tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72490842296811618972024-02-18T21:58:49.383-08:00Zells on a mission!Serving the Lord, loving the people and just plain surviving!Matt and Ellen, Serving in Hondurashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879181678595492862noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-86636985058956670122016-07-20T12:52:00.000-07:002016-07-20T12:52:10.216-07:00INFOP Day of the StudentIt has already been a year since we celebrated Day of the Student at the agricultural school! Normally all the students have to wear blue uniforms but for this day they get to relax and hopefully have fun.<br />
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I (Matt) started the morning off with a talk/devotional/sermonette on <b><span style="color: blue;">1 Corinthians 9:24-25</span>:</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>but only one receives the prize? So run that you </b></span><b style="color: red;">may obtain it. </b></div>
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<b style="color: red;">Every athlete exercises self-control </b><b style="color: red;">in all things. </b></div>
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<b style="color: red;">They do it to receive a perishable </b><b style="color: red;">wreath, </b></div>
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<b style="color: red;">but we an imperishable.</b></div>
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My message was basically that all of life is a race and so it is very important to know what your final goal is or you may miss it! We can be distracted by lots of little goals but<span style="color: blue;"><b> the most important is to turn our lives over to Jesus Christ, to run for Jesus and to His glory!</b></span><br />
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We don't have pictures of all the games and activities but below are shots of some of the fun!<br />
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Ellen is off to the side explaining<span style="color: blue;"> <b>"lawn golf" or "ladder golf"</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This was a super noisy game </b></span>as they all shouted and cheered almost continuously!</div>
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There were also some of the <span style="color: blue;"><b>traditional games </b></span>like the egg on the spoon relay.</div>
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That's the director standing in the middle of Tug of War in the white shirt. <span style="color: blue;"><b>I really appreciate that he is so supportive of the kids that he helped out the entire time!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>"The war that wouldn't end!"</b></span> The tug-a-war competitions went on and on!! </div>
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We introduced a new “game” <span style="color: blue;"><b>shooting off paper rockets using a bicycle air pump and a launcher made from PVC. </b></span><br />
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We went out to INFOP the day before and helped each student make their own rocket. <br />
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The rocket competitions included <span style="color: blue;"><b>best looking rocket, furthest flying rocket, and even a contest for accuracy. </b></span><br />
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I asked several students what they enjoyed the most and it was always the rockets!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>What a great way to finish a hot day of games but with a water game!! </b></span>They played it until there wasn't enough water left in the barrels to have a race, and then they dumped that water out on each other!!<br />
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Why waste our time on games? Because it's fun and God made us to enjoy this life that He has given us. So, we spend ourselves even in helping others simply enjoy God's goodness!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; </i></b></span></div>
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-3719961798991947642016-07-19T12:12:00.002-07:002016-07-19T12:12:59.110-07:00Lifting Up the FloorsWell, maybe we didn't really lift up a floor but what we did was put in a support beam on top of a wall instead.<br />
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Pastor Gustavo came to me and was very tentative in asking the question could they use the funding for a floor to help a man in the church who was in the process of building a house. I thought it was wonderful that the church would want to come alongside this brother and bless him as he works to provide a home for his wife and baby!<br />
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Here Pastor Gustavo and Alex, the homeowner, are mixing cement. <br />
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You can see in the background Alex's adobe house that he has been building with the help of friends and family, with adobe bricks he has made by hand. <br />
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Here's a little close up of the wall with Ellen, Mari (Alex's wife) and their baby, Alex. <br />
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You can see that in the photo that the wall is topped with terra-cotta roof tiles to protect it from the rain. The cement beam will provide that protection and greater strength by tying all the walls together.<br />
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Ellen is checking out the progress.<br />
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And it looks good!<br />
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This is hard physical labor (especially in 90+ degree temps) and what a wonderful labor of love for the church to come alongside this brother to help out with!!<br />
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Thank you for your gifts and prayers that make this work possible!!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Unless the Lord builds the house,</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i> the builders labor in vain.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Unless the Lord watches over the city,</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i> the guards stand watch in vain.</i></b></span></div>
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-30054068631618794882016-02-21T09:16:00.000-08:002016-02-21T09:16:15.477-08:00The Larva get Special VisitorsI think we were first told about their upcoming visit seven or eight months ago! It was cancelled and rescheduled, only to be cancelled again, and then there was no news for a long time. <br />
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Then out of the blue this past Tuesday we received a call that a team from Zamorano University who work in a department for the development of sustainable agriculture practices wanted to come see out Black Soldier Fly project. It was not the best of timing but they were already on their way and would call when they were at our door. Our special visitors were finally on their way!!<br />
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When they arrived that afternoon, I showed them the current larva set up, the future “Fly Hotel,” and the new ferrocement tank for the aquaponic system. They were super excited about black soldier fly larva, talked about making a set up at the university, starting a program to teach small producers, making a video of me at the house!! That's amazing!! God is good all the time!!<br />
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I was once again so impressed at how talking to someone with a university level agriculture background (with the one guy working on his PhD thesis), they just get it and get it quick. Their questions were all excellent and showed such a high level of understanding and desire to apply with small farmers.<br />
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That’s where the real work will begin in communicating and setting up systems with small farmers. This has been an area that I have been crying out to the Lord for direction and help, and the Lord has answered!! <br />
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I already have a lesson written up on raising the larva but can you imagine how much better it will be with this team re-writing it!! It’s one thing for me to try to explain to someone what an incredible blessing the larva can be for their farm, but can you imagine the difference of having the endorsement, the voice, of agriculture experts from the prestigious Panamerican Agricultural International University of Zamorano!!<br />
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God goes before us preparing the good works for us to do for His glory and His kingdom!!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>which God prepared in advance for us to do.</b></span></div>
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I (Matt) read a book by Elizabeth Elliot Gren entitled, "These Strange Ashes." The first time through I just thought it was such a weird book of mishaps and non-endings, and the second time it hit me that <b><span style="color: blue;">it's just real life and not everything turns out the way we plan... like today.</span></b><br />
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Our puppet team has put a lot of work into being prepared for the next set of performances. One was for today up in the mountains of Tutule at the public primary school. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We were excited to be part of the start of the new school year and have the opportunity to perform for about 300 children. </span> We even practiced a new short puppet skit that we added to the start of the show as it was about staying in school and that school is fun!<br />
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Yesterday afternoon a cold front came in and was much worse up in the mountains. This morning we received a message that it was raining badly in the mountains. So, we sent out some quick prayer requests to cover our travels and prepare the way ahead of us. <span style="color: blue;">The picture above is the mountain road and while it shows the fog that came in, you can also see on the right the tops of the banana trees just off the road growing up the side of the mountain. </span> This is NOT a good road to be on in impaired visibility!!<br />
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The visibility continued to get worse and worse the further up the mountain we went!! To top it off, <span style="color: blue;">we received a call that the storm had knocked out the electricity in the city we were going to</span>. No electricity, means no speaker, and since we use recorded material that means no show. We prayed and continued going up in hopes that the electricity would be restored.<br />
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We made it to Tutule and reached the school to find not only was there no power, but there were also only about 4 or 5 kids running about, instead of the 300+ kids that attend the school. The teachers were all together in one classroom.<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">They told us that it is coffee harvest time and that many kids do not come to school for the first few weeks as they are working harvesting coffee. They also said that there may have been more kids coming today but they probably walked back home because of the heavy rain.</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span> I think they may have been actually using the puppet show to entice kids to come!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>It was amazing to see the reaction of the team as they said that it was ok and all in God's timing.</b></span> If there was anyone fairly bummed it was me, but I got over it pretty quickly in hearing their God-focused response. We visited some friends in town and had lunch at the local "comedor". It was fried chicken and some of the best I've ever eaten! (And I've eaten a LOT!)<br />
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Our trip back down into the valley was again through thick fog and I was quite happy to be out of the mountains!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This was a neat experience in that in the end it was not about doing a great show but more about having a great attitude and keeping our eyes on God!</b></span><br />
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To celebrate all the hard work by the puppet team, we headed to the Pulhapanzak waterfalls. It should have been about a two hour trip to get there but ended up taking over three hours due to construction traffic.<br />
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The team was pretty excited to stretch their legs once we arrived at the park.<br />
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Then we quickly dug into the lunches we brought!<br />
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Next was a dip into the river before heading to the see the waterfalls.<br />
