Loving the Least of These

Wednesday Dilcia's [ one of the housekeepers at Casa] youngest son was graduating kinder so after the ceremony we took their whole family out to Pizza Hut to celebrate. And they absolutely LOVED it. We all had a blast. 

The Graduate. :)

Dilcia's daughter Fabi and me.  :)  

For Thanksgiving this year we were invited to come celebrate at Casa with all the kids, the workers, AIM interns, and a few other people. There were about 40 of us total there. It was so much fun. The kids loved it. The food was awesome, and it was just great to be able to eat, laugh, pray, and be thankful with the kiddos.

Jackson and Katty

Jackson, Fernando, and Katty

We were in charge of bringing drinks and dessers, so we got a cake from Pan Y Mas and they had the cutest little turkey cookies, so we bought them for the kids, and they LOVED them.

Jackson, me, and Fernando

Doris

Maryuri and Me

As soon as we left Casa on Thanksgiving we got a phone call saying that the container we had shipped with Baxter would be arriving in an hour and we needed to be there to unload. So when we got into town we found out that the container had arrived, but the customs guy that has to come and open wouldn't be there till the next morning at 8AM. So we called some people asking them to help us unload this 40 ft container that was filled with couches, a washer, dryer, stove, clothes, medicine, some things for our house, and lots of other things for the people here. We all arrived between 8 or 8:30 and 'welcome to Honduras' they didn't show up till almost 11 to open it. ;)But it worked out perfectly and we were finished unloading around 5, then our friend Janet Garcia who is also a missionary here invited us over

 to her house for dinner. So we were able to go over for dinner and relax a little, then eat dinner with her and her family. They certainly have been a huge blessing on us. They are the sweetest little family and all have a huge heart for ministry. We absolutely LOVE getting to serve with them.

The container

The unloading process

A couple days ago we went to Gina's house and her parents were getting a new bed and gave us the old mattress to give to a family in San Miguel. Jen became very close with the family in the spring while the Belpre group was here. The mom had just given birth to a baby in their house and the baby didn't survive. Ever since then we try to go out and check on them every once in a while. So today we loaded up the mattress in Janet's truck and went out to the village and as we pulled up Maria Angela [ the mom] screamed and came running out to greet us. She teared up when she saw the mattress. This family has one bed that sits on a small unstable metal frame that is held up off the ground by rocks. The youngest daughter sleeps on a sac that is used to hold rice, beans, etc. They have tied the sac to a rope that hangs from the ceiling. It kinda resembles a hammock, but on a much smaller and more uncomfortable scale. As we replaced the mattress in their house we realized that because the mattress is bigger, the rusty metal frame is bending outwards on the ends and probably won't last much longer so we are trying to come up with enough money to build a small platform out of wood that they can put the mattress on to replace the metal frame. They are also trying to build an addition to their tiny little two room house. They have some of the blocks but are needing quite a bit more money to get the cement, sand, gravel and bars that they need. to start the building. Before we left today we asked them to pray with us over the next few days that God would provide us with the money to purchase the supplies that we need. And so I ask that you all also pray that we are able to help this sweet little family build the house that they deserve. If you want to help contribute some money towards this send me an email and let me know!

Maria Angela when she first saw the mattress

:) she loved it

The bent metal frame