A Well for La Confiensa!

Today Claud & I set the casing for a well in La Confiensa at 90'. We blew the well out with the air compressor to make sure we had water and now we will return on Monday to set a pump. Thank you, Jesus.

The kids are all in pretty good shape despite passing around a cough and runny nose. None however, haven't anything more serious to this point. The is another scare here over the "Swine Flu", but again we have managed to escape it up to now.

We made the decision to move Karen back to 1st grade...she can't read and therefore can't do any of the 2nd grade homework. She will begin on Monday, but since Rosa is already there we don't think there will be any major revolts.

Thank you for your continued prayers,

Bob, Joyce, & kids

Baptism by Fire (Mud)

Can you guess which one is faster?

So what if I got a little dirty?

A Light in the Storm

Today was tough...first we dropped Claud at the depot to clean the air hammer while I went to the dentist, then I picked up Claud, the air compressor, the hammer and headed to La Confiensa. We got there, Claud backed the compressor into place and we got ready to hook up the hammer and realized we'd left the slip for the hammer at the depot in San Pedro Sula. On top of that when we tried to stop the truck by putting it in park it just kept rolling down the mountainside, even when we tried to apply the emergency brake.

I knew we couldn't mess with the truck in this condition and so we headed back to the city feeling somewhat like we'd just lost the first 7 rounds of a 10 round fight. However, on the way back Claud & I prayed, we bound, we cast out, we thanked God for His provision and His repair of our truck. It took a bit, but we finally found a garage that had the capability of diagnosing and repairing our problems. Claud feared it might cost as much as $1000 U.S. and I knew if that were the case we couldn't get the truck fixed. We prayed again and thanked God for keeping our resources in mind and for finding us a repair that was within our means.

At the garage they told us the problem would cost us about 4500 Limperas or $225. I was very relieved it wasn't close the $1000 we had feared. While the mechanics were diagnosing the problem Claud & I struck up a conversation with the General Manager, who spoke English. We talked about why we were in Honduras, the work we were doing and the children we were raising. He told us he was getting married in August and I asked if he knew Christ and he said he did, and his future wife did as well. That was it...just polite conversation and introducing Christ into the conversation.

He got the bill from the dealer for the parts and apologized for the cost of the part and said he would call us when it was ready. We went home to wait feeling like God had delivered. But God wasn't done............

When I went to pick up the bill the General Manager had already left for the day so I headed to the cashier to hand over money. Then I saw that God had done much more...the bill was 952 Limperas or approximately $47.50!

When Satan thought he had us down for the count God showed up! Thank you, Jesus!

Let the Drilling Begin

Claud & I got to the site this morning began drilling and things went very well. Claud & I bumped heads, stepped on each others toes, and then we both got it together and worked like old teammates.

We quickly got down to 65' and then hit rock, so we had to stop for the day. Tomorrow we will return with the air hammer and pound our way through the rock and into water, PTL! First a trip to the dentist which will take up the morning...while I'm there Claud will work on our other work truck...time well spent.

This evening was loooooong! Pedro had an asthma attack and we took him to his new physical therapist, who is also a paramedic. He gave him oral medicine, aerosol inhaler, an injection, and a nebulizer to take home, and then refused to take any money! It's such a treat to run into someone like him when it seems like the day has beaten you down - God sends an angel to brighten it up. Thanks, Wilson.

Drill "Training"

It was Claud's first day of drilling in Honduras and he got a good indoctrination. First we got there and no one was there to meet us and the site was not prepared as promised. However, shortly the place was a beehive of activity with men and boys swinging machetes, hoes, and shovels to clear the area. We got ready to back the rig in place and discovered a large, 30-40 lb, rock had been dropped down the hole. It was egg-shaped and had wedged itself tightly into place about 4 or 5 feet below ground level. Our fear was that it would fall even deeper and we would have to abandon the hole.

Claud's first day was mostly spent upside down (head first) in the hole digging, prying, trying to get a line around the rock. He finally got and together it came out, but it was much worse than I'm able to convey to you. It took a gargantuan effort on the part of Claud to get this rock out.

I simply told him, "Welcome to drilling in Honduras!"

Drill "Training"

Needed Prayers

The kids have taken a turn toward ungratefulness that is wearing on Joyce and we need your prayers. I left today to do some drilling and the kids immediately tried to take advantage of her...all of them. Sometimes it just seems to overload us and we freely ask for your prayers.