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The swimming area is made by a little water dam.<br />
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The water was amazingly clear!!!<br />
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Silliness was everywhere!!<br />
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Great fun for all!!<br />
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The swimming area was a super beautiful site!!<br />
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Then the walk down to see the waterfalls.<br />
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The waterfalls are super gorgeous!! <br />
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Just enjoying the view!<br />
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I want to point out that there was no sign that said we couldn't climb over the fence for a better picture!<br />
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I'm not sure they thought climbing over the fence was such a bright idea!<br />
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Next we had to climb back up to be able to continue the trail to the base of the falls.<br />
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Great group photo!<br />
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It was quite wet at the base due to the continual mist from the waterfall.<br />
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Of course the perpetual mist given off by the waterfall makes for great little rainbows!<br />
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Another fun group shot!<br />
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On the way back we stopped off at Lake Yajoa.<br />
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Super beautiful at the lake!<br />
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The pier we walked out on turned into a little wood walkway, but we all walk out on it until it disappeared under the water.<br />
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This area of green grass is under water during the rainy season.<br />
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Ellen decided to sit out the walk and wait at what was about a halfway point.<br />
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Looking back and you can see it was just a beautiful day!<br />
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Truly a fun day!! What made it extra fun is that in spending the entire day together, (which turned out to be almost 12 hours due to another back up on the return trip) the group shared sweet Christian fellowship. Actually, we spent some of the car time going over the next puppet script and also in reading Scripture and prayer!! God is goood!!<br />
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Such a blessing to be treated to a fun day experiencing more of Honduras with such sweet friends!!<br />
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Another year has passed for the ag school with the new fruit that has ripened and is ready to be shipped out across the country... the kids are graduating and going home!<br />
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It was a big event with dignitaries at the head table, banners up, flag unfurled and pine needles on the floor!<br />
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I was invited to come and attend, along with Greg Brewster who is also with Equip, for our service at the school this year. We were given a special introduction and warm thanks for caring for the kids and their spiritual growth.<br />
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The director of the ag school and my good friend, Mario, gave an excellent graduation speech. In one part he said that he was reading a book and ran across a formula for success in life. He said that he thought probably all the people there had the same book in their home too. That it often has a black cover and of course the book was the Bible. <br />
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He said he found the formula in Joshua 1:8<br />
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So his encouragement to the graduating class was that to truly be successful they needed to know and follow God! Awesome!<br />
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Lot's of pictures taken after everyone received their certificates.<br />
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Couple different media guys there who interviewed Mario after the ceremony! <br />
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All in all, great time and very God honoring! We are so thankful that Mario is the director there and has given us an open door to come in and work with the kids!!<br />
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-4155525361642404382015-11-23T20:02:00.000-08:002015-11-23T20:02:21.243-08:00Aiming Higher!Pastor Gustavo, his wife Noelia, and their son, Fhares, came for lunch and planning today. They had very e<span style="color: blue;"><b>xciting news to share in that every week they have new people from the community coming to church and accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior!</b></span><br />
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One of those newly saved folks used to run a cantina, or bar/liquor store, out of their home which also hosted prostitution. <span style="color: blue;"><b>Now the same people that used to get together to get drunk are getting together to pray, read the Bible and encourage each other. </b></span>Amazing miraculous transformation!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Through the men at the church at El Coquito we have continued the concrete floor project </b></span>and have completed several. Unfortunately the last home we installed a floor in had some adobe walls fall in on one room during the recent terrible rains and flooding of last month. It's basically a two room house, cement was put in both rooms, and so it is currently a one room house.<br />
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I can hardly express how impressed I am with the church as t<span style="color: blue;"><b>he men have been working making adobe block to rebuild the walls.</b></span> They are showing great love for one another as they sacrificially work to help this sister in Christ!<br />
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As we talked about what's new I told Pastor Gustavo about <span style="color: blue;"><b>the recent lesson at INFOP called, "Aim Higher,"</b></span> teaching about goals and seeking God. He was very intrigued and wanted to talk more about the Scriptures we used. He thought our Scripture selection was right on target and that it was a great lesson. <br />
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Perhaps being a pastor provides him with a greater lung capacity, or it's possible that his work as a mason has something to do with that, but <span style="color: blue;"><b>either way he was a natural!</b></span><br />
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If you <span style="color: blue;"><b>look closely you can see the targets we were shooting</b></span> at and yes we hit them! The blowguns are quite powerful!<br />
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If it wasn't for a prior engagement that they had I'm not sure they would have left! Gustavo was very excited after actually trying the blowgun, and given what he considers an excellent spiritual lesson, <span style="color: blue;"><b>he has asked me to give the lesson for the teens at his church which is over 20 youth! </b></span>Of course, I'm very excited about that opportunity!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>We praise the Lord for the special friendship He has given us with Gustavo, Noelia and Fhares!! </b></span><br />
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This is one of the verses we share in the "Aim Higher" lesson, Colossians 3:2-4:<br />
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-35852685378458499112015-11-23T19:06:00.001-08:002015-11-23T19:06:14.545-08:00Aim HigherWe had a lesson at INFOP entitled, "<span style="color: blue;"><b>Aim Higher</b></span><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">,</span>" and it used a <span style="color: blue;"><b>blowgun as an analogy, or object lesson</b></span>. This works well because when using a blowgun a target is needed and to hit the target it is necessary to actually aim a little higher. The further away from the target you stand the higher you need to aim. <br />
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We talked about setting goals for life and <span style="color: blue;"><b>t</b></span><b><span style="color: blue;">he most important goal is knowing God</span></b>. In seeking God we need to lift our eyes up and aim higher!<br />
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The lesson was with thirty some youth at the agricultural school. The idea of the school is to prepare them to go out and work in agriculture, either for a big ag company or on their own, but to my surprise none of the students had actual goals or dreams or visions for what they would do what they were learning.</div>
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So, talking about setting goals was extremely important for them. Talking about the importance of knowing God and surrendering their life to Him was most important. Making darts and using the blowguns on targets and balloons was perfect fun for a bunch of teens!</div>
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We are so thankful for the opportunity we have to be here and invest in these lives. We are thankful to the Lord and to each one of you who are praying and supporting us financially! We work as a team together and it is all for the glory of God!!</div>
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-24192478283187236772015-11-11T13:24:00.001-08:002015-11-11T13:24:10.523-08:00Muppet Ministry in the Mountains!Taking the puppet ministry to new heights... we headed for the mountains!<br />
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We had two shows in the same day. The first in San Pedro de Tutule with over 80 kids and a bunch of adults. The second was near the top of a mountain in the community of La Peñita with over 40 kids and several adults.<br />
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One man came up to me after the show to say he was watching the local cable channel and saw the program being aired live, so he grabbed his two kids and ran to the park to see the show! PTL!<br />
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It is so exciting to us to be part of a group of Hondurans willing to give sacrificially of their time and effort to reach their own country with the Good News, the gospel, that there is but one way to heaven and His name is Jesus!<br />
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-63310863734957008522015-10-26T18:17:00.005-07:002015-10-26T18:17:58.522-07:00The First Mad Muppet Ministry Show!This intrepid team of evangelical adventurers launched the very first <span style="color: blue;"><b>Mad Muppet Ministry Show!</b></span><br />
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This photo is actually proof that we survived as it was taken after the show when we went out to celebrate with some "atol" which is a traditional corn drink... thick sweet and yummy with cinnamon on top!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Preparing for a puppet show involves a lot of prayer, practice </b></span>and even a day of crafts making signs to be used in the show to help highlight important points!<br />
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We had our "<span style="color: blue;"><b>puppet singers" </b></span>who started and ended the program.<br />
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We had a very fun little drama explaining to <span style="color: blue;"><b>kids that they are important and special to God!</b></span><br />
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Ellen followed the drama with <span style="color: blue;"><b>questions to reinforce the lesson!</b></span><br />
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I (Matt) gave a short Bible lesson on Mark 10:14, "<span style="color: #990000;">Jesus said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, <u style="font-weight: bold;"><i>for to such belongs the kingdom of God.</i></u><b>"" </b></span><br />
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One of the team members concluded the program!<br />
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We concluded the program with a <span style="color: blue;"><b>rousing round of "Ho-Ho-Ho-Hosanna"!</b></span><br />
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I'm so proud of the volunteers who have faithfully been practicing for two hours every Wednesday in preparation, and this is just the first as we have several more performances to go!!</div>
