More Construction on the property

Kitchen area in Joe/Marc's part Joe/Marc's place
Getting the floor ready for tile.
Joe/Marcs place

Joe and Marc's place again Stuccoing the walls in Tims house.
More Stucco

This is the new project there at Santa Ana. This is where Tim will live when he is here in Honduras and the 2nd one in the background is the one Joe will live in and Marc Tindall when he comes to visit. They are coming along.

Doble Cumpleanos

Dilica and the kiddos enjoying ice cream. There at the end of the table is our good friend Fabiola. She works with the lawyer and she had become to be our very good friend. We love her!
Dilica and her kiddos!
Gustavo with his cousins.
Cake time!
Kathryn trying to bust spiderman.
Birthday boy and momma.
The kiddos piling out of the car to go to KFC.
Gustavo's little sister and a friend playing on the playground.
Last week we celebrated two birthdays with some good friends. I would have never believed how much celebrating their birthdays would mean to them. I am sure that they are birthdays that neither or them will forget.

First of all we celebrated Gustavo's 6th birthday. He was so nervous yet excited he didn't know what to do or what to expect. His mom said that as he was getting ready to come he started crying and was overwhelmed and wasn't too sure about coming to his own b-day. Gustavo is part of the family that the Kluges help to take care of. So the Kluges planned a birthday party for him at KFC, which by the way has one of the biggest playgrounds that I have seen. Three stories and even has a mini soccer field on top. Well Randy had taken his car up to San Miguel to load of those who were invited. We were all at KFC waiting for them and we look out the window and here comes Randy with so many people in his car. I think that it was a record, 17 kiddos and 7 adults. I ran outside to get some pictures as they all piled out, most of them had tired to look their best and had their best clothes on . One little boy had on his older brothers shirt and it was too cute you could tell it was a little big but he wanted to look his best. So Gustavo walked in and there are ballons and cake and lots of people and at first he was acting shy and unsure of what to do, but it didn' t take long for him to warm up and go play and have fun. After they had all played for awhile they got chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuit, and a drink in which they all goggled down. Most of them never have meals like this. Whatever they had leftover they were sure to wrap up in a napkin and take home. Nothing wasted! After they had all ate it was pinata time and they were all excited and ready to have a try at spiderman. Of course Gustavo went first and he tired so hard but it didn't do much damage to it. So he runs to his mom and crys I think that he was embrassed that he didn't get it to break. After seeing the next person didn't break it either I think he felt a little better. So before long he was up again at it and smiling away, he knew what he was doing this time. After most of the kids had had their try at the pinata there was a lots of candy on the floor. They were all diving on the floor and trying to get as much as they possibly could. So then we served cake and finshed things up. Gustavo had a few presents that people had bought him but he was too embrassed to open them so he just packed them up and took them home to open. At the end of the party you could tell Gustavo and all of the others had enjoyed themselves.

After Gustavo's party we went to pick up Dilica. She use to work for the Hines but now we will get the joy or working with her out at the childrens home. She is always smiling, whether she is having a good day or not it always seems that you will find a smile on her face. We had planned with Katie, Jen, Jen, and me to take her and her kids out for her birthday. So we called her the night before and asked her if she would like to go and she was more then delighted. So once we got to her house we got to meet her kids and they were all so precious and so well behaved, and respectful. We ask her where she wants to go and they tell us the only places they have been to eat is McDonalds and Camperos. So we ask where she wants to go and start naming off places. When we names off Tony Romans she was sold. We had taken her there one other time and she loved it. So to Tony Romans we went. It was a good night to get to visit and get to know her kids. At the end of the night they brought her out a cake and sung to her. Tears welled up in her eyes as she took a hold of my hand and was speechless. She said that she has only had cake one other time on her b-day. I think she felt so overjoyed and unworthy, but it was good to see her smile and feel special.

It was such a neat day to see how these two families were blessed. It only took a little bit of time to spend with them but made a world of difference that they will remember for years to come.

Finishing up the house. Only a few boards left to put on. This family will be so blessed with the house they will sleep in tonight. To them this is one of the best things ever. Just know how blessed each and everyone of you are. No matter how bad things may seem at times know that you are blessed. Now go bless others with the blessings you have been given.

This is sweet old Franklin who tired so hard all day to try to help. He finally sat down and got a nail and the two pieces of wood and thought that he would try himself to nail since he couldn't help us any. Bless his heart. He was by far one of the needest kids there who was wanting some love and attention. Below is a picture of his two sisters together. 

Isn't he precious!!!! Alex was there all day trying to help but he only seemed to get in the way along with all of the other little ones. But we still tried to be patient and kind with them and took time to play and love on them. 

