Faith Home San Pedro Sula, Honduras 2011

Few things are as rewarding as seeing the success of people who
are trying to help themselves. The house parents at Faith Home
garden with enthusiasm and the results show.


This is the fall corn harvest in October 2010, pretty good
since they also ate a lot of the corn off the cob already .
Also that year they received their new roto tiller for their
tractor.


This was their goal, to rip out all the bermuda type sod and
turn this space into a garden. Roto till it several times and
then the kids help pick up the roots and grass tangles.


This is the summer of 2011. When I show these pictures to
folks the response is always "WOW. " And this was done by
the house parents and the kids of Faith Home. There is no
way I can express how this picture blesses my heart.

Seeds of Hope Community Garden pictures

These are pictures from inside the greenhouse with the shade cover in place. As you can see, the plants inside endured the 100+ degree days and produced abundantly while the outside garden literally cooked under the hot sun. If a hoop house was built only for use as a shade cover it would be well worth the investment.

When God says "Not Yet"

We had planned for several months to make a trip to Guatemala in July of 2011 to build an 18 x 40 greenhouse for the work of the Grossmans who are missionaries there. We were never able to get a team together and the trip had to be cancelled. Earlier in the year we had ordered materials to be shipped to Vine International a shipping ministry serving Guatemala. The materials were to be delivered before the July trip. However in every ministry the unknown always happens and the materials were not shipped. To add to the mix, the shade cover had never been shipped from the vendor and delivered to Vine International. After a lot of tracing and help from the folks at Vine International the missing cover was delivered. Now all 3 boxes are on hand and the shipment should go sometime this month.

Once the shipment is on the way to Guatemala, we can start to plan a team to build the greenhouse. Since cost for the trip depends on the number in the team, we will try to join with one of the churches that makes regular mission trips there. A larger group would mean lower costs for everyone.

In spite of our best laid plans, God's wisdom and planning always trumps ours. If we had made the trip this past July, we would have not had the materials to do the project. I have no idea why things happend the way that they did except to say that God wasn't ready. We will continue to seek His will as we look forward to completing this project. And thank God for the prayers that are answered, "not yet."