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Paul wrote, <span style="color: #990000;"><b><i>"I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some." 1Cor 9:22</i></b></span> <b><span style="color: blue;">Seems so applicable to puppet ministries!!</span></b></div>
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Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-48994982794448643502015-09-03T16:01:00.001-07:002015-09-04T07:45:14.182-07:00The Mad Muppet Ministry!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The Spanish word for puppet is </b></span><b style="color: blue;"><i>"Títere"</i></b><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span>and we see the potential to use puppets in many areas of our ministry such as to introduce concepts or even to teach a lesson. <br />
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The national leaders for the after school ministry have been talking about “títeres” since January when we conducted their training and so the journey began. I would call this a <span style="color: blue;"><b>"great puppet adventure" </b></span>but that just sounds to much like a muppet movie title.<br />
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I (Matt) started researching puppets on the web earlier this year and bought an e-book called, <span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Foam Book" and started making my first ever muppet style puppet.</b></span><br />
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He's all foam and so came together pretty quickly.<br />
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I was pretty happy with the finished puppet but knew that I would need more to use in a puppet ministry and especially needed more resources in Spanish. The week before leaving for the states I googled, <b>"Christian puppet scripts in Spanish"</b> and at the top of the result list was <span style="color: blue;"><b>the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers! </b></span><br />
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To make things even sweeter, they were holding their annual conference in Maryland the second week we would be home. So, I registered and made the hour and fifteen minute trek each day to go learn. I don’t look at this as happenstance that the conference was just when we needed it but God’s amazing sovereignty!<br />
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We tried to attend every puppet construction workshop we could fit in. <span style="color: blue;"><b>The folks leading the workshops each have an amazing amount of experience in puppet ministry.</b></span> Linda in this photo has worked in puppet ministry for more than 20 years and that's while working full-time as a nurse!<br />
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Linda had pre-sewn the bodies so we just needed to put in the foam, the mouth, the nose, eyes, hair and dress them up!<br />
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Here they are just missing legs, hair and clothes.<br />
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What a transformation!! <span style="color: blue;"><b>We have a little boy that we named Tavo after a pastor in Honduras that he reminds of, and a little girl that we named Linda (pronounced "lean-da"). </b></span><br />
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Here are Ron and Freda teaching us another construction method. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"> <b>They have over 39 years of leading puppet ministries!! </b></span></span><br />
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They do not use cloth over the foam and generally do not make legs.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Instead of cloth, we spray painted the heads and arms.</span> </b> This is a faster construction method and final puppet is also much lighter.<br />
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These two came out looking like a grandparents. They are the two in the right front of the photo below... still in need of some clothing.<br />
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The folks at the conference felt moved to send us back to Honduras well equipped, so they loaded us up with puppets and some funds to buy more puppetry materials! Some of the puppets above we made during the conference and some were donated. The big gorilla on the left was made in a workshop on converting stuffed animals to puppets. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Pictured above are the incredible Christian puppetry leaders. </b></span>They have worked hard to develop an <span style="color: blue;"><b>amazing talent to share the good news of Jesus Christ</b></span> through puppetry and the arts. May the Lord continue to bless them and expand their work!<br />
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As of this writing we are back in Honduras and reading through several Spanish scripts in order to decide which to begin with. We will be building a puppet stage from PVC and practicing with the folks here! <br />
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Please pray for this new undertaking to get off to a strong start and to glorify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!!<br />
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-44850908854191833422015-07-11T12:18:00.000-07:002015-07-11T12:18:21.343-07:00Flying Away!For those of you who know we are back in the states for a short visit you might be thinking I'm referring to our flight, but it's something bit... smaller!<br />
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It was a day where we had to hold the after school program outside. We didn't plan to be teaching outside but none of our keys would open the house. In those famous theatrical words, <b><span style="color: blue;">"the show must go on"</span></b> and so we sat the kids down and prayed to start!<br />
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We were doing a very special craft making gliders from foam plates. These gliders are known as <span style="color: blue;"><b>FPG-9</b></span> which stands for <span style="color: blue;"><b>Foam Plate Glider - 9"</b></span>.<br />
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You might be thinking, "what kind of spiritual lesson goes with making gliders from foam plates?" We went to Isaiah 40:31,<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>"Those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>they shall mount up with wings like eagles; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>they shall run and not be weary; </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>they shall walk and not faint."</i></b></span></div>
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This is a super Scripture to encourage the children to be steadfast in their walk with the Lord!<br />
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We actually drew out the glider pattern on the plates before handing them out.<br />
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Before cutting the gliders out we let the kids personalize them with markers.<br />
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As you're looking at these pictures, look at the background as this is another view of the neighborhood we are working in.<br />
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The gliders were really fun for the kids and the leaders!<br />
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Some of these kids had never made a paper plane so this was their very first glider!! The gliders flew great as pictured above... the girl in the blue dress just launched the glider in the upper right corner!<br />
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Here are all the leaders for that day!! Even though the day did not go as planned (we were outside) the Lord was faithful and we had a GREAT day with the kids!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>its leaves are always green.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>and never fails to bear fruit.”</i></b></span></div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-10333086538161001292015-06-29T09:17:00.001-07:002015-06-29T09:17:32.821-07:00Day of the Student at INFOPWe continued to be blessed and honored by the wonderful staff and students at INFOP the agricultural school and this time it was <span style="color: blue;"><b>their invitation to join them for a recreation day - the Day of the Student!</b></span><br />
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I think it's one thing for us to go and teach a lesson but uniquely different to be asked to join them for fun! We have been there for three years and never knew that they had a Day of the Student, so this was quite touching to be invited in as part of their fun time or down time. <span style="color: blue;"><b>We really praise the Lord for this, as it is wonderful to be so fully accepted by the staff and students!!</b></span><br />
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We asked them how they celebrate Day of the Student and they said they had games like tug-of-war and relays and the students had the whole day off. I asked if we could bring some games and they gave us permission to do whatever we wanted! <br />
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It was time for the three newly appointed <span style="color: blue;"><b>"game masters" </b></span>to put on their thinking caps (which looked amazingly similar to their everyday hats) and get to work!<br />
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Matt finally figured how to make a hole in one... one golfball at a time! But what type of game is this?<br />
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Next Matt was cutting up some PVC tubing... this is supposed to be a game?<br />
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Kelly was busy tying up loose ends, but how is this going to be fun?<br />
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Finally, the day of the student came and true to their word they had games... to be precise they had two; tug-of-war and a relay. So, our odd collection of stuff was a welcomed addition!<br />
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We had made four sets of <span style="color: blue;"><b>lawn goals or bola toss!!</b></span> The students LOVED it!! Each team gets three bolas and each bola has two golf balls, so that's 48 golf balls!! Each bola ladder (the PVC thingy) is made from 24 feet of PVC tubing, so the four sets used 96' of tubing!!<br />
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We also brought some empty pizza boxes! <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>We had pizza box relays i</b></span>n which they runners needed to hold the boxes with just one hand over their head!<br />
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Some of these guys should consider changing from agriculture to pizza delivery!! In the next round, we notched it up by making it five boxes instead of three... sooooo much fun to watch!!<br />
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The officials were always on hand, overseeing the games, and ensuring fair play was maintained... or, maybe they were talking about what's for lunch?<br />
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Matt is explaining the next game to a group of rather unsure contestants. The game is simple: <span style="color: blue;"><b>dunk the huge sponge in the barrel of water, pass it back over your head and the last person squeezes out the water to fill a bucket.</b></span><br />
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We explained to the director that the games would include this water game and he said fine. Then he told us that <span style="color: blue;"><b>the water pump for the institute was broken </b></span>and they had almost no water, but they would give us water for the game. <br />
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The day of the games came and in met the other Equip missionary, Greg Brewster, at the entrance of the road that leads down to INFOP. Right there on the corner is a water pump station that was currently pumping water to the city and there was a hose just pouring water out like a fountain. So, Matt explained to the attendant about the games for that day, that INFOP's pump was broken, and asked if we could have water. He said that was fine but that the pump would only be running for 15 more minutes. <span style="color: blue;"><b>We filled the two barrels in just over 10 minutes</b></span> and left the attendant with a big handful of some of the candy to be used for the games... he was pretty happy!<br />
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We had already been to INFOP that morning and had not noticed the pump station, the hose or attendant, but when we came out to meet Greg we couldn't help but notice it all. Just a coincidence? I don't think so. <span style="color: blue;"><b>God is truly a loving Father who loves us all as His own dear children. He provided what INFOP really could not have provided themselves. He can provide what we need and can not provide for ourselves, the living water - Jesus!</b></span><br />
