Team 3 is on its way. Up early and will be on the road at 4:00 a.m. to the Augusta Airport for our flight to Atlanta and on to Honduras. Say a quick prayer for safe travel. More tonight from … Read More
Wound Down – coming home tomorrow
Since we finished the bookcase/tables project yesterday, we took on another job today. We refinished the entry door of the HAF office and scraped/cleaned the front window. We decided to also refinish the front door of the 90-year-old lady who … Read More
A 6-Foot Board in a 3-Foot Taxi
Today we finished two small computer tables and two bookcases for the HAF office in Quimistan. Bruce and Jim started on this project yesterday while the other team members went to Laguna del Carmen. The first task was to visit the … Read More
Gloria’s Table
Gloria, one our cooks, told us after lunch today that she needed a bigger table to use at the Tejeras feedings. So, Bruce and Jim made another trip to their friends at the local wood shop. They wondered how these guys would … Read More
Laguna del Carmen
Three of us spent the day in Laguna del Carmen, a village outside Pinalejo. As far as natural beauty, this village is close to Eden. The village lies on the side of a mountain about 3,000 ft above sea level with a … Read More
Santa Clara Update
Blown away! That’s what we were this morning when we joined the ceremony opening the new school year at the White Dove School in Santa Clara. More than 60 students were there in their uniforms and eager countenances. One … Read More
Sunday: Agape Promises Students
In the afternoon, we visited the Agape Promise children (50) who were joined by 30 others from the community. The younger children met in the private kindergarten classroom and the older ones were in the shade of the tree in … Read More
Monday – Los Panales
The team visited Los Panales, which is about 10-12 miles SW of Quimistan. Maynor and Dr. Tino recommended this trip based on a recent medical visit. We used the HAF “Community Development Assessment Tool” for our discussions to collect baseline … Read More
Sunday: Tejeras
Sunday morning: visit to Tejeras: a village along a very busy highway where the trucks fly by toward San Pedro Sula…. This year the feeding area has been moved across the road and has a fence so the children are … Read More
Back to Nueva Esperanza
We began the day by sharing our memories of Phil Cozad. We traveled back to Nueva Esparanza to take additional varnish stain for the tables, and to accept teacher Sonia’s invitation to lunch with her and other villagers. It was … Read More