October 22, 2008 Flooding

We had nine consecutive days of rain and have spent the last two days running around trying to help feed people who have been forced from their homes and are now living in two schools in El Porvenir. Some ladies from the women's coop are organizing the feeding of the people in one of the schools and a couple of our new churches are organizing the feeding of the people in the other school. They are cooking meals for the people and then serving them at the school. We have also been providing some medicine, baby formula, and diapers. We have provided both groups with some beans, rice, flour, and oil and they have also been providing many of the supplies themselves. Cindy has even been learning how to cook Honduran style with the help of several of the ladies from the churches. The road to El Progreso was closed for a short time early this week and yesterday when we went to El Progreso the water was just about to close the road leading into El Progreso again.