The Summer Has Officially Begun!
The summer is in full swing and we are off to a busy start. Our team of four interns arrived last Monday and will be staying with us until August. They have spent the last week getting to know each other and becoming acquainted with the culture and their surroundings. They have been able to experience all sorts of local activities such as participating in an exciting soccer game, a trip to the market a time or two, walking the streets to buy glass bottled coke and ice cream, and a festive parade in down town this past Saturday.
The team is made up four college students all from the United States and they each have individual tasks that in some way correspond with what they are studying in school. Kaitlyn is one of our interns from Franklin, TN; she is 19 years old and will be a sophomore at Belmont University. 
Bonnie, another one of our interns, is from Nashville, TN; she is 21 and will be a senior at Agnes Scott College. Together these two young ladies will be conducting a census that includes approximately 300 homes in the community of Aquas del Padre. The goal of this census is to gather as much information concerning the medical and socioeconomic habits of the community and compile them into a database. In this way, we may better understand the needs of the community and therefore be prepared for many circumstances that may arise as we help aid the community. Wes is our only male intern; he is 20 yrs old, from The Woodlands, TX and will be a sophomore at Asbury College. While here in Honduras he 
will be working with our local church and the musical aspect of worship. Right now all of the songs are sung acapella, and many members are interested in learning to play instruments and adding music to the songs. The challenge here is that our small list of songs does not have chords accompanying them. Wes’s job will be to put these words with chords, teach guitar lessons, and put together songbooks for the congregation. Our final intern is Jade from
Ganado, TX; she is 21 years old and will be a senior at Texas A&M University. Jade is our lead intern and is here to help support the other interns in their projects, do any type of scheduling concerning the group, prepare the daily bible studies as they are going through the book of Isaiah, and assist in the set up of this page so that we can keep everyone updated regularly about what is going on with Providence World Ministries.
As far as teams are concerned, we had a LeaderTreks group of 15 arrive from Dallas on Saturday. This is the first of a series of teams for the month of June. They will be here for two weeks working hard at the worksite trying to make considerable progress on the first orphan home.
I am so excited about what the Lord has in store for this summer. It has already been interesting to see our family temporarily grow from 6 members to 10. There is definitely not a dull or quiet moment in the house. Thanks for the prayers and support.
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Alfredo Cerrato
Hello, the mens group from Bay Life Church in Brandon Fl just returned on June 16th from a week long trip to help build the Clinc. The place is unbelievable and the vision has been passed to each of us. We were treated like kings. We had a local lady make all the food. The food was undiscribable. Before we left the men were all asking when we can come back and help somemore. It changes your life. I hope to make as many trips as I possable can. God is more real and alive in my life because I spent a week helping this wonderful place get a little closer to becoming reality.
ReplyDeleteHello, I, too, was part of the group from Baylife Church in Brandon, Fl. I have to say that I have never worked so hard in my 40 years on this planet but next to getting married and having children this was the best thing I ever did. Being able to play a very small part in what God has placed before Alfredo is an honor. I will definitely be back to cintinue what we started. I wish we could have done more. the trip changed my life. Not only was the hard work gratifying but getting to know these other men, praying with them and growing in Christ with them was an awesome experience. And I also want to give a shout out to Guadalupe. Her meals not only sustained us and nourished us but it was just down right good vittles!!! But her thanking us for allowing her to cook for us so she could feed her family was humbling. I thank the Lord everyday for allowing me to be a part of this trip and Alfredo and all your people are awesome. Thank you again, and again we will return to finish what we started!!
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