We are making progress with the Aquaponics but we are still not done. We filled the entire system with water and are currently stopping leaks before we can get the system running 24/7. We spent 8 hours on a Saturday putting the system together and filling it with water from a neighbor’s pila. Thankfully, we had a lot of help, mainly from Estiven with his little paint can filled halfway with water. He was helping us fill up the tanks while his younger brother Ethan Josue was swimming in a bucket pouring water on his head.
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Today is Father’s Day in Honduras, Dia del Padre, and we had a day filled with performances for the fathers. We had an awesome time preparing all of the different grades’ performances throughout the week. 5th grade put in a lot of effort to make our showing of the Prodigal Son good and fun, but our Prodigal Son still hasn’t returned from his house to our school so we had some role changes right before we started but our kids did great and had a lot of fun. Justin gave an awesome sermon about what it means to be a good man, and a good father, walking with Christ. Hopefully that takes hold and the men start to sell out to Jesus.
A sweet lady from the village, Amparita, will cook us dinner 4 nights a week, and we are on our own for the other 3, and recently we have been getting creative. When I say we, I mean Mike is cooking and every once in a while one of us will lift a lid for him, or stir, or even cut ingredients, but Mike is an amazing cook and he has really been outdoing himself recently. This week we ate Chicken and Dumplings and Biscuits and Gravy with some potatoes, and some of those flavors made me stop and say wow, partly because Mike is just too talented, but also because I haven’t tasted them for months. It’s funny how food does that, I was blown away by soy sauce last week because, again, I hadn’t tasted it since I was home. Thank Jesus for good food and good people to share it with.
This is Mike hard at work making chicken and dumplings in our kitchen/dining/living room. Andrea has started coming to school more frequently, she had stopped for a few months after getting surgery on her knees. I can’t teach her anything substantial, but I know I don’t have to. My constant prayer is that if these kids understand one thing, it is the love of Christ. Even though she doesn’t exude enthusiasm for learning the alphabet, she does work if I promise to buy her an ice cream cone after she is done.
This is Dad getting the low down about school from Aaron. Dad wound up teaching while taking a break from teaching, and he talked to our class about David and Goliath. Dad flew down for 4 days in February during the Global Year Parents’ Week. He got to see us in action at the school, hike up to a local cave, and eat some amazing village food. We took him to eat at Concepcion’s, an insanely sweet lady who loves to feed people at her pulperia. He provided a lot of very good advice for teaching and proceeding through the transition of authority down here. There is a reason Proverbs is always saying to listen to the instruction of our parents, usually it’s pretty good, and I’m very thankful that I’ve got great, godly parents who provide awesome advice.
My mom came down for New Year Celebrations. We went to Lake Yajoa with Deborah's family where we were up close and personal with some donkeys and water buffalo, rode a mechanical bull, and had a great time hanging out with everybody. Mom had a great time, and I loved having her around, especially getting to hear a ton of news about my family back home. She came down for an awesome trip, tagging along while we were on vacation and had it easy. God is good to give me such an awesome mom.
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AuthorEthan Smith. I'm 19, I graduated from Roswell HS, I love Jesus, I love my friends and family, I love band. This is my second year teaching at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Archives
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