Gaining Ground

The first three months in Honduras, we spent many days in the garbage dump building relationships with the children who still worked there. It was a wonderful time and a terrible time. It was a beautiful experience learning their names and stories, yet heart wrenching to say goodbye and watch them continue to pick through garbage.

Our main goal is to see this garbage dump transformed. A major milestone in pursuit of this goal is to get ALL of the children out of that place. We have worked hard to convince these children to leave the oppressive atmosophere of dump work, and many times run across resistance from parents or guardians who force their children to supplement the family income.

The last post explained the miracles of Christian and Sergio David. Today, we want to introduce 6 new students: Maly, Arturo, Fausto, Ariel, Jonathon, and Brenda. Ariel and Brenda are prodigals returning after a couple months but the others are brand new to school. We could not contain our joy when these children showed up on Monday and attended everyday without fail. Please pray that they will keep at school until they graduate and that God may continue the transformation process in their lives.

We are gaining ground in the Tegucigalpa dump.

Suddenly there is an influx of children at AFE, children who would never leave the garbage dump before. God is doing something big here. And he is not just using us. He is using the kids too. This week, when I had ran out of words sharing the good news to a teen stuck in the garbage dump, Jairo (4th grader) jumped in with what God had done and was going to do in his life. Jairo wants to be an engineer. It is a sight to behold God’s good news coming out of mouths so hopeless only months ago. Mysterious Ways are God’s specialty.