House Plans

We received some bad news from our contractor regarding the house by the river. It was our intention to rehab the house to save money but the contractor says it has to be totally demolished and rebuilt from scratch. Foundation, walls and roof are crumbling after many years of vacancy. The foundation was not properly constructed and would not hold the weight of our proposed remodel plan. The good news is we get to design our own floor plan from scratch which means a more “open” floor plan as opposed to the maze of rooms we originally were trying to work with.

Winter Wonderland

Here we are on furlough in the beautiful north woods of Wisconsin.

North Americans in Honduran Dress

Caroline and Charity Mitten wear their traditional Honduran dresses to church.
Of course, all the children are adorable.

Independence Day

Yesterday, September 15th, was Independence Day for the people of Honduras.
In honor of the celebration, our church celebrated the day with some special activities in the traditional Honduran costumes.

More Activities on Day of the Child

After the sermon, stories and songs, there were piñatas to bust open and faces to be painted.

Children's Day

Day of the Child. September 10th is Day of the Child in Honduras. Our church celebrated it today. So, we had a wonderful and interesting children's sermon, sang many songs and had a lot of fun.

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Mary and friends, re-enacted the parable of the farmer sowing seeds.

Matthew 13:3-9 "³ Then He [Jesus] told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. ⁴ As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. ⁶ But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. ⁷ Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. ⁸ Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. ⁹ Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

Water Purification Completed

It's probably not 300 feet but it sure looks like it.

Climbing up the very long ladder to reach the top of the water storage tank was a bit scary. Once up there, the men worked hard to scrub the inside of the water storage tank. Then it's disinfected with another 15 gallons of bleach.