This is a building that housed a grandmother with 19 children in her care. The parents have died of AIDS, or have run off to the city to work on catching it.
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I have been reluctant to write about our experiences in Central America last week, but I can't sleep tonight. Here's just a short recap. The Bedores and the Rosses joined the South Tampa Fellowship on a mission to Honduras, Dec 1-8, 2007. The purpose was to minister to the children in the rural village of El Porvenir, in preparation for the Christmas season.
Each day we visited another church for morning and afternoon sessions of song, bible stories, games, a craft activity, and giving away presents.
Ed and Dee managed to entertain the mobs of kids with hot monkey puppets on their arms for hours on end, and between activities.
Most of the activities were done in churches under construction, looking little more than concrete bunkers with corregated metal roofs. One still had a dirt floor. We sat on the floor, or stooped over passing out supplies. Our poor old bodies sure had a workout!
Each day the numbers of children increased. The first day we had 90 youngsters in each session, but by the last day, the number swelled to 269. Obviously the word got out in the community!
We slept in dorms, not in private hotel rooms. We had 7 women in our dorm, the men had just 4. There was no hot water, showers ran cold. We were warned about shaking out our shoes in the morning for scorpions and tarantulas. I gotta say that the spiders grow very large in the rain forest community.
I have returned with the obligation to continue to help the starving people of the world. We are not anxious to return soon, so I will rely on the Christian organizations to distribute the food, but I will attempt to collect some donations. I am collecting ink jet cartridges which are recycled by http://www.foodforthepoor.org/ to provide for the basic needs of the people of Central and South America. I won't ask you for your time, your money, or even for cans of food. Please help me by bringing your discarded ink cartridges to the Office. You can still donate food and clothes to the South Tampa Ministries boxes in the clubhouse. Every little bit helps. God bless you all.
1 comment:
Hey thanks for the independent report on the mission to Honduras! Sounds like you were able to bless a whole bunch of little people on your trip.
I attend STF and am blessed every week for it.
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