After 6 straight days of sunshine in Choluteca we were ready to move on with the plans of building a home for Maria and family. Maria was suppose to receive her home on October 18 but because of the system that came and sat on this area for twelve days and the flooding Maria was put on hold. Maria has been waiting for a home around three years. A while back we drove up to Maria's home unexpectantly finding her reading her bible and her daughter Cynthia doing homework. We spoke to her and told her to please pray for more teams and when we got a team for her we would build her a home. The day we went back to tell her about her home she started crying with tears of joy and tears of sadness. She had just found out her pastor was leaving to go to Spain. So in her mind she was sad about him leaving and was afraid she would not be getting a home. God's timing is always beautiful. Mike prayed with her and we told her when she was getting her home. Well that was not the time or the team God had for Maria's home. After the system settled in we had to tell Maria she would have to wait another week or two. This is a lady who has been waiting three years for a home. She said she definitely understood. I praise the Lord there was another construction team signed up to come the next week. Coates Baptist Church came and worked very hard for fives days providing Maria the home she was patiently waiting for. Coats Baptist had some new members on board who got in there and learned how to lay blocks, cut blocks, play with the children, mix mortar and worked in a unified manner. They all found what their calling was for the week and they perservered to get the job done. During the week Pastor G got injured so he had to stand back and give directions to the team on how to complete the home. This team of 8 worked diligently with the awesome instructions from Pastor G who was not happy he was not working too. We are so blessed with an amazing staff to work with our North American teams. Thanks be to God for all the hard work that week. "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called to HIS purpose." Romans 8:28. Maria waited for her home and everything worked for good because God knew his plan he had for us that week.
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