Hello from Honduras
this is asthma season for sure. the late afternoon and
night air sends me for a loop and looking for the
inhaler and some handkerchiefs for the accompanying
nasal allergy. a neighbor brewed one of her `bottles`
for me to drink a little each day. she says it will
`cure` the asthma permanently. she made it from a
variety of leaves from different trees. she says she
has used it successfully on some of her fourteen
children.
that brings me to some prayer needs - the first of
which is for one of those fourteen children of my
neighbor. Dania is in the third year at the colegio
and dealing with the usual teen hormone battles. she
is currently the focus of one of her next-door
neighbors who `has` other girls as well. the young man
has anything but good intentions for Dania, thinking
only of himself, but Dania does not see that. I will
talk with her father later today and with the woman
who directs the colegio, who is a much admired person
by Dania. Hopefully Dania will be able to understand
that those of us who care about her have wise counsel
and she will also see the selfishness of this young
man and stay away from him.
Another to pray for is Alberto, who is working on
construction at present, but wants to get back to
studying with the new year in February. Pray that he
will keep his objectives in mind with his daily
decisions, and also be able to find a colegio with
space for him. He needs Jesus, but does not see that
at this point.
Milton is the sixteen-yr-old who lives with me and
broke his arm badly a few weeks ago. His interest in
studying is not great, but he plods along and is
trying to re-adjust with his repaired, but very sore
and out- of-practice arm. His favorite older brother
has again surfaced to be in trouble of various sorts
(he gravitates to it consistently with his arrogant,
superior attitude). he wants someone to bail him out
in some form, but I have refused as he will only
return with more vigor to his ๒ther life`. this is his
modus operandum. pray that milton and his family will
eventually understand that the best way to love this
brother is to let him fail and be responsible for the
consequences of his behavior. they have had many
opportunities to learn this, but have instead joined
forces to help each other continue to fail.
Alfredo left yesterday headed for the U.S. with a
friend. this is a very common occurrence here, for
folks to try to get to the U.S. by just travelling any
way they can and without any visa or passport or any
legal papers at all. many get caught and get returned,
but enough get through to give the rest the initiative
to try. there are many families here with someone in
the states `helping`them financially to some extent.
On Sunday afternoon, after the weekly Bible study with
the discipleship group, we will share a meal in order
to celebrate the birthday of the woman who directs the
colegio and also assists each week with the
discipleship group.
thank you each for your interest and your prayers for
my friends here in Honduras. I always enjoy hearing
from you.
much love, peter