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Wiring and Roofing

5/31/2011

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This past week we enjoyed having a group of eight come down and help us out. It was a mixed group of friends and family, all who had been down to volunteer on a previous trip or two. We so enjoyed having these "repeat visitors" down. They showed how much they value the work we're doing by their continued investment in us and we REALLY appreciate it.
During their week with us we were able to put roofs on the Volunteer House and the Furrow House. We also got a good chunk of the wiring done on the Furrow House.
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We also want to say thanks to those who donated to help us buy materials for the roof on the Volunteer House.  This really helped us along with this big project.

As we look back at the past few years we feel so appreciative of everyone who has invested in our construction projects, either with time or finances.  We wouldn't be near so far along in our work without our generous supporters!
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Abused Women & Children: So Many to Help

5/31/2011

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Today I spent time talking to a woman who would like to leave her abusive, alcoholic husband.  He says she can go, but she can’t take the kids with her.  They’ve been together since she was 13 years old.  She says they met at church and she thought he was a good guy.  Now, 19 years and 3 kids later she’s still stuck with him. 

It’s one thing to read stories like this (which I realize you, my reader, are currently doing), but it’s another thing entirely to sit across from a woman and know it’s her life.  I’m looking at her little girl’s black eye.  I’m hearing the woman say that kids shouldn’t be kicked around like they’re animals. 

Twice he’s been put under a restraining order.  Once he was ordered to stay away for six months and undergo therapy, but he told the system that he was a changed man and they let him off the hook. 

She’s willing to walk away and leave him, but unless he signs a paper to give up the kids, she says the police will follow her and take the kids from her.  Talk about a backwards system! 

Now, I don’t think there’s such thing as a perfect system, but can you imagine living in a place where there isn’t a helpline to call or a shelter to flee to?  She has no options: no money and nowhere to go where he can’t follow.  Honduras’ laws to protect women and children are perfectly fine on paper, but there is a MAJOR disconnect here between the law books and real life. 

Abuse is so normal here that people hardly bat an eye.  I heard today from someone who knows 15-year-old moms that give the baby a bottle and then leave the house.  And that brings up the issue of teen pregnancy: in Honduras, the average age for a first time mom is 15 years.  I also heard for the first time today that a family of kids we know well get beaten.  We’ve wondered and asked before, but never knew. 

Here we are, working in this country to help and yet we are so helpless to change things!  Sometimes it’s overwhelming to see what a broken world we live in.  We can’t possibly fix all the hurt and neglect that surrounds us.  I guess we are all called to concentrate on cleaning up our corner of the world, wherever that may be.  So, with God’s mercy, we will be doing our best here, to make a difference through the ministry of Give Hope 2 Kids.
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Upcoming Grand Opening!!

5/31/2011

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We just wanted to let you in on the secret that our grand opening is coming soon!  We hope to bring in the first kids into the Give Hope 2 Kids Home by the end of June.  In the past few weeks we've been meeting with lots of house parent possibilities, as well as social services.  The pieces are finally starting to fall into place.  Please, please pray with us that God goes before us and everything comes together exactly as it should.

If you're interested in being a part of our Sponsorship Program, please email us at: sponsorship@givehope2kids.org.  We will be releasing information for our Sponsorship Program soon.  
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Launching a Children's Ministry

5/5/2011

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You may remember that last year we built the Activity Center.  One of our main reasons was to create a space for our future Children's Ministry.  We've lived in Urraco for the past three years.  As we've taught classes, opened the Library to the community, and simply developed friendships with people, we've seen those relationships deepen and grow in trust.  One fantastic example of this, is that at our recent community movie and game night we had more than one hundred and ten people come and participate, from our village of five hundred! 
We feel it is the right time to invite our friends to know the God that we love and serve.  Right now we're working on getting together a leadership team to prepare solid teaching and worship.  David Martinez, who many of you have met, is going to be in charge of the teaching times.  José Rito (who Sarah talked about in a recent blog) will be working with the worship team.  We plan to launch this Children's Ministry soon.  Please pray that God will use our lives to make an eternal difference in the lives of these young people. 
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Bucket Bath

5/4/2011

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David and Olga's daughter Abi is walking now and toddles around the yard after the chickens.  We couldn't resist sharing this little video of her taking a bucket bath .
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