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Thursday we were swarmed by smiling kids looking for hugs.  What a great welcome we received at White Dove school in Santa Clara!  Following the pathway lined by a block-long chain of whitewashed rocks alongside the road, we had parked … Read More

IHDER is an acronym for Instituto Hondureño de Desarrollo Rural, or Honduran Institute of Rural Development. On Wednesday morning, we met with the IHDER people, who have performed research on some of the villages where we have worked.  Our intent … Read More

Today started with a visit to the small aldea of Nueva Esperanza high up in the mountains near the Guatemala border.  We took about an hour-and-a-half ride up the scenic, bumpy, windy, narrow, dirt road and finally arrived at the … Read More

After lunch, we left Teo to visit the village of El Venado (The Deer) and met with 30 or more of the residents (including several kids) to determine their primary needs.  Their biggest concern seemed to be a very large … Read More

Sunday As most of you know by now, the Assessment Team, consisting of Jerry, Allen, Karen, George, and Tommy, arrived safely on Sunday afternoon, settled in and discussed our plans and goals for the week.  The Internet connection was very … Read More

Today was our last full day in Honduras and our final blog! We headed out early to La Moñtanita, after a breakfast of toast, eggs, and bacon. At La Moñtanita we finished the railing and gave the rest of the … Read More

This morning we woke up and had breakfast. Abby requested flour tortillas so that was part of our breakfast. We then left to go to Martha’s Sunday school. After listening to Martha teach, we helped hand out lunch to the … Read More

Today half of our group left to go back to the United States. Now it is just Abby, Jeff, and Anna. After dropping Annie, Melanie, and Bob off at the San Pedro Sula Airport we went to Puerto Cortez and … Read More

  This morning for breakfast we had eggs, ham, beans, and pineapple. Then we left to go visit people’s houses. We visited houses that were built by previous groups, and we delivered beans and rice and clothes. Again, we were … Read More

Today Melanie went off to visit some people while the rest of the group went to Copan. The drive there was the scariest one we have had. We went over many bumps, and Abby hit her head a lot. Once … Read More