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I have thousands of pics but I will try to post interesting ones... first I will show you a typical residence
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A woman with 8 kids donated her property in exchange for a house and this is the house, (not complete yet) that we are building for her... We are digging a septic on the right side...
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Our "ministry" has built a feeding center for the kids and keeps it stocked with food... Here's the people we are doing this for...
(this is my son and one of the hardest working kids over there...)
(this is my son and one of the hardest working kids over there...)
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Random scenery shots...
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3289146
Not seeing any pictures of Tizzo working here!!!!
Oh I got those but they ain't purdy, lol...
http:///forum/post/3289146
Not seeing any pictures of Tizzo working here!!!!
Oh I got those but they ain't purdy, lol...
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I'm gonna try to find them... I'm scanning 50 photbucket pages, lol...
Here's one where I'm doing...well... what everyone else is doing, lol.
Here's one where I'm doing...well... what everyone else is doing, lol.
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We are adding verticle pieces of rebar to the top of the fence here, but we stopped for a water break...
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Leveling the floor...prepping it for concrete...
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And this is me digging a hole for septic. This hole was 4'x5' and 4' deep!
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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3289152
LOL...is that you sleeping in the boat....
I saw that spider YUCKKK
That house you are building is for a family with 8 kids
WOW....we sure do take what we have fro granted...don;t we
More of a photo pose, but yeah, that's me, lol...
That spider was HUGE!! I wish I put a dollar bill next to it for size reference!
And yeah, that house is actually the biggest in the village! It will have finished walls and a concrete floor! She of course is very pleased.
We have a lot, but it's all adaptable to a standard of living. They aren't like all pitiful as our kids would be if we sent them there...it's all they know. However you may notice there aren't really any "men": in the village.. They leave and do not return. Leaving women and children hungry. That is why we are there... We are trying to help them to be more self sufficient and less hungry.
http:///forum/post/3289152
LOL...is that you sleeping in the boat....
I saw that spider YUCKKK
That house you are building is for a family with 8 kids
More of a photo pose, but yeah, that's me, lol...
That spider was HUGE!! I wish I put a dollar bill next to it for size reference!
And yeah, that house is actually the biggest in the village! It will have finished walls and a concrete floor! She of course is very pleased.
We have a lot, but it's all adaptable to a standard of living. They aren't like all pitiful as our kids would be if we sent them there...it's all they know. However you may notice there aren't really any "men": in the village.. They leave and do not return. Leaving women and children hungry. That is why we are there... We are trying to help them to be more self sufficient and less hungry.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/3289158
And this is me digging a hole for septic. This hole was 4'x5' and 4' deep!
I used to live in Guatamala, doing humanitarian work and we (fortunately I wasn't involved) dug a water well by hand in an earthquake zone.
http:///forum/post/3289158
And this is me digging a hole for septic. This hole was 4'x5' and 4' deep!
I used to live in Guatamala, doing humanitarian work and we (fortunately I wasn't involved) dug a water well by hand in an earthquake zone.
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Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/3289270
Where were you in Honduras? I used to do some work in El Progresso and Choloma, which are small towns out of San Pedro Sula.
Our airport was in San Pedro Sula. so we drove thru there... Why we went...
It was thru our church. It was a mission trip, but not a "typical" mission trip. We take no candy or shoes. We build stuff and help the community. Teach them a trade... we focus our efforts on one particular village, and do not jump from place to place. We get to know the people who live there and establish relationships. It's a small city in Casuna. The people, obviously, are African decent. The govt there doesn't even acknowledge their existence. So they cannot get any help or resources from anywhere but outsiders. Heck even the road to get them is 6 hours of bumpy dirt!
http:///forum/post/3289270
Where were you in Honduras? I used to do some work in El Progresso and Choloma, which are small towns out of San Pedro Sula.
Our airport was in San Pedro Sula. so we drove thru there... Why we went...
It was thru our church. It was a mission trip, but not a "typical" mission trip. We take no candy or shoes. We build stuff and help the community. Teach them a trade... we focus our efforts on one particular village, and do not jump from place to place. We get to know the people who live there and establish relationships. It's a small city in Casuna. The people, obviously, are African decent. The govt there doesn't even acknowledge their existence. So they cannot get any help or resources from anywhere but outsiders. Heck even the road to get them is 6 hours of bumpy dirt!
bionicarm
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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/3289307
Our airport was in San Pedro Sula. so we drove thru there... Why we went...
It was thru our church. It was a mission trip, but not a "typical" mission trip. We take no candy or shoes. We build stuff and help the community. Teach them a trade... we focus our efforts on one particular village, and do not jump from place to place. We get to know the people who live there and establish relationships. It's a small city in Casuna. The people, obviously, are African decent. The govt there doesn't even acknowledge their existence. So they cannot get any help or resources from anywhere but outsiders. Heck even the road to get them is 6 hours of bumpy dirt!
