Eventful Week

This has been an eventful week in Honduras. We said goodbye to the 12 interns by having a grand cookout at their house Thursday night. Jarrod and Ally prepared grilled steak, chicken and shrimp for everyone. It was delicious. It was a great night just to be together and wrap up our time together.

On Friday, Shelly and I took the interns with Ronald Millon to an island to conduct a VBS and women's health seminar. We loaded everyone on small canoe-like boats to get to the island and all the interns kept saying they felt like they were on an African safari. It does come across like that. They did an excellent job spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ to those on the island on their last day in Honduras. We ended the visit to the island with an announcement to the residents that Healing Hands International is going to help run pipe to the island to provide water. They have never had this and it will be a blessing to everyone.

Shelly and I then said our goodbyes to the interns and headed to another island with Ronald to find out what their needs are. They are in need of a bridge (which we are going to provide) and some septic systems. We hope to work with them more in the future.

Saturday was the biggest day of the year for San Marcos de Colon. It was the final day of the fair and the biggest party day. So many people were in the city. Shelly and I were tickled last night because just as the music was to begin and the party to kick it up to the next level, the electricity went out and a monsoon came through the city. That shut everything down. About an hour later, the rain passed and the electricity came back on and the next thing you knew, everyone started coming out of their homes and shelters and heading to the party. When we went to bed at 11 pm, the music was loud and going strong. We have heard that they went until 4 am.

The fair is over now and people are beginning to head back to their regular lives which is great for us. Maybe things will quiet down here. We have lived in a constant state of loud sounds this whole week. We have a group arriving on Wednesday to do some medical work. We will host people until August 15th and then settle back down into our regular schedules.

Let us hear from you soon. Email us: chad@missionlazarus.org and shelly@missionlazarus.org. We want to know what is happening with each of you and where you live. Remember that we are in the middle of nowhere and anything new and exciting is great to hear.

Chad