Cindy

Above ~ Cindy and I almost 4 years ago!

Below ~ My girl Cindy turning 9 years old!

Cindy and I have been through quite a lot together. She is all around, for sure my girl!!! She is growing up and maturing quite well. She still has her moments, but when I look back and think of where she came from, it is a PRAISE GOD, moment!! She turned 9 last week. I just pray continue to praise God to see the change in her life. I pray that God continues to fill those holes in her life with healing from Him!

2 years

2 years difference!! Celebrating Sisi and Rosy living here with us 2 years!!!

This past week Sisi and Rosy two years ago came here to live at Casa de Esperanza. Look at the change in these two girls!!!

soccer field

Doris and Josue hard at work spreading the dirt

Last week the kids continued to help on the soccer field. After all fill dirt was spread out and the rebar placed on top the hard work began. This week there has been tons of people here mixing the concrete floor. I think to be exact 230 bags of cement! Soon we will have ourselves a soccer field. the kids are but besides themselves! They can hardly wait!!!!!
More pics from this week soon.

more and more eggs

Josue trying to catch a chicken

We are getting about 20 eggs a day. The kids love gathering the eggs and get excited every day to see how many eggs there are. Every week two different children are in charge of feeding and gathering the eggs.

Many times we find the food just thrown in the door or no water. The take sticks and such with them to scare off the chickens. Well one day last week Dorian was trying to show the kids the chickens will no do anything to you. So they all go in the coop with Dorian and just like he said they didn't do anything. Josue ran around trying to catch a chicken.
Josue is so use to seeing the others gather the eggs and he gets so excited and starts jumping and yelling EGGS , EGGS, EGGS. Well last week when we were picking and gathering beans, Jouse comes and says with excitement, look more eggs. I had to explain those were frijoles but he continued to smile and said look more eggs!!!

Some of the kids in the chicken coop with Dorian

We are getting so many eggs we are now able to start selling them to our employees. We are selling them a little cheaper than what they can get them for any where else. So they are more than happy to buy them. Anything they can save means a lot to them and it all adds up.

Anyone have any advice of what to do to keep the chickens from eating the eggs. They pick at them till they break open and then eat the insides.

Frijoles

Time to harvest the frijoles!! Yesterday morning some of the younger kids worked with Denis pulling up the plant, pulling off the frioles, and then opening the frijoles. There is lots and lots and lots to clean and sort. It will keep the kids busy for a while. There are still a bunch of plants to still pull up.

Soon to have corn!!!

Maryuri carrying her share of bean plants

The plants to sort and pick the beans off of

Even Josue helped out!!!

There are several things in our garden we hope to harvest soon!

Culture Fair

Rosy has a culture fair at school last week. Every grade had a different country they had to represent. Rosy represented Spain!

Wind Energy

This year, Honduras plans to have one of the largest wind energy farms in Latin America up and running, with an output of 100 megawatts of electricity.

Located in the municipality of Santa Ana, 24 kilometres from the Honduran capital, it cost 250 million dollars, according to owner Energía Eólica Honduras (Wind Energy Honduras), subsidiary of Mesoamerica Energy, made up of 15 business groups from the region.

In addition, Honduras will invest 2.1 billion dollars in 52 hydroelectric projects between 2010 and 2016, each with the capacity to generate five megawatts, announced the Honduran Association of Small Producers of Renewable Energy in early June.

“We based our efforts on three aspects: energy security by avoiding dependence on international petroleum prices, improving access to energy in rural zones, and sustainable development,” Association president Elsia Paz told IPS…continue Honduras Wind Energy article here.

According to Paz, promotion of renewable energy has been important for achieving a balanced diversification of the Honduran energy matrix, as 70 percent comes from fossil fuels, “a resource that is imported and leads to capital flight.”

mural

Thanks for the group who painted the mural in the new dorm!

more work

fill dirt for the floor

Continuing to work on the soccer field.

This here is the Tupelo, Mississippi group working on the soccer field.

Hopefully by the end of the summer it will be finished!

MUD

The rains here have caused one muddy mess.

Our road is very muddy at the moment and is passable but is a slip n mud slide.

Right now the community is working on getting the road fixed and working with the mayors office.

This week I was unable to take the kids to school in the van. The van is not 4x4 and we can not get it out of here. So we have all crunched into the cars when they are taken and picked up from school.That has been a whole other adventure in it's self.

Exam week

The kids all start exams tomorrow. They are closing out the second half of the school year. Already half way through the year. Hard to believe!!! Now it is all down hill from here so they say!
Please say a special prayer for the kids as they are in exams this week.