I applaud your assistance. I saw first-hand the pestulence that was abound in even the major cities I used to go to. I was doing contract work down there, and the company I worked for wouldn't let me go out on my own. It was straight from the hotel to their plant. I was coming back one day, and there was this large pile of limbs on the side of the road. I didn't think much of it until I saw a foot sticking out of the branches! I asked my 'guide' what happened, and he said it's not uncommon for people to get hit while traveling down the road. The only transportation most of them have are beat-up bicycles, or even horse-drawn carriages. Did you get to see any of the banana plantations? We'd go down one of the major roadways, and you could look out and see banana trees as far as the eyes could see.
My neighbor did a similar missionary trip with his church group in Guatemala last week. Interesting that one of their main objectives was to dig out a well. Seems like water is one of the major obstacles people in that region face on a daily basis.
http:///forum/post/3289307
Our airport was in San Pedro Sula. so we drove thru there... Why we went...
It was thru our church. It was a mission trip, but not a "typical" mission trip. We take no candy or shoes. We build stuff and help the community. Teach them a trade... we focus our efforts on one particular village, and do not jump from place to place. We get to know the people who live there and establish relationships. It's a small city in Casuna. The people, obviously, are African decent. The govt there doesn't even acknowledge their existence. So they cannot get any help or resources from anywhere but outsiders. Heck even the road to get them is 6 hours of bumpy dirt!
I applaud your assistance. I saw first-hand the pestulence that was abound in even the major cities I used to go to. I was doing contract work down there, and the company I worked for wouldn't let me go out on my own. It was straight from the hotel to their plant. I was coming back one day, and there was this large pile of limbs on the side of the road. I didn't think much of it until I saw a foot sticking out of the branches! I asked my 'guide' what happened, and he said it's not uncommon for people to get hit while traveling down the road. The only transportation most of them have are beat-up bicycles, or even horse-drawn carriages. Did you get to see any of the banana plantations? We'd go down one of the major roadways, and you could look out and see banana trees as far as the eyes could see.
My neighbor did a similar missionary trip with his church group in Guatemala last week. Interesting that one of their main objectives was to dig out a well. Seems like water is one of the major obstacles people in that region face on a daily basis.
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Holy cow, that's so ironic cause I was crossing a street leaving a BK and going to our bus and the bus driver ran over to me, grabbed my arm and pulled me to cross quicker... He said, "Here is not like US, they like to hit you"...And I jokingly replied, "Do you know how much damage I could do to their car!!" and he said, "dents don't matter, damage don't matter...they like to watch you die". He was very serious!
We too, were never allowed to go out ourselves either! We were assigned what they called "accountability partners", but I call them battle buddies. But anyway me and my battle buddy always had to be together and since we are both female, we are never to go out at night without a male escort. I'm about as independent and self reliant as they get, but I did take this rule very seriously!
If I didn't mention... I can't wait til next year! I already miss some of the kids that I had built up a relationship with. they are about 12 and 14, I miss them!
We too, were never allowed to go out ourselves either! We were assigned what they called "accountability partners", but I call them battle buddies. But anyway me and my battle buddy always had to be together and since we are both female, we are never to go out at night without a male escort. I'm about as independent and self reliant as they get, but I did take this rule very seriously!
If I didn't mention... I can't wait til next year! I already miss some of the kids that I had built up a relationship with. they are about 12 and 14, I miss them!
lovethesea
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i'm kind of hung up on that spider.......exactly how big would you say that was, and was it around where you slept??
flower
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Originally Posted by lovethesea
http:///forum/post/3289596
i'm kind of hung up on that spider.......exactly how big would you say that was, and was it around where you slept??
I was looking through the pictures thinking, they are so poor...how rewarding it would be to help them and how beautiful the area is where they live, always warm...
Then came the spider pic...!!!!
Tizzo you are kind hearted and very, very brave. I would never have gotten that spider picture, I would have sprouted wings and flew all the way back to my home in Illinois, where spiders are not big enough to carry away a child.
http:///forum/post/3289596
i'm kind of hung up on that spider.......exactly how big would you say that was, and was it around where you slept??
I was looking through the pictures thinking, they are so poor...how rewarding it would be to help them and how beautiful the area is where they live, always warm...
Then came the spider pic...!!!!
Tizzo you are kind hearted and very, very brave. I would never have gotten that spider picture, I would have sprouted wings and flew all the way back to my home in Illinois, where spiders are not big enough to carry away a child.