On September 6, First Baptist Church of Southern Pines landed in Tegus with five new team members and some veterans. We headed down to Choluteca talking about their memories from last year and sharing with all the new men what they had to looked forward to. We always enjoy new people and their excitement and enthusiasm of serving the Lord in Honduras. Discussion was had on where the blocks would be when we got to the job sight. They were hoping and praying they would be inside the foundation. One word the teams learn when working in Honduras is flexibilty. We are in the rainy season now and there has been alot of heavy evening rains. As we getting closer to the answer of where the location of the blocks were there was a traffic jam. In Honduras the cattle have the right away and the highway is theirs. So we patiently waited for the cattle to cross and then we turned down the road which God had placed us for the next five days. As we appeared to the corner lot there were Hondurans eagerly awaiting our arrival to start a week of building a home for Nora but more building lasting friendships. There was several hugs from the prior year of working in Marcovia on another house. Some of the Hondurans who helped last year were also here to help build Nora's home. Oh back to the blocks, they were not in the foundation because the foundation had not been completed because of the heavy rains. Pastor G apologized for the floor of the foundation not being completed. As we always say every job is different, so flexibity was the word from the beginning. They were to work from the outside instead of the inside of the foundation. But before all the work was started we gathered all the people there to pray for the day and the week ahead. After the cornerstones were put in and the first block was to be laid Pastor G prayed over the first block and then off they went to build Nora's home. As the morning passed and the blocks were going up everyone found their place where they felt comfortable. There were many people, North Americans and Hondurans busy at work. Down the narrow dirt path came a huge dump truck carrying rock and sand to fill in the floor. This dump truck backed into the area right up to the foundation and dump out the rock and sand. Well this created another job to get done. The First Baptist team along with the Hondurans started leveling out the rock and sand while others continued to work. This did not slow down the process. Maybe an hour later, another dump truck arrived with the sand to mix the mortar. Once again it backed into a narrow spot and dumped out the sand for mortar. That corner lot had alot of activities going on and alot of outsiders standing watching as the North Americans learned to mix mortar, lay blocks, cut blocks, carry mortar and build relationships. The First Baptist team learned quickly the Honduran way to build a home. This was such a beautiful week. Everyone had a place and everyone worked very hard and I was in awe of all the activites going on the entire week. It was such an amazing flow of all people. You knew God was in the middle of all of it. The love of Jesus was definitely on that corner in the village of Santa Cruz. Nora's church family came forward and helped her build her home. Nora has always been there to help others when we have done numerous jobs in the Santa Cruz and Cedeno area. She is always there with a smile and joy for Jesus Christ in serving others. So now it was Nora's turn to be served and it was definitely evident on the week of Sept 6.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are MY disciples, you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
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