Day 4 (Wednesday)

Unfortunately our new Dell computer has developed a memory problem and has not allowed me to update the blog or send out pictures. Must be something in the water.

So, I´m using the lobby computer for tonight´s update.

The past 2 days have been very busy work days for us. On Wednesday the Elevate team traveled to Limon to work in 3 areas.

1) Nutrition Center
2) Day Care
3) Construction

Anna spent the morning working in the Nutrition center spending time with kids being brought back from the brink of starvation and malnutrition. This process can take from 6 weeks to 1 year depending on the level of malnutrition. From the look on the faces of the kids and the volunteers the morning was a great success. The biggest obstacle was that the playground was filled with fire ants. The local kids did not seam to notice, but the Americans were dancing and swatting their ankles.

John work in construction, cutting a trench to build footings for the new english as a second language and computer resource center. The trenching was some of the most difficult work, with the heavy clay soil, the swamp like surface conditions it was like trying to dig a moat in the everglades.

In the afternoon Anna worked the construction site covering the reinforcing bars that formed the corners of the building. She had several new blisters to show for her efforts (she should have been wearing her gloves).

John visited 4 local families in the Limon community sharing the Good News and inviting them to join the small group study at Senior Miguel Gonzallez home. We were swarmed with children looking for candy handouts. One gentelman in particular stood out to me. His name was John, so we had an immediate connection. As we passed by his house, he was working in the back cutting some metal for a home project. Through our interpretor we said hello and asked if we could talk with him. He stopped immediately and was so open and inviting to have the chance to talk to 5 strangers that did not even speak his language. We find this same openness and inviting spirit with everyone we have met in Honduras. It has truly been a blessing to visit this country and get to know the people and culture.