This is our final week here. We will be flying out a week from tomorrow. In some ways it is hard to believe that two months could have gone by so quickly. People have asked me how my Spanish is coming along. I would say that I am able to get by relatively well. With some people I am able to converse freely and with others...I'm not even sure they are speaking Spanish. As I try to express thoughts and feelings it becomes more difficult. Spanish uses the subjunctive a lot, especially in this area. Over all I am happy with my progress, but I have so far to go. Barbe and the boys are doing well. I have noticed just this past week that they are beginning to really "get " it. I think a couple more months would be just what we all need.
The other question that has been asked often, especially by our Honduran friends, is are we coming back. The answer to that, without knowing what tomorrow may bring, is a resounding yes. I have found the peace here that I have been searching for. Yes, I have found also some things that trouble me deeply. This too was part of my Quest. To search for the place where God has been calling us and to see our "religious system" at work in other parts of the world. After we return I will write more in depth about the positive and the negative things that I have found. For now let it suffice to say that I have met many good people here. I do not doubt the sincerity of their hearts, but many questions have been raised by my time here as I observe the "system" at work.
What does the future look like for us? We are working through that. The possibilities here are endless. Currently I have two possibilities which hold great interest for me. A combination of the two may be possible. One would require a much more dramatic change of lifestyle than the other. All of us are completely open to whatever God has for us.
This weekend I will be going with Tim Nelson and two men who are flying down from MN or WI to drill a well at a camp owned by CAM on Lake Yojoa. This portable well drilling rig was built by them and an engineer for use here in HN. So far it has not been used much. I am considering the possibility of taking on the well drilling as an outreach ministry here. There are so many, many villages that have no clean water. This is a huge health risk, especially to children. The idea is to drill a well at a local church and make it available to the community. I will write more in depth on both the clean water issue and the ministry itself at a later date. First and foremost I want to see the machine at work. It has limitations, such as an inability to drill through granite and can only drill to a max. depth of 200'. However, it's size means that we can pull it almost anywhere oxen or a 4wheeler can go. It should be an interesting week...one I am very much looking forward to.
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