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Our Graduates

12/22/2011

We are so proud of this whole class, but especially of these two that have lived at our place for the last couple years. We know how hard they've worked. Both Ruby and Ronald have overcome a lot to be were they are today and they're the first ever in their families to graduate from high school. They also both received a special award for their proficiency in the English language.

November is graduation month for schools in Honduras and we've been partying with lots of graduating students.

First we celebrated with Ruby and Ronald at Instituto El Rey's graduation. These two were part of a class of twenty-one students that graduated with a Bachillerato (a degree that lets them go on to university) and a technical degree in computers. These were the first students Jason taught as 7th graders back in 2006.

We were also invited to celebrate with the graduating 6th grade class at our elementary school in Urraco. They asked Jason to be the padrino (sponsor/guest of honor) for the graduating class. This was to honor Give Hope 2 Kids and what we've offered the kids of the community through English classes and Lee's Library.

One of Ruby's younger sisters, Jenny, graduated with this class. Here's a picture of Jason presenting her with an award for academic excellence. We are excited that she and her next older sister, Areli, will be entering Instituto El Rey as 7th graders in February.

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New Laying Hens = Lots of Eggs

12/7/2011

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Well we’ve got some good news in the egg-laying department.

This past week we were able to purchase 20 new laying hens to see if we couldn’t up the ante of the egg production around here. The hens we had previously may have missed the memo…or maybe they didn’t read over their job description. Either way, their daily egg average was, well, not meeting expectations.

In any case, the new ladies in the coop are doing some serious work. It was a big surprise how many eggs we already had before a day had gone by. Now, they’re averaging about 17 eggs a day and breakfast just got tastier. Jason’s excitement had him checking the coop for eggs more than a few times before daybreak last week.

The idea behind all of this is to continue increasing our self-sustainability. That way, we are becoming more cost-effective and better stewards of the ministry’s land. With how well these new hens have been doing, we hope to buy 20 more in the near future. This will allow us to have enough eggs to provide for everyone living on the property these days.

This year we were able to purchase chickens thanks to donations from last year's Gift Catalog. If you’re interested in contributing to the hen fund to provide us with more eggs, check back soon for our 2011 Gift Catalog.

Written by (and photos of) our volunteer Erin.

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Friday Youth Night

12/1/2011

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We just wanted to share a quick photo and show you how great things are going with our Kids/Youth Ministry. We're up and running on Friday nights now and the community is loving it. The attendance and participation has blown us away. Our goal is not to be just another village church, but to teach people about God's love and be a unifying force for people, instead of a dividing one. We're so encouraged with how well this going.

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