June 24-25

June 24
The weather still isn't cooperating with us, but the work is still continuing! Today we had 6 teams building houses in the rain and one team that did prep work for our VBS which is tomorrow (Saturday) and then that team visited with patients at a local hospital.

A message from a student:
This is my first year in Honduras and one of the things that i wanted to do was go to the hospital. I was able to go and what i pictured in my mind was nothing close to what i experienced. We mostly visited children's units, we brought with us crackers, juices, and teddy bears to hand out to the patients as well as their families. The kids there were so glad and happy to see us and receive the things we brought them. Every room we entered we asked their families if we could pray for them, every single person we asked said yes! Even though most of us spoke english, Cary translated and asked the families if it was ok for us to say it in english. They all said it didn't matter what language we spoke God would understand our prayers and that was all that mattered. The hospital conditions are very poor, not everyone who needs to see a doctor can. It was a very eye opening experience, it made me appreciate the hospitals we have in the United States and my mother. One room we went into a little girl's mother abandoned her and needless to say that is very common in Honduras. I will never forget what i saw or experienced while i was there.

Erin Lowery

June 25
Today we ran our total houses built to 22! We are right on schedule to hit our goal of 40!!! In addition to building today, we conducted our first Vacation Bible School. There were children everywhere!!! Also, at the church on Mount Union, some of our ladies hosted a ladies day for the ladies of their church! All in all it was another wonderful day that God blessed!
Tomorrow is an off day for work, but we will travel back to Union and attend services with their church and praise God together as one family! We will also do a little traveling and site seeing tomorrow. We will share with you those details tomorrow.

A message from a student:
We've been working our hardest to finish every house that we start as quickly as possible to give families a home to live in. So far this trip has been life changing and i know the experience isn't close to being over so im looking forward to making as much of a difference as i can.

Dustin Wamsley