Day Five

Wuzz good? Day five started out with a delicious reheated breakfast from Caity.  We then did some finishing touches on our food bags that we prepared for our feeding with the Mayor of Tegucigalpa's wife.  We arrived at the facility to the sight of a crowd of women sitting and waiting for the mayor's wife and the food bags to arrive.  After unloading the bags and waiting she arrived to the applause of the crowd.  We were called to the front and after we were cordially welcomed, they gave a quick speech and we began handing out bags. The event organizers maintained control and prevented any chaos.  We took a picture of our group and the Mayor's wife for the newspaper.  Then we were off to our next destination. (Daniel Wallace)

We then traveled to the dump site and handed out food and water to the people there with Mark Tindall.
They typically scrounge through the rubble looking for plastic and cardboard in amongst the cattle, vultures, and dogs. The view is unfathomable...pictures can never do justice to the situation at the dump.  Alan and Mike described how it used to be at the dump....years ago girls were not allowed to go.  Now we are able to go and mingle  It was a life changing day for me and the rest of the team as well as we saw God's love radiating through us and onto the Honduran people. There was even one man at the dump that gave me his bracelet even though I had nothing to give in return. (Lindsay Tejan)

When it was time to leave, a man jumped on the back of the bus and got a free ride down to the bottom of the dump. After that the stench lingered in the air for what seemed like forever. We were supposed to build a house but instead we went to Breaking Chains to help clean up the rubble from their old roof as they are getting a new roof.  The work was hard and incredibly dusty. We had a group of guys lifting wheelbarrows full of brick in to the back of a dump truck.  We had to separate the tin, tile, wood, and cement.  Many people from the community ranging from toddlers with wheelbarrows, to teenage Moms, to a man with one leg ... all along with our team worked for hours.  Although we didn't finish, we were able to fill two dump trucks before we had to leave. (Liz Grimsley)

We came back to Taco Loco for dinner.  A feast everyone who does a mission trip to Honduras should experience.  Tomorrow we build again!