Maely's Pre-Op Meeting

Maely's pre-op appointment with the doctor went well and her surgery has been confirmed for Tuesday morning October 19th.  If all goes well she should be released from the hospital the next day and begin her recovery period which is expected to be between 2 and 5 months depending on what the doctors find during her surgery.  She will be in a cast for two months and will need a lot of support during that time so please be lifting her up in your prayers.   God has provided her the best care possible staying with the Morgerman family and we are so greatful for their willingness to continue Maely's physical, emotional and spiritual healing process over the long months ahead.  They appreciate her wit and courage, but I have also warned them about her talent for practical jokes so they should stay on their toes.  Pat and I will be back in LA for a couple of days for her surgery.  Kevin and Gaby have graciously invited us to stay with them during that time so we are deeply greatful for their kindness and generosity.  We will post more information once it becomes available.

Changing gears a little, I would like to share what God is doing through The King's Storehouse in Honduras.  Aside from Maely's Miracle, we have three other mission efforts ongoing in Honduras.  We are providing medical supplies and equipment to Clinica Esperanza http://clinicaesperanza.homestead.com/ which is run by Mrs. Peggy Stranges.  See that attached link, or you can go to our website http://www.thekingsstorehouse.org/ and click on the Central America tab, then click the Clinica Esperanza tab for details on Peggy's mission.  In addition to Clinica Esperanza, we are also providing medical supplies, water filters, shoes, clothing etc to two villages.  One is Potenciana on he Honduran mainland (where Maely is from) and the other is on the island of Roatan and is called La Colonia. 

Allow me to share with you what The King's storehouse is doing in La Colonia.  Colonia is a village of about 4,000 people perched up in the steep and rugged hills above Sandy Bay.  This area was too rugged for commercial development and remained uninhabited until Hurrican Mitch devastated the island back in the 90's.  Because of the hurricans destruction, many people fled to the highest part of the island and began clearing brush along the steep hillsides and building shacks.  Over the years, more Hondurans came to Roatan in search of work and with no place to stay, they too began clearing homesteads on the steep hillsides.  The area was without electricity until just a few years ago.  The area was totally without water until  Henry and Francis Zittrower started Living Water 4 Roatan.  http://www.lw4r.com/  five years ago and began drilling wells and installing thousands of feet of water pipe. 

Pat and I traveled to Colonia several weeks ago in order to meet Henry and Francis and see what God wanted us to do for LW4R.  We immediately connected and knew that it was God's will that we work together to support the needs of HIS children in Colonia.  I will go into more detail regarding the needs that we will be addressing in his village over the coming months, but for now, let me show you the type of houses that are being built there, and the conditions these people are living in.

  This house is perched on the very top of the highest hill in Colonia.  There are no roads up here so every one of the pallets and pieces of sheet metal you see here, were hand carried up onsteep rugged trails from the base of the hill 500 feet below. This is one of the better homes in Colonia.

Henry was surprised to see this new dwelling which had just appeared within the last two weeks.  We stopped by to drop of 5lb bags of beans and rice but no one was home.  We left the bags of food inside the tent flap and noticed there were baby clothes inside.  Keep in mind the temperature is in the mid 90's, and these people are raising a baby inside a black visquene tarp tent.  This is just one of many such dwellings all over the Colonia area.

More tomorrow on Colonia and the people that live in this rugged region.