This is the family in front of the house after it was all done. The four people to the right is who lives in the house. The other people are there parents who came to visit for the day and see their new house.  

Tickle Time!!!  

Here goes the floor! This family won't have to sleep on the dirt floor again tonight, they now have the comforts of a wooden floor. Thank you Lord!!! 

Things are moving along! Three walls up one to go! 

This little girl cradles her little sister as she sleeps in her arms. They have no mom, so that has pushed the older one to step up and be a mom for her sister. You can see the hurt in her eyes. 

Kay this picture is for you. These are the two little boys who have the glow worm that you gave them. Their mom said that they love it and that they go to sleep every night listening to it.  

Two walls up, two more left 

These are the two little boys who got a house built for them today.  

This little girl has had to learn to grow up fast. She is the momma to her little sister. They said that their mom left them and they only have their dad. He is out most of the time working from what I understand and they are left there alone. They also have a little brother Franklin who is starved for love and affection. It just saddens my heart to see how they are living and the emptiness in their lives. 

Marvin

This is my buddy Marvin that i talked about in the blog above, he is going thru a hard time and needs a lot of love and guidance in his life right now. 

These are three kids out of a family of 5 kids. They are too cute. They have become attached to Jen and Melissa and love to have their attention and love.

Mololoa aka San Miguel

I have come to love the little village of San Miguel. Over the past month or so I have spent lots of time there. The Kluges go up there often and I get to go there with them, which I love doing. The kids see the Kluges car coming and they all come running. They always have kids lining down the moutain waiting for them to come down and give them cookies, juice, or a sucker. The joy in their faces are undescrible. That may be the only food that they even have for the day. What a difference somthing little like that does. Spending time with the kids and investing in them feels so good and I am hoping that we are making a difference in each of their lives. San Miguel is one of the poorest communities here in Teguc. It is just sad to see some of the kids that live there in poverty and lots of have no moms and dads, no food, and no love. It is good to know that I can offer a little to them. Whether giving them a little food, having some fun, or a little and a lotta love. I have become buddies with a few of the boys up there. And in growing closer and closer to them it makes me ache and hurt to see them ache and hurt. I just wish I could do something more to help them with what they are going thru. One of my buddies is really hurting and angry right now. His brother ran away about 3months ago and has got into drugs and gangs and it is hard on him b/c he was so close to his brother and i think he looked up to him. He is going thru a very crucial part of his life right now he is 13 or so and his brother that ran away was about 15 or so. He is left at home now with his other two brothers who are 2 and 5 or so. And his mom works all of the time so he is the one who takes care of the two others. The sad thing is I am not too sure how much time he is even there for his brothers. He is so mad at the world right now that i am not too sure that is top on his list to do. He has become very close to me and the Kluges but there are so many times he is just down right mean but he doesn't mean it he is just trying to get attention or a reaction out of us or something of the nature. I pray that he may change and that he doesn't end up on the same track as his brother. He said that tom is his brothers b-day so tom will be a hard day on him. We are trying to spend the afternoon with him. Please pray for him and his heart that it will not harden. Also pray that we may make a difference in their lives.

So today that is where we spent the day......Mololoa. We spent the day building a house for a family that had been asking for a house all last summer and now they finally got it. Good things come to those who wait. Mark & Lori Connell, Joe & Lana, Randy & Melissa, Me & Jen all worked on the house along with lots and lots of help from the community. It was a good day. We got the house done in 5hours or so. The pics from today are all of the ones above i just posted...ENJOY!!!!

Recent Photos

Boys Bathroom
The cute purple bathroom for the little girls that they are going to love!
This is the end of the home where our apartment is and that is out back porch that we are going to love.
Here is a front view of the finshed home. There is still grass that needs to planted and landscaping to be done, but so far looking good.

These steps are around back and they ones to the side go into the boys bathroom, it's for when they are all muddy so they can come in the back and we can throw them in the shower and the other set go into the kitchen and this is where they will make the deliveries.

These are some photos for now I will post more soon!

Puddle

So this is our cute new little puppy, puddle! She is too cute. Our laywer here doing alot of our paper work for the childrens home gave this to us. I had asked her if she knew anyone that had a lab or golden retriver that we could buy one from. Well she tells me she has a dog for me that she will give to me for free. So I ask what kind of dog is it, and she tells me a "french puddle" meaning poodle. Her english is so so. So that is where we got the name for her from "Puddle". Well at the time when she told me that it was a poodle i was a bit worried b/c i was not so up on the idea of a poodle. Well as you can see it turned out ok and she is such a cute puppy and i am sure that the kids will love her. Althouhgh i am still trying to figure out how she is a poodle.