Back to Business

We are back to business here in Honduras. The storm has passed and is a thing of the past. Truthfully, nothing happened besides about 30 minutes of extreme rain. No flooding here, no damage. We will wait for the next one though. It is that time of year.

Today our Mission Lazarus doctor visited San Marcos to check up on the children in the nutrition program and as an outreach of the church. We took all our children to him for a check up because with that many children, somebody is always sick with something. They all checked out pretty well. We need to have some other exams done on two of them but they will be fine.

I did meet some of the cutest children today. We are helping another family who has a sick mother and 6 children. 2 more do not live with them since they are a little older and can take care of themselves. I told this family last night that I would be at their house around 7:30 this morning to go to the doctor so everyone needed to be ready to go at that time. When I pulled up this morning, all the girls were dressed to their best in their cute dresses and had smiles that are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. They loved riding in the car. Remember, they went to see the doctor and they were THRILLED. They were able to get treatment also and take home some medicine to feel even better.

There is something about this family that makes me want to help them. They were first brought to our attention because we were told that the mom was dying and that they had nowhere to go when that occurred. We finally found them (which is more difficult here) to interview the mom and see what the situation was. It was not as bad as we had heard but still needed our attention. The mom is sick and is very poor. They live in a shack which does not even have complete walls. She is a good mom though. She tries her best, she is just poor. It is not a situation where the kids are mistreated or anything like that. They are a neat family and we are going to continue to help them in any way we can. It may be building them a new house or just supplementing their food. The mom has a doctor's appointment in Choluteca at the hospital on Sept 15 to find out specifically what is wrong with her. That will give us an avenue as to what to do next with her.

The sad thing is, we are bombarded every week with situations like this. We want to help all of them but we just simply can't. But for those who think the church of Christ is not doing anything in this world, know that the church here in San Marcos de Colon, Honduras is making a difference in the lives of the poor. The mom has never been to church but had a huge smile on her face when I dropped them off (after getting cookies and coke for everyone because they behaved so well) and said, "Everyone today was so kind to us. Thank you."

My challenge to you is to go out and be kind to someone before the day ends. You never know what kind of impact that will be on them.

Chad