Day 5:

(Let us first apologize for the random pictures that are in our last blog. We are still having some minor technical difficulties.)

Last night after we wrote our blog, we ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was great!

Today began much like the others. We had devotions, went to the work site, had a wonderful breakfast, and began moving load after load of clay and dirt to pack for the church floor. The walls are now completely finished, and we will begin on the roof tomorrow! Today was the first day of VBS, and we had 65 children come to witness our amazing puppet show about Noah and his floating zoo. We sang songs and did a craft that was a dove made of construction paper, feathers, and googly eyes. Deanne describes the Honduran children as ¨shiny pennies¨ and we can´t think of a better comparison. They have glowing faces, big eager eyes, and were completely enthralled with our humble presentation. After lunch Kim shared her testimony and we and all of the Hondurans were all touched. The children begged Lauren, Brianna, Jen and Chris Nichols to go on a walk with them. They took us past the field where they play soccer, and through a small neighborhood where we saw turkeys, bananas, mangoes and many a confused spectator. At the end of the day, Yolanda asked the women of our group to pray for a Honduran sister who was hurting deeply from her past. We prayed over her in English and in Spanish, and we all cried with her. We were touched by her painful story and reassured her that we would keep her in our prayers and ask our friends in the United States to do the same. (That´s where you come in!) Please pray that God will heal her heart and protect her.

Two random and interesting facts that we feel led to share with you:

1) In Yoro, where we are staying, every year it rains fish. We´re not kidding, because we have asked almost everyone we´ve met. No one can explain it exactly, but you´ll have to ask us when we get back.

2) We met a Honduran who was born in Yoro, Honduras that has lived in Fontana, California. Again, we are completely serious. What a small world.

Tomorrow is Sunday and we will take a two hour break from working to watch the World Cup Finals! Soccer (Futbol) is big down here. We will also be going to church tomorrow night, which we are all very excited about!

Thank you again for your contined prayers!