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 Buenes Dias!

On Thursday, the Torch team covered a lot of ground.  Jenny Lovell went to Mololoa and helped in the feeding center.  She was able to help prepare food and visit with the ladies as well as assist (at a distance) as children were served.  Due to the lack of vaccines in the country, all kitchen workers must always wear masks, and they give the children disposable plates with plastic wrap over the food so the children can take it with them.  Only 5-6 children can come up to the top of the stairs, get hand sanitizer, and then collect the prepared food and go back down.  Jenny was able to stand a bit behind the tables and watch the process (and speak to the children).

While JLo was at Mololoa, Terry & I (with our trusty translator, Jen Hines) ran necessary errands in Tegucigalpa to purchase items needed for the remainder of the trip.  We picked up JLo around 11:30 am and finished the errands & got back to Agua Viva.

On campus, Bob & Linda worked at the clinic seeing patients.  They finished for the day around the time we returned & made sandwiches for lunch.

The Vik brothers (our building superstars) and Diane worked with Dalton on a special project here on campus.  When the remainder of our group got done with lunch, we all pitched in for a bit and got three of the four walls of the building finished (as well as the floor).  

After dinner, we had a fire in the fire pit in the covered patio and had a devotional.  Terry talked about Peter warming himself by the fire and denying Christ.  He explained that Peter was “strong & courageous” because after the denials, he got back up and never denied Christ again.  He became a pillar of the Church.  We need to realize that if we fail or falter as Christians, we should also be strong & courageous by getting back on the correct path and living in service to Him.

When devo and our discussion was over, we stayed by the fire and made s’mores.  All are pretty tired, (the Vik boys are probably the most exhausted because they have been working non-stop) so we called it an early night & went back to our rooms for showers & bed.

We are loving the work but have come to the stage of realizing how little time is left.  Please pray for us to stay focused on the tasks that we need to complete and remain joyful for this opportunity that we all missed so badly in 2020.  I personally can’t wait to return with many more workers in 2022.

But for now, Happy Canada Day (July 1) and good night!


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