Coats Baptist Church drove about fifteen minutes through town to come upon one of the sweetest families you could ever meet. They worked in Choluteca, Choluteca, Honduras. Due to complications with papers for property this family has waited four years for this home. Enma, her three children Elsy, 18 years old, Dany, 15 years old and Elmer 10 years old finally got their prayers answered. The team arrived to a very tight fit location. This team was flexible from the beginning to the end. We arrived to be greeted by two large mountains of sand. We walked over the top of the mountains of sand to get to Enma and children. After passing over the top of the sand their stood Enma and Elsy with huge smiles on their faces and Elsy was prepared with a great big hug of gratitude. The whole week was similar to this first greeting. This family showed such love and compassion for others. It was very contagious. After the formalities of greeting each other, introducing each other and praying for the day ahead, the team and other Honduran helpers started unloading the Kia and carrying everything in over the mountains of sand. Elmer grabbed the tool box and off he went helping unload the kia. These children were so excited to be getting a new home where they are safe at night and dry during the rainy season. I caught a glimpse of Elmer on top of the 600 plus blocks looking over all the different activities going on his property. I imagine he was envisioning how his new home would look in five days. What a heart warming moment this was as he stood back and took it all in. The four cornerstones were going in and the sand was being sifted by several team members. Jimmy, Laura, and Katie helped Jose get the sand sifted for the mixing of the mescla. Jimmy G. and his wife, Anita got busy cutting the 60 blocks for the day ahead and some for the next day. Chris and Elmer helped carry the blocks to their location as team leader Mark, Mike and Jay helped Pastor G and Orfilio with the cornerstones. This team became united very quickly and got this home up and going. Their was two different church families coming together here. There was only three folks who had been to Honduras in the last three years. So this team came together new and about an hour into the project was one big happy hard working family. Thank you Coats Baptist and Rawls Baptist for coming together as one in Christ to serve our Lord and Savior.
"And over all of these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
Colossians 3:14
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