Building Hope in Honduras

Here is a few pictures of the village we were serving.  The 2nd and 3rd pictures are of the current home for a widow who lives there with her daughter and grandchildren.  We were able to build her a home right next to her old home.  She could not have been more pleased and watched us work with a huge smile on her face each day.  The new home has 4 walls, a roof, 1 window and a door.  There is no electricity or water in the houses.  The average income for the household is 3-5 dollars a day if you can find work.  Many have no income at all. Sadly....the government does not help at all and most are forced like this one to live with their entire familes. 

We were able to build a home for this widow from the local church.  She lives with her daughter and her 4 children 2 of which are twin babies.  Her 1 room home also must make room at night for the chickens and their most prized possesion, the family pig.  Theft and crime is commonplace so anything of value must be brought in at night.  The flooding was so bad in Honduras that the truck which brought the wood and supplies got stuck and was unable to the deliver to this womans house.  They decided to unload the truck blocks away and this woman and her kids and grandkids brought the wood and supplies 1 piece at a time to her home so she was ready for us.  Needless to say she was excited to have a new home!!