The van is broken again. There is something wrong with the alternator and the electric locks. The locks just make a whirring noise when you try to lock them, then pop back up. It’s a good five minute battle for each lock to lock. Jim thinks that is what is wearing the battery down so that we have to jump start it every time we use it. He said if we can get that fixed, the alternator will be able to wait until he gets back in a few weeks. Having no vehicle right now is inconvenient because we’re trying to get the food together to bring out for the food ministry. Francis’ brother took us this afternoon to buy food, but he has a small car, so we had to make 2 trips. If the van isn’t back in working order by Thursday, we’ll have to borrow rent a car to go to Choluteca.
We’re getting ready to bag up the food to bring the families now. We had 4 carts worth of food! It will help feed 40 families for the month. It was a group effort finding all the food and getting checked out, and I think they were probably happy when we left. All that food (again, enough to help feed 40 families), and it was less then $500 though. Not a whole lot when you think about it. Nicole said it came to around $13 per family. It’s very cool that we’re able to do this for them, but also sad that they can’t even afford so little.
So that’s what we’ve been up to today, besides the normal Spanish lessons and such. Spanish lessons are getting harder because we’re learning more about how you use each word. Some of it involves verb tenses that we don’t use in English or one verb in English is two words in Spanish that you use at different times. It’s all very confusing.
That’s all I have for today. Here are a few prayer requests:
-the van is fixed and able to make the drive to Choluteca and the other towns to distribute food, or for other means of transportation to be provided at a reasonable price
-the families that we’ll distribute the food to, for their health and safety
-safety in our travels this week
-Extra help for Nicole and I to understand those speaking Spanish to us
I also have some ongoing requests that I listed on the last post and will list again:
-that God will use me to do His work while I’m here, especially when it isn’t glamorous
-that I will be useful to the ministry and worth everything they’ve spent on me
-thank God also for the generosity I have experienced from Honduras Ministries and the Martin family who have taken very good care of me!
-that Nicole and I will not be overwhelmed by learning Spanish, but able to learn it relatively easily
-for Honduras Ministries ability to reach Hondurans with the love of God
Thank you all very much. I will do my best to keep you all updated as often as possible!
collecting the food
buying enough coffee for 40 families
all the food, waiting to be bagged for the individual families
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