DAY SIX

The internet was down last night so I didn't get to blog. Sooooo here's Day Six. We got up very early and headed up the mountain to build another house and to have a clothing store for the people in the village. It was raining so hard and there was so much mud that we were told we couldn't take the bus up to the site for the store. We talked about it and decided to do the store from the bus. We bagged the clothing for the people while Ashley and JT went up the mountain to tell people we were going to be there at the bus with clothes. We were almost done bagging when people started to line up at the bus door. We didn't know what to do...no one really knew enough Spanish plus we didn't even know for sure how much to sell the bags for...but as usual...God is there when we start to worry. Jen Arnold showed up at the bus looking for Ashley. Apparently she was waiting for us to come and set up the store. She knew the people in that village and so we opened the store. We were pretty much sold out in less than 1/2 hour. Now what? The rest of the team was building a house...it was raining off and on...and we were just kind of stuck. Well once again...the need always arises in Honduras. We got word that one of the feeding houses had a mud slide on their sidewalk so we went up to shovel mud. Now the walk to this house was bad enough but all I could think about was what goes down the hill will have to travel back up the hill on the return trip. Anyway we got up there and since there was only one shovel and later two, the rest of us played games with the children of the village. What fun you can have with a beanie baby and a game of toss!!!

So while we were up playing with the kids and shoveling mud, the builders had met with a huge challenge for the building of this house. Before they could even build they had to tear down what was left of their house. The ground wasn't level and the area was very small. They had to travel down a small opening to even get to the site.

When we finished with the mud and the kids...we started back to the bus and the rain let loose big time. The building team had to finish in the pouring rain but they DID finish. They were all so moved by the prayer and the owner of the house prayed when the house was done..it made it all worth it.

We came back to the Missions House and we were pleased to have Taco Loco bring our food in for dinner. It was awesome! And after a great time of devotion, we went to bed ready for what God had in store for us on Sunday.