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When the action started, <span style="color: blue;"><b>only some of the water actually made it back to the bucket</b></span>. It was really fun... to watch!!<br />
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Matt stayed in the middle cheering them on to wetness and glory!<br />
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After all the wetness of passing the sponge back, <span style="color: blue;"><b>the last man really worked to get every drop possible into the bucket!!</b></span> They liked this relay so much that we ran it until there just wasn't enough water to have another!!<br />
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We also introduced <span style="color: blue;"><b>our own version of tug-of-war, one-on-one, and on top of crates</b></span>. The first person to let go or step off looses. <br />
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Greg had previously worked at a children's home in Comayagua and was excited when this young man came up to him... he was one of the boys at the home who is preparing himself at INFOP for a career in agriculture.<br />
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After the games we moved on to a craft - <span style="color: blue;"><b>the FPG-9!</b></span> What is the FPG-9 you might ask? It is the Foam Plate Glider - 9" and you can look it up on the internet to find out how to make this at home!<br />
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We did grease the competitive spirit by bringing a <span style="color: blue;"><b>HUGE bag of candy</b></span>. While we did give the candy to the winners of the relays, in the end, everyone received candy!!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>in their toilsome labor under the sun </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>during the few days of life God has given them—</b></span><b style="color: #990000;">for this is their lot. </b></div>
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<b style="color: #990000;">Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, </b><b style="color: #990000;">and the ability to enjoy them, </b></div>
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<b style="color: #990000;">to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—</b><b style="color: #990000;">this is a gift of God. </b></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>They seldom reflect on the days of their life, </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.</b></span></div>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-73267812505137133222015-06-21T20:05:00.002-07:002015-06-21T20:05:30.380-07:00Mother's Day CelebrationToday is Father's Day (at least in the states) but I never shared our Mother's Day activities and so I thought this was a good opportunity!! Not that I want to overshadow any fathers' recognition but it actually brings up an interesting point culturally. Here in Honduras, Mother's Day is huge, really HUGE, but Father's Day is hardly a blip. I'm guessing this may come from the fact that some of the men here leave one woman for another, it is normally the woman left to raise the kids, by herself and with no child support.<br />
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It struck us that the kids we work with, who come from economically challenged families (they are poor), would appreciate a little help in celebrating Mother's Day.<br />
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The kids took to coloring the cards with a passion!<br />
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We also had little faith bracelets and little heart bookmarks as gifts for the moms.<br />
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He was one proud little guy putting together the card and gifts, but we weren't stopping there!<br />
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We had a set of mugs that said, "Have a Safe Day" but it was in English so we didn't think anyone would mind too much! We used some colored tissue paper and chocolate to fill the mugs!! Sweet - literally!!<br />
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The kids were intent on making this look good!<br />
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Sort of surprising, they didn't even try to eat any of the candy!!<br />
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All the leaders were helping each child to set up the gift mug just right!<br />
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The end results were GREAT looking!!<br />
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Super excited kids ready to honor and bless their mom, for some their grandmother, with words of blessings and little gifts!!<br />
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Some of our kids on their way home!!<br />
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We also took a stack of the cards and colored pencils to church with us for the kids there.<br />
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As you can see, Mother's Day is a BIG celebration!! We had a whole service focused on<br />
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Here the kids are just as excited and intent on making a card for their mom!<br />
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This little guys mom has special needs!</div>
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The pastor of the church picks up several young moms who have children from abuse.<br />
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Some of these moms are as young as 11 when they have their babies, so it's really babies having babies. Imagine a little four year old coloring a card for her 15 year old mother!! It's real and it is what you see! </div>
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Here is a very happy Mother!!<br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-92077280774148390242015-06-18T06:23:00.002-07:002015-06-18T06:23:39.860-07:00A Plumbing PuzzleI was recently invited to help out a friend and fellow missionary in Honduras, Paul Hosier, with a water project. Paul is with Baptist Medical and Dental Missions International, BMDMI, and had recently received three large Sawyer water filters to replace the chlorinating filters he had been using. Knowing that I use a Sawyer for our drinking water, he thought I could help out. <br />
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As we turned off the pavement of the main road to the dirt road, Paul told me that <span style="color: blue;"><b>this is the most dangerous community in the area!</b> </span> I'm left thinking, "Now he tells me!" Actually, I think I said as much to him. What does it mean to be in the most dangerous community when you're in a country recognized for having the highest murder rate in the world? (see my previous post: "<a href="http://zellsonamission.blogspot.com/2015/06/what-does-that-sign-mean.html" target="_blank">What Does That Sign Mean?</a>" which discusses this issue)<br />
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Well, both Paul and I already know the facts of Honduras and have decided to stay which may be in part because of the dark realities that exist here. The filter we would be installing would provide clean water for the school and the larger community. Adults and kids alike suffer the sicknesses dirty water brings and so this is a real and needed help.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">More importantly, we are working as emissaries in the name and for the person of Jesus - who is the living water! </span></b><br />
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Paul had invited me because he knew I was familiar with the Sawyer filter but there was a little difference between what we use and what he wanted to install. The photo above is one we were to install - it's a big filter in the center surrounded by five valves to make three different paths with the tubing running about four feet from side to side<br />
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There was one more issue Paul shared, because the area was so dangerous and even known for stealing from the school (just a bit unusual), <b><span style="color: blue;">he wanted the $800 filter to be safely packed away in a secure box with all the valves outside</span></b>. So, look at the picture above and mentally pull that central filter out and put all the valves on one side but obviously maintaining the flow design. Tricky - I like it! That's why I called this post a "Plumbing Puzzle". <br />
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Here's the system we use. Just a little simpler design. Put the dirty water in the bucket, the water flows through the little black filter into a clean container and that's it! We have been using this filter a couple times a week for the past three years for all our drinking and cooking water.<br />
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Here's the building on the school property housing the water tanks where we need to hook up the filter. The first day of work we didn't really get much done, as we had to assess the job, do some prep and then go out and buy materials.<br />
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Love this shot with the little guy watching on, hands clasps perhaps praying either thanking God for the new clean water to drink, or for me that the silly 'gringo' doesn't cut his hand off and gross everyone out!<br />
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Fist things first, building out the box against the wall to house the filter!<br />
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Here's a great set of photos showing how the day went with one of us working and... well, one of us was working... I'm sure the call or txt or game was really important!<br />
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Here's photographic proof that Paul is a born supervisor. Look at that poise and he doesn't even need to look down at what I'm doing! Pure talent!<br />
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I'm ribbing Paul a little in this post, but let me tell you what it's like to working a couple days with another missionary from another organization... great! Being men and working on a hard project, we kidded around - very fun. <br />
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We also spent most of our time sharing story after story after story of <span style="color: blue;"><b>God's goodness, God's provision, God's blessings, just God, God, God!!</b></span> It was great! Remember, we're in the most dangerous community in the area, we're physically working to share the love of Jesus and we're proclaiming the goodness of the Lord, shining His light right in the middle of the darkness! What a blessing!<br />
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After building the open frame of the box I'm drilling the holes for the tubing to pass in and out.<br />
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Ellen and Kelly came on the second day of work and with all those school kids around we had what looked like a <span style="color: blue;"><b>spontaneous mini-VBS!</b></span> They were teaching them games and fun songs about Jesus!!<br />
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The kids really really really had a good time!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>ALL the 'kids'</b></span> were having fun!!!<br />
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Job complete!! It was a very long hard day and it was great!!<br />
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This is the final product. The expensive filter is nicely tucked away and someone would have to rip through pressure treated 2"x6" to get to it. Also, it's not particularly obvious what is in the box. Just like the old adage, "Out of sight, out of mind".<br />
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<b><i>“What does that sign mean?”</i></b><br />
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This was the question our pastor, Charlie Baile, asked when he was here in January. He has left but the signs and their meaning remain, <span style="color: blue;"><b>“Do not kill”, God</b></span>. <br />
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Our pastor said that he had never seen a billboard with 'Do not kill' and asked why we have it in Honduras. That’s a very reasonable question and the answer is that <span style="color: blue;"><b>Honduras has the highest homicide rate in the world.</b></span><br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate" target="_blank">homicide rate for countries</a> is given per 100,000 persons in the population and the<span style="color: blue;"><b> rate in Honduras is 90.4</b></span>. That is well over double the rate of any of our neighboring countries and almost equal to the combined rates of our neighbors; El Salavador (41.2), Guatemala (39.9) and Nicaragua (11.3), which have a combined total of 92.4. <br />
