and there are some health issues. I believe 2 invitations were extended to families to come to the nutrition center.  the team arrived back at the mission house by 3:30 - so we could enjoy a porch view and some beef jerky before dinner.  We are grateful for a great staff that plans well, oversees the daily routine, and is a lot of fun to be with.  Tonight we reflected on Jesus' mission statement from Luke 4:18-19 on his desire to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and proclaim the year of the Lords favor. we followed Ruth's sharing about abundance last night by thinking about what we have using www.globalrichlist.com to see our status in this world of 7 billion people. We closed with Oscar Romero's prayer "A future not our own."
Tim Weaver for the team.