Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday groups went to the feeding center, to continue building on the school buildings, a group went to the bodega (storage room) to sort clothes and make up more baby bags and home kits, another group went to the hospital. Two groups went up to near The Good Shepherd nursing home to build houses for some of the people that work there so they can now live closer to work. One house was the Jinkerson memorial house. His wife, children and grandchildren were here to go out with Marc and build this house in his memory. Two families were blessed to have a new roof over their head. One lady met a child at Nuevo Oriental Mon. and went back and found him on Tues. She is going to sponsor him to help him get school clothes and supplies, and help to feed him as well. She was greatly encouraged by this because she just lost her son to leukemia. She is now able to help another son. God is at work here. Another group had an opportunity to go to Via Nueva Sector Ocho and build a bridge there across the river. This is the place we went to church last Sunday. They used to have a bridge, but it had been ruined during a flood. The group put in the footers, steps and telephone poles and are returning Wed. to drill, put in rebar and put slats on to complete the bridge. This bridge was much needed as some children had to cross the river there to go to school and the water would be about waist deep for them and sometimes they would not be able to go to school at all if the water was too high. Also, some people have to cross the river to go to church as the church building sets next to the river. I know I saw one lady come into the church building Sun. morning carrying a towel. Apparently she had walked across the river, dried her legs and came on up the hill to attend church services. I wonder if we had to walk up a mountain, wade through a river, and arrive not looking our best if we would make it to services or just make an excuse. Something to think about. The whole community will be blessed by this bridge.
Wednesday morning the groups left to continue working on the school buildings, a group went to the dump to do the feeding there and another group went to Ojojona to do a clothes give away to about 200 there. Tonight plans are for an early supper and a trip to Santa Lucia to have devotional at the old church building there. This building is one of the very first buildings built in Central America. More tomorrow.