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The rate in Honduras is about 4.5 times the rate in Mexico which is 21.5.<br />
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The homicide rate in the US is only 4.7 and so <span style="color: blue;"><b>Honduras is over 19 times as lethal as the US</b></span>. I think that such a great difference actually makes it almost impossible for our friends and family in the states to be able to really comprehend the level of violence here. <br />
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In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate" target="_blank">murder rates for cities</a>, Honduras takes both the number one and the number five position which is rather amazing for such a small country. The US doesn't even make the top ten and finally shows up at number nineteen for St. Louis. <br />
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Honduras has a population of about <span style="color: blue;"><b>8 million people with about 20 homicides committed everyday which is one murder every hour and twelve minutes!</b></span> What you have to realize is that the murder rate is the top of a mountain of crime, corruption and violence. For example, stealing is at such an epidemic state that often the person being robbed is blamed for the crime for not taking better precautions. The corruption in the police force is so bad that people are actually afraid of involving the police as it may make matters worse.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>What has been created is a level of tension that the people, including us, live with continually.</b></span><br />
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The NPR has a decent article about the murder rate entitled, "<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/06/13/190683502/honduras-claims-unwanted-title-of-worlds-murder-capital" target="_blank">Honduras Claims Unwanted Title Of World's Murder Capital</a>" <br />
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The Guardian has an interesting article entitled, "<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2015/apr/22/honduras-worlds-number-one-killing-environmental-activists" target="_blank">Honduras is world’s number one for killing environmental activists</a>" which suggests that people are being killed over land issues. This is definitely happening here but the problem is complex. On the one side is just the greed of people to take more by trampling over anyone in their way. On the other side, there is a huge problem of squatters in Honduras taking over private property and then the land owner forced into a legal and physical battle to get back what he paid for from the people who paid nothing for it. Tough issues... and murder is still not the right answer.<br />
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In all, we see a general lack of value of life. When you don't value another's life then other things like personal property and property lines have little meaning.<br />
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Even with such high murder and crime rates, we find that the majority of people are just trying to live. They want to make a living and enjoy their family but they are forced to do this under a dark shadow and constant need to be alert.<br />
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So, what does all this mean for us and our work here?<br />
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A couple Scriptures come to mind and the first is John 1:5 (in four different translations):<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b> And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b> The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b> The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b> And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. </b></span><br />
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One meaning here is that the darkness of sin cannot put out the light of Jesus or even understand it. So, even in the darkness we can live in boldness to shine the light of Jesus knowing that the forces of evil cannot prevail against it!<br />
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Another section of Scripture that comes to mind is Isaiah 58:10-12 (one of my favorites):<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>then your light will rise in the darkness,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> and your night will become like the noonday.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The Lord will guide you always;</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> and will strengthen your frame.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>You will be like a well-watered garden,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> like a spring whose waters never fail.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> and will raise up the age-old foundations;</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.</b></span></div>
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Our best defense is a good offense!!! Stay in the work of the Lord and He Himself will protect you!!<br />
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So, we are determined to continue in the path the Lord has given us and try with all our might to keep our eyes on Him wherever we are!<br />
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Thank you for your prayers and support that hold us up in ministry here!<br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-30536092349302157632015-03-25T08:42:00.000-07:002015-03-25T08:47:49.011-07:00Cleaning Up to Save Lives!Cleanliness is next to godliness... a thought to build upon!<br />
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We have begun teaching hand washing at CADIN, the after school program, with some interesting hurdles and hoops to jump through.<br />
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The first is simply helping the kids understand that hand washing is important. You might ask, 'why would that be so hard?' The problem is twofold. The children are very young and so the information needs to be pretty simple, and the children live in an area that receives water about once every 21 days. Added to that is the fact that the house we use for CADIN has no running water!<br />
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Our solution was to make a "Tippy Tap" for hand washing from <a href="http://tipptap.org/">TippTap.org</a>.<br />
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It's a simple method of providing water in a bottle to wet and wash your hands, and soap on a string. It only uses about 10% of the water that washing in sink uses but is as effective in eliminating germs.<br />
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We started with a meeting to teach the leaders the teaching method and how to make and use a Tippy Tap. We even had some folks from other ministries come who were interested in this project!<br />
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We practiced both making the Tippy Taps and giving the lesson.<br />
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We went to the house used for CADIN to get ready for the kids.<br />
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I dug the holes to put in the two branches that would hold the bottle.<br />
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Eva, one of the national volunteers, shared with the kids the lesson about hand washing.<br />
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Ready to go!<br />
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Eva continued giving the hand washing lesson but this time by actually washing her hands!<br />
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The kids excitedly went up to wash their hands!<br />
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It was obvious that they really enjoyed using the tippy tap and all the volunteers were there to encourage as needed and then to wash their own hands.<br />
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How do you share about Jesus through hand washing? Well, just like everyone has dirty hands that need to be washed, we all also have dirt on our hearts. This is not dirt from the ground or germs but from sin which is not following or obeying God. Just like we can clean our hands, we can clean our hearts too, but to do that we need the blood of Jesus! We wash our hearts by believing in Jesus as the only way for salvation!<br />
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Why is hand washing important? There are many well known sources to answer this like the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, UNICEF, just to name a few. I did a quick search and liked <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/why-handwashing.html">CDC Why Hand Washing</a> and here are just a few of the facts:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Not washing hands harms children around the world</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue;">About 2.2 million children under the age of 5 die each year from diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, the top two killers of young children around the world.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Hand washing with soap could protect about 1 out of every 3 young children who get sick with diarrhea and almost 1 out of 6 young children with respiratory infections like pneumonia.</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue;">Teaching people about hand washing helps them and their communities stay healthy. Hand washing education in the community:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue;">Reduces the number of people who get sick with diarrhea by 31%</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Reduces diarrheal illness in people with weakened immune systems by 58%</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;">Reduces respiratory illnesses, like colds, in the general population by 21%</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue;">Although people around the world clean their hands with water, very few use soap to wash their hands. Washing hands with soap removes germs much more effectively.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Hand washing education and access to soap in schools can help improve attendance.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Good hand washing early in life may help improve child development in some settings.</span><br />
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-40423102021871959002015-03-24T16:59:00.003-07:002015-03-24T16:59:44.981-07:00Going to the River... Baptisms!We joined Arturo and Griselda, with their church - Iglesia Bautista Monte Sinai, on <span style="color: blue;">a day at the river for some baptisms</span>.<br />
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There was a really good turn out from folks so they needed to use the church bus, their truck and our pickup to transport all the people!<br />
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The baptism process was both very solemn and very joyful!<br />
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That's Ellen in the blue ball cap on the right getting a front row seat... sort of.<br />
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Here is an older man being baptized!<br />
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And younger folks were being baptized too!<br />
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In total <span style="color: blue;">nine people were newly baptized </span>following their profession of faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.<br />
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Baptisms at the river don't mean that all you do is go to the river for the baptisms. Actually, it's an all day affair with lots of food and fun!<br />
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There was a rock at a deep spot in the river that some of the younger folks were diving and jumping off.<br />
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Here's Ellen diving off the same rock just to prove that she's still got it!<br />
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We receive request from the states for information about HRC and so I thought a blog post detailing some of the information might help.<br />
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HRC is simply a method in which the food is heated to boiling, 212F, for a short period like 10-20 minutes, and then the pot is immediately insulated in some form to allow the food a long slow period to cook as the heat is lost over a period of hours - as in 4, 6, 8 hours or more. <br />
