New Work
Brad is learnig new crops, meeting new co-workers and getting used to the heat. Trish is working in the eye clinic while continuing to homeschool the girls. We both love the new challenges and opportunities that God has placed in front of us.
New Places and New Faces
The North Coast of Honduras is certainly different than the mountainous West. We are blessed to be able to serve such warm and humble people in such a warm and beautiful place.
Family Ties
Here are some photos of our family in our new surroundings. We are getting settled in nicely.
New Neighbors
We've met some strange new neighbors since moving to the North Coast. All of these photos were taken from our front porch. (with the exception of the Boa Constrictor)
Good Friday
Once again we got to experience Good Friday here in Santa Rosa. The Way of the Cross as celebrated in our town is a beautiful intersection of faith and community.
Honduras Through New Eyes
Here are some photos the team from Harvest Santa Barbara took. It was interesting to us to see Honduras from their perspective
Visiting the Orphanage
It is always so great to visit the kids at Hogar San Jose. The team from harvest did a great job and brought lots of smiles.
Feeding Center
The team from Harvest Santa Barbara had the opportunity to connect with kids who eat lunch at a feeding center sponsored by Caritas. For some of these kids this is their only meal of the day.
Hens for Honduras
A team with Harvest Church in Santa Barbara came to work with us in late March. Part of the project was building chicken coops and supplying laying hens to the people hit hard by the big rain storm last Oct.
Out with the old year
In Honduras a big part of the new years eve celebration is the blowing up of the "Old Year". The old year is symbolized by a life-sized doll made entirely of fireworks. It's way cool!
New Years Festivities
This year we spent New Years with our adopted family in Belen Gualcho. We had great fun and experienced many new things.
Emergency in Belen
After 11 days of hard rain the earth up in Belen Gualcho became so saturated that it began to move. Hundreds have had to evacuate and reports are that over 50 homes have been damaged beyond repair. We have had the opportunity to provide food and shelter and will be helping in the aftermath to restore families to their homes.
Bio Diesel
The "Dad" team was here to help build a bio diesel processor. It works great and has garnered a lot of interest from other projects and even the Honduran government! (in a good way)
Birthday Fun
Sunday 4/13 was Trish's birthday. We visited some nearby Mayan ruins and Dad and the girls built a cake.
Orfanato
Trish and the girls work at a orphanage here in Santa Rosa. It is run by the Sister of Calcutta. Right now there are about 50 kids, 30 of them infants.
Dulce
Dulce means sweet. Here are a few photos of the process used to process sugar up in the campo.
All in a days work
Today, while cleaning up my tools, I realized how many different types of machines I get to work on in an average day. And all before lunch!
Baseball with the Peace Corps
Some great Peace Corps vols here in Santa Rosa started a baseball team for kids 8 - 12 years old. Our girls are having a blast!
Carrot Harvest
My dad would say "I don't carrot if you don't like these pictures." I guess that explains alot about my sense of humor.
Water Projects
Some photos of irrigation systems and water tanks being built.
Merry Christmas
Our first Christmas in Honduras was a wonderful time of togetherness for our family. Here's proof.
White Elephant Party
We had a great time with our gringo friends this holiday. We hosted our first annual white elephant party. Who would have guessed that Skippy peanut butter would be the biggest hit of all.
Planting Lettuce
Today I got to help plant 4300 lettuce plants. It was pretty exciting to be part of this families first foray into growing more than just corn for themselves. What a great feeling to be part of bringing hope to this family.
Irrigation Project
Brad had the opportunity to spend several days out in the wilderness getting GPS coordinates for one branch of the irrigation project. The water sources are three springs high up in the Celague Highlands.
