Warm Introduction to Medardo and Family in La Ero Blanca

This is the most unique project we have ever experienced.  Twelve years ago Mike and I joined a ministry here and one of our jobs is assessing families to bless them with a home.  This particular family twelve years ago did not have papers for their property.  This is a recommendation in order to receive a home.  As time passed sometimes we would run into one of  the family members at church or all of them and ask them if they had their papers yet for their land so we could build them a home.  At the time we met them twelve years ago the three sons were Anderson, age 11, Merlyn, age 9 and Yelson, age 7.  Twelve years later as we stand in front of Magdalena's mother's home introducing the team and meeting Magdalena and Yelson now age 19. I was taken back how a big lesson was learned by this family and Mike and I, never give up God will provide.  As Pastor Larry shared in his opening greetings to the family, "Our timing is not always God's timing and God's timing is always on time."  God knew twelve years ago Hopewell Baptist Church would be building this home at this time. Since then the oldest son, Anderson has gotten married and moved out but he still came and helped his family get their home.  Medardo, husband and father, could not be there for the introductions because praise God he has work.  All the men of this family have work.  Yelson was there the first day to help get the project started while his brother Merlyn and father Medardo were working.  Meida later told me all the men were taking turns taking off of work, so one of them would always be on the project. On the first day Magadalena got some great news from Merlyn, who was going for a job interview in a shrimp company near by.  He called her while we were there working to tell her he went to the interview and he was hired that day and put to work.   She was so proud of her son but also was concerned there would not be enough Honduran help for the North American team.  God provided all we needed each and every day and the men of the home were able to work to provide income for the family.  Neighborhood men, actually young men, came out daily to help.  A neighbor, Christian, came each day to help the family get their new home.  Christian's family got a home earlier this year so he knows the joy it is to receive a new home where you are safe and dry from the weather.  God's provision and timing is always such a blessing to receive here in Honduras.