update

hello everyone, it's been a little while since i've given an update, so i wanted to let you all know what has been going on here.
last tuesday joe and i went out to santa lucia, the site where the cucuy project was supposed to be but has been changed due to some problems with the forrest there. joe and i went there to pick up the tools that had been left, and put on a few screws that were lacking on the roof. it is very beautiful there, quiet and peaceful.
on wednesday we had a light day. wednesday night we continued with our weekly devo of praise and prayer. we had about 6 or 7 show up and it was a great time to be with some fellow americans to praise God.
thursday we had a meeting with the owner of the land that we are intending to buy for the new site of the cucuy project. Rueben is giving us a piece of land, and is offering another large piece of land to us at a great price. we got the tax information, the land measurements and a few other papers.
on friday we went out to jovenes en camino to pick up TORCH's concrete block maker. joe, gena, and myself went there thinking we would just pick it up and toss it in the back of the truck. HA! first of all, it was bolted to the ground, where the bolts were nice and rusted, so we had to break them off with a makeshift hammer. THEN, we realized the beast of a task we had before us- the machine had to have weighed 600 lbs. luckily a few workers at the orphanage were there to help us. with a ramp, some pipe, a winch, and a lot of pushing we managed to get the machine into the back of the truck. we will eventually move the machine out to the new site for the cucuy project.
saturday morning i played in a soccer tournament at baxter. there were about 8 teams from different congregations around tegucigalpa. it was a good time to have fun and get to know some christian men from around the city.
monday we went to the mi esperanza house for a little while where gena is doing her beauty class. she is happy with their progress so far. that night we went to baxter to play soccer with some of the guys from los pinos. dalton and dylan went, and joe played for a little while.. well joe tried to play... i'll give him the benefit of the doubt, he's a basketball player.
yesterday we had a meeting with the ministerio publico about the land at santa lucia to let them know that IRC is done building there. they are concerned about destroying the forrest there, so we want them to know for sure that we will not be doing anymore construction there. we also met with the owner of the land, to make sure she understands that we are not working there anymore. last night we had our praise and prayer again, and we had 12 come, plus our 5 here. we lit candles in the living room and praised and prayed, and a few people had some thoughts to share. it is exciting to have this weekly devotional, to be in the presence of God with fellow christians. i know that God is smiling on this and He will lead it wherever He wants it to go. hopefully it will keep growing, keep that in your prayers.
today we are just running a few errands. we are going to buy some school supplies for some children at los pinos. tim comes back early next week and we are excited about his return. keep him in your prayers for safe travel.
God bless. have a great week!
NCR