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HRC is actually an old form of cooking but one that is just as helpful today as it was in the yesterday of long ago. <b><span style="color: blue;">My favorite book on the subject was </span><span style="color: red;">written in 1908</span><span style="color: blue;">! It is entitled "The Fireless Cooker: How to Make It, How to Use It, What to Cook" </span></b>and is available free to read online on <a href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433077362428;view=1up;seq=4">Babel Books</a> or you could purchase a print copy from Amazon.com for around $7.00. So, if you stumble on a website where someone is claiming to have invented this cooking method, click off the site, and just keep searching for information a little more trustworthy. Use search words like "Fireless Cooking," "Heat Retention Cooking," "Retained Heat Cooking," "Haybox Cooking," and "Hay Sack Cooking" and HRC is on Pinterest!<br />
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There is a little publication from the <span style="color: blue;"><b>Kansas Academy of Science, vol 21, Dec. 1907, entitled, "Fireless Cooking" </b></span>and I especially like their conclusion:<br />
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"Finally, it may be said that in this very elementary application of science we have an amelioration of labor and expense in one of the commonest and most necessary functions of living. <span style="color: blue;"><b>The fireless cooker will not necessarily make a good cook, nor insure sumptuous viands for our tables. </b></span> Just as a celebrated painter advised his pupils to mix their colors with brains, so must the kitchen artist use mind as well as muscle."</blockquote>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Our favorite way to cook using HRC is actually in the cooler.</b></span> We put a piece of cardboard on the bottom to prevent melting the plastic of the cooler, place the pot inside, and then loosely pack with towels, clothing and even pillows. We have given lessons in mountain communities simply wrapping the pot in towels, placing in a plastic trash bag, and then continue packing with other clothes, towels and pillows.<br />
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These women simply did not know what to think of the big bag we brought in and it certainly looked like a bag of trash. So, it was no surprise that they were incredulous when we told them we were currently using it for cooking and that the pot had been in the bag for over six hours! </div>
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When they saw the pot, felt the heat from the pot's sides, and saw the steam pour out when the lid was opened, they were experiencing and able to believe in a whole new paradigm for cooking!<br />
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Here we demonstrated HRC using both the plastic bag method and the cooler method at a ministry for young girls with children as a result of abuse. We also brought our "Bolsa Marvillosa" as the people have named it or "Marvelous Bag" in English.<br />
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We actually do not use the plastic bag method any more as in one demonstration Ellen was explaining to the women that they can use extra clothes to insulate the pot and she received blank stares. She explained it again only to have one woman say, "I don't have extra clothes in my house" and the other women were all in agreement that they didn't own extra clothing or towels. It was a very awkward and difficult moment to get through and we explained that we were going to show them a method that they did not need to use clothing as it would have it's own insulation. Our hearts really broke for the depth of poverty of these women but we are also encouraged by their overall joyfulness.<br />
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People in Africa have done HRC for years using baskets which they line with clothe, place the pot inside and wrap up to cook. You can read about it on this link: <a href="http://reap-eastafrica.org/blogs.info/reap/pdf/UsingAFirelessCooker.pdf">Heat Retention Cooking in Africa</a><br />
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Ellen decided to give the african basket method a try and started with this basket.<br />
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She layered towels in the basket, brought the food to a boil for 15minutes, and then placed the pot in the basket and wrapped it up.<br />
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Four hours later everything was cooked perfectly and still piping hot at about 160F.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Before cooking, place the pot in the bag to make the form of the pot.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Put the food in the pot and bring to boil.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10 minutes for vegetables</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 minutes for chicken, beef or pork</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>20 minutes for dry beans (we usually soak our beans the night before)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Immediately after boiling, put the pot with lid on, into the bag and put the top on the bag.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Just vegetables: 2-3 hours;</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With meat: 4 hours;</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fresh Beans: 40 minutes</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dry Beans: 4 up to 9 hours</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">DO NOT OPEN! DO NOT TOUCH! </span><span style="color: blue;"> Do not open the top of the bag because you will loose heat. After the hours of cooking are completed, you can open the bag, remove the pot and open the pot.</span></b><br />
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After 6 hours of cooking in the bag, the thermometer is reading 160F which is well above the 140F food safety limit. <br />
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For people who cook with wood, meeting the felt need of cooking with less wood is significant but the bigger benefit is the reduction of indoor air pollution. <span style="color: blue;"><b>Indoor air pollution is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection, or ARI, and is a leading cause of death in developing countries. </b></span> Indoor air pollution is ranked as the 4th major health risk for developing countries by the World Health Organization and their statistics show that it contributes to 1.5 million premature or preventable deaths per year.<br />
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In general, the people in Honduras eat beans everyday and often for every meal. The beans that they typically purchase in the market, may take four hours of boiling/simmering over a fire to cook. Also, the people generally like soups. This may be attributed to eating poorer cuts of meat or chicken and the slow cooking of a soup helps to soften the tough meat. <span style="color: blue;"><b>In both cases, we have found a quick and enthusiastic acceptance of HRC for these foods. This is exciting to us because it opens such a huge door for sharing the Scriptures and building relationships with the people.</b></span><br />
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Interest in HRC and the associated Biblical lesson continues to grow. We even have one pastor we are working with us that told us of another church that is struggling and which they believe would be greatly encouraged by having the HRC lesson! We have also been invited to share in a church in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.<br />
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I hope this has been helpful and maybe encouraged you to try HRC in your own home!!<br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06011920230883863627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-50174830366521898052015-02-23T10:00:00.000-08:002015-02-23T10:00:24.765-08:00Training for Children's MinistriesWe use Community Health Evangelism, or CHE, in our ministry and we recently gave the training for children's ministries using CHE to several of the Christian leaders we work with.<br />
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CHE is a wholistic, community-based development strategy that combines relevant evangelism with health education and development principles to bring about the transformation of individuals and communities. This method seamlessly integrates evangelism, discipleship, and church planting with community health and development.<br />
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The future lies with the youth of today and so we continue to invest in children's ministries. The CHE training for children's ministries is a uniquely different approach with a goal to empower the youth to be the ambassadors for Jesus equipped with practical life lessons and Biblical discipleship!<br />
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The learning process is participatory allowing ideas and solutions to come from those attending the training. We give out a problem and divide the attendees into groups to discuss and write up their ideas that will then be shared with the whole group.<br />
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Here Ellen is using a story with simple pictures and then asked questions to gain group input.</div>
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Here is part two of an object lesson. She was sharing that children are like a bag... what's the problem with this bag?</div>
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This is a simple drama teaching the concept of multiplication. One person knows a game, rock-paper-scissors, and they teach someone else, who then teaches someone else... </div>
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Here they are building water towers from readily available materials. We discussed what the important concepts behind the construction of a water tower and how that relates to our training others. Can you think of any ideas?</div>
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We actually tested the water towers and both passed!!</div>
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We often use simple skits or dramas to introduce a theme. People can learn their lines, ad-lib, or read from a page as they are doing.</div>
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This is just to show how simple the skits are and also how much fun they injected into the training!</div>
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There is also the opportunity for people to use drawings to share concepts!</div>
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Here's a group project where they have to decide on the proper order for the cards.</div>
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We had moved to our new house and moved the training there!! Here the dining room became the training center!</div>
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Our training included learning how to share a simple plan of salvation and to train others!</div>
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More practice in sharing basic Biblical concepts and Scriptures!!</div>
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We even had some dramas on sharing salvation!</div>
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Notice how the group notes are crawling across the ceiling!</div>
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Here is our whole group!</div>
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28 hours of training and I think they really would have liked to keep going... they will by applying it! One beautiful aspect of the group was that it was a blending of folks from different churches all who happily work together in serving the Lord!</div>
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2015 started out with a <b><span style="color: blue;">POWER TEAM</span> </b>from the US. We had seven folks from our home church in Maryland who came down to escape the cold weather... no, I meant to write they came down to work! It doesn't matter what I wrote as they certainly did work, long hours, great attitudes, and all to share the love a Jesus! We squeezed in a visit to our home in Humuya to enjoy some fresh coconut water from our coconut trees.<br />
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They arrived on Saturday afternoon and first thing Sunday morning we were up in the mountains to help give a special Sunday service for children. Our friend, Aurora, started a children's ministry there and has been faithfully discipling the children for over a year.<br />
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Just recently the attendance has dropped to around 15 children as it is the time for the coffee harvest and many kids go to help their parents harvest coffee. We had coloring pages for the kids. They LOVE to color!<br />
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Our coming and holding a special event was an opportunity to have new children come. There were <span style="color: blue;"><b>over 60 kids</b></span> that came! They heard a Bible teaching, did some special crafts, received a nice lunch, and most importantly, they were invited back for the next Sunday when Aurora will be teaching again! It was a great start for the team to come alongside Aurora in this ministry she is doing and help her!<br />
