Growth

As you can see from the lapse of time between posts, life is still very busy for myself and for the mission overall.  

Growth is happening.  Giving away lemons, oranges, plums, avocados...I can't keep up with this part either.  

Coffee is already coming on slowly, a little early, but we were mostly ready. We are buying a new pulper for Sampedrana, higher capacity, better sort quality (not as many defects) and better overall care of the coffee after harvest.  Every little step matters for continuing to improve the cup quality.  And if we want to get to self sufficiency, we will need to be competitive with other non Christian coffee, because there just aren't enough connections or relationships we can make it seems to sell enough as Hill Climber Coffee.  We life, we learn, slowly but surely, and so things grow.   
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Thanks to donations from the US, after many years, I won't even try to think how many years, we were able to buy tile for the church building in Cantarranas.  And the brothers and sisters there are working on putting it all in.  The difference it will make goes beyond how it will look.  

Victoria (some of you might have met her also using her other name Daniela) got baptized today.  She is from the Milk Project in Tegucigalpa.  She graduated high school this year, and has been working part time for the Milk Project helping with the younger kids as well.  She hasn't been congregating in a church, but as part of her studies and wanting to go into medicine, has been volunteering in the clinic.  Jose Luis, who works there as the spiritual director, had been talking to her, like he does to everyone in the clinic, and attending a cell group he has been leading nearby.  After talking, thought, prayer, she took this step, and several of the staff were very happy to celebrate with her. 

Growth happens in lots of ways.  This is the way that really matters...that will produce fruit that will last long beyond our lives.  In other ways though as well, and we are looking at how to help her continue to study next year, and as well continue to serve in the Milk Project.