Day 4 (Jan 23)

Today started out wet, but we were blessed again with a beautiful day. We feel the pain of back home with the snow and cold. We had a delicious breakfast at Cerro de Luz again. Curtis led a devotion about the serious problem of the fatherless, which every child at the home is a victim of. It's a serious problem in our world today.

At Casa Hogar, we were greeted with a warm welcome as always. We had a great day with the kids. We started out with a story of the loaves and fishes, played a lot of games, and loved on the kids. We treated the kids to a very rare feed of Chinese food and they loved it. We were planning on a water park day but the water might be 60 degrees, not quite warm enough to spend time in the water. Instead, we went to a movie with the kids - Tom and Jerry in Spanish. It was a good opportunity for some of us to get caught up on sleep. For some of the kids this was their first movie ever.😢
After the movie, the kids went back to Casa Hogar while we shopped for VBS items. We made it back for supper and more devotions before turning in for the night.
On a side note, yesterday we moved approximately 300 walkway stones for the walkways in the new green house. We think that is about a third of the blocks in the old green house. So making progress!

​I'm happy to report I have seen big improvements since I was last there in 2018. The chicken coop has been rebuilt and houses about 100 egg layers. There are enough eggs that everybody gets at least one egg a day, and the excess is sold and that covers the chicken feed. The maintenance shop has been rebuilt and is great order. It's well equipped with tools for any project and stores all of the bulk items to support the home. The property is being well maintained by Don Armando, who has worked in a large farm. He is utilizing most of the 7 acres, growing corn, bananas , coffee beans, and others. He is a hard worker and very knowledgeable.

I believe the children are very well looked after and loved. It is one big happy family. We are all so blessed to be here and appreciate all of your love and prayers. Please pray God's love shines through us and we bring glory and honor to God and point the kids to Jesus.

-Buck