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Sunday night we went to the church in El Coquito where we held a VBS during the week. Our pastor, Charlie Baile, shared a great message with translation by our own deacon, Scott Chesemore (who was a missionary in Ecuador for 10 years).<br />
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They made extra special decorations in the church to welcome the team and <span style="color: blue;"><b>the church packed out to the point that some people were left having to stand around the edge</b></span>. Notice the floor covered in pine needs. It not only looked pretty, it smelled nice too.<br />
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There was a special ribbon cutting ceremony after the service, officially opening the bathrooms our church has sent funds to construct. During the service there was a slide show of the construction and it was amazing to see that not only were the men working but also the women, and the youth - both boys and girls! This was truly a whole church project!<br />
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Monday was a busy day preparing for the week but we did make it out to visit a local business that makes aluminum pots like the one below in the photo. <br />
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The team was amazed to see how hard these men worked having to make a fresh mold from soil for each item cast. The aluminum is recycled from local scrap and melted down in a blast furnace fueled by used motor oil. The incredibly bright light in the left of the photo is the blast furnace!<br />
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When the aluminum is poured it is cherry red. It cools quickly and the new piece will be removed in just minutes! We had a great time discussing possible Scriptural applications from this. Can you think of any?<br />
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We did a three day VBS with <span style="color: blue;"><b>over 80 children </b></span>from 5 to 12 years old.<br />
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Our team had some Spanish speakers who could lead the stations and we also had the help from Aurora and some of her siblings! They are a strong Christian family eager to serve the Lord!<br />
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Some of the activities could be done without the need to speak Spanish!<br />
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The Bible station had a Bible verse for each day which the children quickly memorized!<br />
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There were also arts and crafts which usually included something to make and a coloring page!<br />
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We provided a lunch each day which the women faithfully prepared!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The team did skits each day as another way to teach the Bible lesson! </b></span> What lesson would you want to bring in the animals two by two?<br />
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We even had a <span style="color: blue;"><b>dinosaur skeleton dig!!</b></span><br />
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What is this crazy cardboard thing with the children trapped inside??? It's a not-to-scale Noah's Ark and it was one of the favorite stations of the week!! As you can see from the photo, <span style="color: blue;"><b>we needed some duck tape to keep our Noah's Ark a float!</b></span><br />
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After a fun morning of VBS, <span style="color: blue;"><b>we put on the work gloves and dug into a construction project</b></span> with the men from the church.<br />
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We completed a large cement slab behind the church that will <span style="color: blue;"><b>double as a church kitchen and children's Sunday school area.</b></span><br />
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One of the VBS activities had the kids following clues to find hidden treasure... <span style="color: blue;"><b>just like we look for hidden treasure in the Bible!</b></span><br />
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All the children received masks and loved getting to be a variety of animals!<br />
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In fact, they were very good at acting out their animals!<br />
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The men also enjoyed afternoon games using a soccer ball in the church (don't try this in your church at home)!<br />
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The women had great fellowship time too!!<br />
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During the last VBS day as part of the arts and crafts station <span style="color: blue;"><b>each child put one hand print on a sheet to make a cross!</b></span><br />
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Pastor Gustavo, who is the pastor of the El Coquito church, wrapped up the week and gave an invitation to the children to put their lives in Christ.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The VBS was over but we had one more construction project. </b></span> We put in another cement floor with the men from the church. This time is was in a simple adobe house of one of the women in the church. It is a small two-room house where she, as a single mother, is raising six children. Above we are praying for the Lord's blessing on her and her family!!<br />
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The team from the states were just seven folks but here is a group picture of all the workers for the VBS program!! We were there helping the folks from the church!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This was a great way to kick off 2015!! </b></span>There was a special blessing in that our daughter Kelly had just started as a full time Equip missionary a few months before and so was here to help us in all the many preparations needed for the team!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Thank you to the team for coming</b></span>, for the church for sending them and for the families who let them travel!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A big thank you also to our special friends here in Honduras </b></span>who added so much in giving so freely to the Lord by loving their neighbors here in working at the VBS in a church that is not their home church!!<br />
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Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-65605736507650506352014-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:002014-12-29T12:41:10.990-08:00Christmas ShoesAs I mentioned in the last post we received two recent donations to be used to bless the kids at CADIN and the second amount was used for shoes.<br />
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This is a pair of shoes that one of our CADIN kids wore all year! There are stores here that sell good used shoes and even though they are relatively cheap it doesn't help if a person just doesn't have the money for shoes. <br />
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We told the volunteers at CADIN that we had some funds for shoes and they went to work. They measured all the kids feet and then went shopping in the market and these women can get a deal! In fact, they were able to buy brand new shoes for all the kids who have participated in CADIN over the past four years and that is over 60 kids! <br />
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On the day that we handed out the food bags we told the kids to come to the CADIN house the next week for shoes. The day we passed the shoes out took an amazing amount of organization! <br />
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Here Esmerelda and Ellen are checking the CADIN roster for each child's name and then that child was given a number placing them in their group to receive shoes. Because it was a much larger group of kids then normal we actually took over the front porch of the house across the street to organize the kids.<br />
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Here are two brothers who were in CADIN this year and we invited them to bring their two younger siblings to receive shoes also. This is a family of seven children, living in simple one room 'house', and being raised by their single working mother.<br />
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We brought all the kids in the CADIN house and sat them down to start the day off with a lollypop!<br />
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Then we all prayed and thanked God for the many blessings He has bestowed on our lives.<br />
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Auora told the story of the birth of Jesus and included many little dramatizations with the children. This made it extra fun for the kids, caused some giggles, and also kept them more attentive!<br />
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Here she explained what each of the gifts were that the magi brought to Jesus and that Jesus is the gift of God to us for the forgiveness of sins so that we can have a relationship with God.<br />
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We also did a memory verse:<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."</span></div>
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Then came the new shoes and BIG smiles!!<br />
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The shoes had been separated, bagged, and labeled for each child.<br />
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The difference for so many of the kids is rather huge and their new shoes had them walking on air!!<br />
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What a great blessing and time to talk into their lives about the greatest gift of all, Jesus! I pray that some of these kids may grow up to tell others about the love and forgiveness they have received in the name of Jesus!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, </span></div>
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God's perfect Christmas gift was given in Christ Jesus!<br />
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<br />Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-32031042293112740372014-12-29T06:05:00.000-08:002014-12-29T06:05:55.129-08:00Christmas MealsWe received two end of year cash donations specified for the CADIN program. The first was to buy food for the families of this year's kids.<br />
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I asked our neighbor where the best place to buy the food would be and she said it was a "bodega" just off market street in La Paz. <br />
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Only the front part of the bodega is open to the counter so there's no walking aisles and touching merchandise. The variety might be low but they have one of just about everything you would need for cooking and cleaning.<br />
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The owner, Manuel, came out to help us. He asked us if we were missionaries and buying the food for distribution. He said he has helped other missionaries do the same and so if we just give him the list of what we want, for how many people, then he will figure out how much of each item to get for each bag based on how much we wanted to spend. This was AMAZING! He helped us with the list, gave us a GREAT deal, and then had his guys make up the 30 bags of food!! <br />
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Manuel told us to come back in an hour and when we did everything was ready!! <br />
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Each bag had 2 bags of corn flour, 5 lbs of beans, rice, sugar, coffee, oil, oatmeal, seasoning and salt. Each bag was over 25 lbs of food!!<br />
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We met with all the CADIN volunteers to put a name tag on each bag and started the delivery process!<br />
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If it wasn't for the help of the other volunteers there is no way we could have found all the kid's homes!</div>
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Some of the streets within the city were less streets for cars and more like walking paths but we managed to drive in and out, up and down, through the neighborhood to each home!<br />
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David, in the brown shirt, is the son of one of the volunteers, he is a great Christian young man, and was super excited to help out with the food distribution to bless the families!<br />
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I include this picture of the donkeys just to emphasize that while we were in the town of La Paz it is quite different from what may be your US paradigm for what makes up a town. While most folks don't have cars they may have the work vehicle of choice... the all terrain sport burro!!<br />
