AUSTIN, TEXAS/CANADA TEAM SERVE HONDURAS

This combined team built a house for Katalina and her children in Porvenir. What a blessing for a woman who was being severely abused to finally have a home of her own! Thank you, Lord, for your provision of finances and an obedient team to serve together. God bless everyone involved.

FISHERMEN LEARN THE ART OF LURE-MAKING

1st Day Blues

Jossue and Yonatan started their new school at the all English speaking school! Their photo tells the story.....lots of books, long bus rides, and hard work learning to speak English as well as have all classes in English. Please keep them in your prayers.

Sugar Cookie

Here's Sugar Cookie! She's a kinkajou and an angel. She's Scott's baby. Come on down and join us on a short term mission trip and see all our pets, too.

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS!!

Thanks to Laura and Matt, 2 faithful supporters, both Jonathon and Jossue will now be attending all English school in La Ceiba! This will cause a huge change in the possibilities available to them in the future as translators, or afford them the opportunity to go on to University...neither would have had this option before GIVERS committed and followed through on giving! All of us are grateful!!

We Are Family!

It is so exciting to be part of the Family of God! Brothers and sisters in Christ, obeying the Lord, and working together to get the job done.
Condensed version of story: Father of this family and his oldest son were killed in a car accident in January of 2011. They were on their way to be part of receiving motorcyles from Christian Motorcycle Association. There were 7 people killed in the accident. This family was left with a mother and 6 children and no place to live. A local pastor donated property for a house. We got a team to raise funds and come down and build the house. Local pastors, neighbors, friends, us, and the family all pitched in to get the job done. We made the walls of fabric provided by Al Barrett and his Threads of Hope ministry. Salma & Elvis, the young couple who use to live with us, took care of all details at the Olanchita location. Scott, Anne-Marie Vosburgh, and a group of women and one guy from Canada came down, stayed in Olanchita, and worked like dogs in really hot weather to complete the majority of this house in 5 days!!! Can you imagine? A house in 5 days? All with volunteers?
We want to take a moment and PRAISE THE LORD! He is our PROVISION!

P.I.G.S. INVADE HONDURAS & MORE!

Just said goodbye to a wonderful team from Florida. They called themselves "PIGS". At first, I thought it a strange name for a group. Then we saw them eat!!! But, when Jackie, one of the women on the team, gave her devotion one day, she referenced PIGS. People In God's Service. And, boy, were they! 10 motorcycles were given away, around 100 children attended a vacation bible school each day of the week, and we managed to get in about 50 food deliveries and a little playtime as well.. And, remember Jossue? He's the kid we have been sponsoring for the past 6 years. Now, he is acting as one of our translators for the teams! He's in a full American School and finished out the year with high grades. We praise the Lord for his hard work and obedience!

LARGEST TEAM EVER!

We just had our largest team ever this past week. They were from the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin and we had a wonderful time with them. What a great group of kids and their leaders rocked!

This week we are hosting a group run by Amber Russellburg, who is the team coordinator for MVI in Orlando. This is a real mixed group of people who mostly didn't know each other when they arrived....already, our house is a noisy, laughter-filled place. Come on down and try a short term mission trip yourself. Contact us at oakining@hotmail.com or contact Amber at MVI, PO Box 593550, Orlando, Fl 32859-3550 for details.

Another Building Miracle

This Olanchito family was left homeless after the husband/father was killed in an auto accident along with the eldest son. The father was a pastor who was riding over for a service where we were giving away some motorcycles for Christian Motorcycle Association. The family lived in the church house and had to move out after the deaths occurred. A local pastor donated the land and Scott rounded up several blessed amigos who were willing to perform a labor of love to help this family receive a new home. The pilings went in a couple of weeks ago and the house will be built by Anne-Marie Vosburgh's summer team in July. We want to say a special thank-you to Robbie Tipton, Gary Williams, Mario, Matute, and Will for their help. We couldn't have done it without you guys.
Also shown are photos of the mother with some of the children. Pray for this family as they go through grieving the loss of their loved ones and moving forward in the Lord.

Boat #65

We just finished boat #65. Phillipe and his 2 sons built the boat with the help of our master boatbuilders. His wife is presently in the hospital with cancer and he is believing God for an income from fishing to help pay hospital and doctor bills. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.