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Two posts in two days?
I must be excited about something.
As of Tuesday, we are now at 5 Milk Project locations!
Starting 23 years ago in Tegucigalpa,
Sampedrana in 2018, Las Botijas in 2022, and now two more in 2023! Cantarranas has been open about six months, and now Talanga.
The surge in new sponsors is thanks to South Shore Community Church, as you can see without their push, this normally would have taken us years!
The building isn't done yet, that will take quite a while yet, but the kids are there, and the staff has been hired (the director and a potential cook/helper) and they can use the sanctuary for the time being.
We poured another section of the ground level floor with the group this week, there is more to do there, plus getting all the blocks upstairs and working on the building itself. It will take a few months.
I must be excited about something.
As of Tuesday, we are now at 5 Milk Project locations!
Starting 23 years ago in Tegucigalpa,
Sampedrana in 2018, Las Botijas in 2022, and now two more in 2023! Cantarranas has been open about six months, and now Talanga.
The surge in new sponsors is thanks to South Shore Community Church, as you can see without their push, this normally would have taken us years!
The building isn't done yet, that will take quite a while yet, but the kids are there, and the staff has been hired (the director and a potential cook/helper) and they can use the sanctuary for the time being.
We poured another section of the ground level floor with the group this week, there is more to do there, plus getting all the blocks upstairs and working on the building itself. It will take a few months.
Huge change this year for the Milk Project then, not only in locations, but with Marvin moving from teaching English to taking over church development duties, we hired a new teacher, another staff person to help with the day to day in Tegucigalpa with Maria now supervising more locations, and hiring help in the USA to communicate with sponsors and coordinating communication on needs, goings on, etc. (Cecilia for those that know her!)
What's next then? Well, we have more sponsors to get for Talanga, but when the construction there is done, we will move to helping the church in Danli getting ready with the needed construction there, praying that perhaps in 2024, that will be the next location for another Milk Project!
There is also more training to do, as we grow, for the teachers/directors, but also how to further integrate the projects with the churches and getting the pastors more involved in being with the kids and doing home visits. When the new office/conference building is completed, there will definitely be more of those kinds of meetings going forward!
Prayers for the staff...working together during all these changes and growth, and keeping focus during this on serving Christ in their day to day activities!
What's next then? Well, we have more sponsors to get for Talanga, but when the construction there is done, we will move to helping the church in Danli getting ready with the needed construction there, praying that perhaps in 2024, that will be the next location for another Milk Project!
There is also more training to do, as we grow, for the teachers/directors, but also how to further integrate the projects with the churches and getting the pastors more involved in being with the kids and doing home visits. When the new office/conference building is completed, there will definitely be more of those kinds of meetings going forward!
Prayers for the staff...working together during all these changes and growth, and keeping focus during this on serving Christ in their day to day activities!
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We are going to run out of clothes sometime early next year. We are only doing clothing now with groups, and only when a container can be coordinated with other supplies. When will the next one come? Might be a year from now! That will mean some changes for groups at some point, when there are no more for a time. That will be interesting. It will also be sad, because we know how much people look forward to those in many rural areas around the country.
I've been absent from blogging mostly due to being way to busy to even think about it. That last sentence by the way, is not something I am proud of...nor should we prize being busy. Being occupied is one thing, but when I saw it has been two months, I knew that wasn't because there hasn't been many things to share while we have been in the US working for the mission, but rather just not having time to think about it.
I've been absent from blogging mostly due to being way to busy to even think about it. That last sentence by the way, is not something I am proud of...nor should we prize being busy. Being occupied is one thing, but when I saw it has been two months, I knew that wasn't because there hasn't been many things to share while we have been in the US working for the mission, but rather just not having time to think about it.
We had chance in the USA to meet some very cool women that were making pillowcase dresses and had asked us if there was a need for such a thing.
I said sure. I saw them and saw the work they had done, thought they looked good to me, but I had no idea how many smiles they would generate.
The first distribution in Las Botijas through the Milk Project produced more smiling pictures, and just visible joy than I have seen here in a while, especially in a country where being stoic when pictures are taken is the norm.
Used clothes are exciting enough, but new clothes are a big deal here, partially because for many...they are rare.
I said sure. I saw them and saw the work they had done, thought they looked good to me, but I had no idea how many smiles they would generate.
The first distribution in Las Botijas through the Milk Project produced more smiling pictures, and just visible joy than I have seen here in a while, especially in a country where being stoic when pictures are taken is the norm.
Used clothes are exciting enough, but new clothes are a big deal here, partially because for many...they are rare.
While waiting on the group at the grocery store, I perused the used clothing store attached. You can see here the prices on two pairs of fairly used shoes. $56, and $46. And these were fairly "well used."
Shoes especially is an area where we never have enough for the demand/need.
It also explains, even for our staff, why they have been so excited that we can get them new tennis shoes for Christmas for the past several years. If these are the prices for used, otherwise quality, shoes, imagine what new prices are here.
All that to say...let's pray God will work out the details for more clothing and shoes to come soon.