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As we gave out each bag of food we told each child how much we enjoyed having them in CADIN that year, we told their family what a blessing the child was and that the food is a blessing freely given in the name of Jesus Christ!<br />
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Here is the latest Equip missionary, Kelly Zell, helping out!<br />
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Ena, in the green shirt, is the founder of CADIN, and is here blessing this mother as she gives out the food.<br />
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As I have mentioned before, the ministry at CADIN is amazing because the volunteers themselves are giving from the very little they have and so some of the volunteers were given bags of food also!<br />
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We spent the entire day having fun together passing out the food!! When we were done we were quite exhausted but also full of the joy of giving!! What a great way to prepare for Christmas!!<br />
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The day started normal by praying.<br />
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Ellen led some songs for the kids.<br />
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But it wasn't going to be CADIN as usual because <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Ena, in front of the door, had attended Community Health Evangelism, or CHE, with us in the states. </b></span> We are planning on training all the volunteers in CHE and use this method for next year.<br />
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But, it was Ena's turn to lead a lesson and she couldn't wait until next year! <span style="color: #990000;"><b>CHE is participatory learning and so everyone sat in a circle and discussed the lesson.</b></span> Instead of standing up in front the person who is leading is sitting as part of the group.<br />
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We did a lesson on the Five loaves and two fish, from John 6:1-14. We read the Scripture and then <span style="color: #990000;"><b>instead of giving a lesson we asked questions.</b></span><br />
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Questions like:<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who followed Jesus to the mountainside?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How many people were there?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Could the disciples buy bread for that many people?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What did the boy give them?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What did Jesus tell them to do?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What happened next?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How many baskets of food did they gather, after all the people had eaten?<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>As they gave the answers they were giving the lesson!!</b></span></div>
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We asked some interesting questions that are more life application, such as:<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The boy gave Jesus all that he had: five loaves and two fish.<br />
What can you give to Jesus?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The boy gave food to people who were hungry.<br />
What can you give to help other people?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A young boy helped to feed a large crowd of people.<br />
Can Jesus work through children?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How can you serve Jesus? What can you do for him?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Are children important to Jesus?<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Are you important to Jesus? Why?<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>This was amazing to hear incredible responses from the kids, just 6 to 9 years old, reflecting a great vision for life and for living for God!</b></span></div>
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After all the discussion we made our own fishes and loaves.<br />
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Even during this time we continued to ask questions to stimulate their thinking.<br />
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At the end, two of the boys collected all the fishes and the loaves.<br />
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Then we talked about how our fishes and loaves are different from the those in the story and here are some of the things the kids told us:<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We made our fishes and loaves from play dough.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Our fishes and loaves are not real and so you can not eat them.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Our fishes and loaves are not the left over but what we made.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>People really ate the fishes and loaves in the story.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><b> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jesus did a miracle and it was real! </b></span><br />
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Can it be more exciting than that!! Out of the mouths of babes, 'Jesus did a miracle and it was real.' Amen!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">John 6:1-14</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias). 2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick. 3 So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples. 4 (Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.) 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” 6 (Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.) 7 Philip replied, “Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.” 8 One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">14 Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”</span>Matt and Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743515436126838645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249084229681161897.post-10910486250380256952014-10-01T18:32:00.000-07:002014-10-01T18:32:00.561-07:00Black Soldier Fly Larva Going to School!Black Soldier Fly Larva have made it to school! I recently had an opportunity to teach our newest practical helps lesson at INFOP, the government agricultural school. It was very fun and very well received!<br />
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I had <span style="color: blue;"><b>35 students as well as some instructors</b></span>!! The interest level was very high and our time together flew by!<br />
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We actually started by reading two Scriptures:<span style="color: blue;"><b> Psalm 139:7-16 and Jeremiah 29:11-13! </b></span><br />
God knows us, God formed us, and God has good plans for us! <br />
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Before the class started I had <span style="color: blue;"><b>drafted three volunteers</b></span> to take part in a skit.<br />
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The skit was of three graduates from INFOP meeting in the street and one of them shared his <span style="color: blue;"><b>plan to start a pig project</b></span>. He was asked if he had enough money to feed the pigs because they eat a lot, and what he planned to do with all the poop the pigs would produce. Faced with these concerns he decided he needed to rethink his project. <span style="color: blue;"><b>We discussed the skit as a group and they concluded that those were good concerns and that the same concerns also apply to other animal project such as raising chickens or cows.</b></span><br />
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The skit was followed with three more volunteers who were asked to <span style="color: blue;"><b>close their eyes and identify what I put in their hands. </b></span> To one I gave a bag of 100 black soldier fly larva, to the next a bag of 500 larva and the last received a plastic coffee can with several thousand larva and he had to stick his hand in it!<br />
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The larva were passed around so everyone could see them up close and asked them to guess how many larva were in each bag. <span style="color: blue;"><b>Pictured above is the bag of 100.</b></span><br />
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They were all very interested in the larva and both the bags and coffee container moved pretty slowly around the room as they were so into checking them out.<br />
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I had a presentation that went over all the physical aspects of the larva and included two videos I had taken of the larvas at our house. Throughout the lesson<span style="color: blue;"><b> I emphasized that God made the larva, and it is the design He gave them that we are utilizing for agriculture. </b></span> They were amazed that the larva would "self harvest" into a container making them incredibly easy to feed to animals.<br />
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We went through the steps to make a barrel 'composter' in the classroom. <br />
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Then went outside to set up the completed composter! We went over the physical characteristics again and I was very impressed how they had retained everything! They were very interested!<br />
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I shared with them that just as God made the black soldier fly, He made each of us also. <br />
Just as the black soldier fly was unique and had special characteristics we can use for our good,<br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">He has made each of us unique and has good for each of us if we will follow His way! </span></b><br />
I shared that just as the black soldier fly is like a treasure for us in nature that was put there by God, <span style="color: blue;"><b>the Bible has treasures for our life put there by God! </b></span><br />
They were so attentive and it was a GREAT class!! Praise the LORD!!<br />
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Here the director of INFOP was closing the session together by going over the value utilizing black soldier fly larva in an agricultural. A very common problem people here can have is not having money for animal feed. Another common problem is just not taking care of all the poop their animals produce. With the black soldier fly larva they can <b><span style="color: blue;">reduce the animal poop</span></b> on their property, which <b><span style="color: blue;">reduces harmful nitrogen</span></b> contamination of ground water and <span style="color: blue;"><b>removes an attractant for other flies</b></span> that carry diseases, produces a useful compost and a self harvesting larva that can be fed to chickens, pigs and fish! <b><span style="color: blue;">Amazing!!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>Where can I go from your Spirit?</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>Where can I flee from your presence?</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>If I go up to the heavens, you are there;</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>If I rise on the wings of the dawn,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>if I settle on the far side of the sea,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>even there your hand will guide me,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>your right hand will hold me fast.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>and the light become night around me,”</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>even the darkness will not be dark to you;</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>the night will shine like the day,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>for darkness is as light to you.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>For you created my inmost being;</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>you knit me together in my mother’s womb.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>your works are wonderful,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>I know that full well.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>My frame was not hidden from you</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>when I was made in the secret place,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>Your eyes saw my unformed body;</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>all the days ordained for me were written in your book</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>before one of them came to be.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>Psalm 139:7-16</b></i></span></div>
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