Our first full day in Honduras was a great start for the team. We began the day with an orientation and understanding of what the Great Commission Church in Choluteca is trying to accomplish. Pastor Gaovanny shared the 5 Giants that need David's to defeat. These include Poverty, Inadequate Education, Disease, Selfish Leaders, and Spiritual Voids. He shared how GCLA Choluteca is working in the local community to develop outreach programs to attack all of these giants.
Before lunch, we took a short bus ride into the heart of Choluteca to see the first home constructed by a mission team for under $2,000. Concrete block homes can cost up to $6,500 or more. The church has developed an $1,8000 concrete sheet and metal roof structure with a concrete floor. This allows the church to make 3 -4 significant, life changing homes for the very poorest families for the costs of a single block house. The team here also believes we can complete the home in 1 week.
After lunch we headed to the construction site and were introduced to the Aguilar family. Carlos and Edita and their 2 son's Jeffrey and Franklin. They shared their story along with pictures of their son that died 2 years ago after fighting a brain tumor that he had since birth. The costs of the treatments and hospitalizations left the family with nothing. The family worked along side all of us throughout the afternoon. We moved stones for the 18 ft x 15 ft foundation, dug post holes and set the corner and center wall posts in concrete. It was a great start to what we are sure will be a wonderful, life changing home not only for the Aguilar family, but also those of us working so hard this week as the hands and feet of Christ.
