FBC Raleigh Team 103 Sunday Classroom Construction

Welcome to North Carolina Baptist Men and Women of Honduras 2011. We are excited about our new year in serving the Lord. Our year started out with a group from First Baptist Church Raleigh on January 25. They arrived at the airport ready to get down to Choluteca. This was an all men team and one new team member, Dudley Neal. Welcome Dudley!! We traveled through the beautiful mountains of Honduras to the mission house in Choluteca. They were up early the next morning with a wake up call from the team leader, Bob. This has become a tradition for this team. When they arrived at the job site their first opportunity was awaiting them. The blocks had not arrived. So the men got busy doing the corners of the foundation, unloading the tools, and water coolers. They waited patiently and eagerly for the blocks to arrive. After about an hour up the steep rocky road came 300 of their 1200 blocks. The men and the children were so glad to see the truck come up the hill. The truck was backed up to the church and the Hondurans and Americans started unloading the first set of blocks. We asked when more were coming and we were told they were having trouble finding block. So we prayed and continued about the morning with what we had. We have started something new with the construction of a home. At the time of laying the first block either the pastor or homeowner lays the first block and at that time we pray over the block. We give God the glory for the work which is about to take place. The laying of the first 300 started. Well these men were laying some blocks and the stack was getting lower and lower. They were just about to run out when 500 more were brought later that afternoon. Once again the Hondurans and Americans unloaded the block and continued with the construction of the Sunday School classrooms. God was working through these men that day because we never heard anyone complain about the blocks They waited for the blocks with a cheerful spirit. To God be the glory. Finally the rest of the block arrived and they were good to go. The name of this lovely community they served in was Colonia Unidas in the outskirts of Choluteca. They people there worked very hard beside our American brothers. Both group of men developed some amazing realtionships that week as well as the developing of Sunday School Classrooms for some very excited children. The Americans got all of the job done except the roof and floor. They worked very hard even through the delay of the block. They did more than lay block, they mixed the mortar, cut the blocks, and took time at lunch to play futbol with the Honduran men who were helping them. As the week went on the circle at lunch would get bigger and bigger. The two different groups of men soon became one. One in the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.