Harvester Mission Team
Certainly the high point of this month was the HCC mission team. The trip involved a visit to the Miskitu Indian communities of Limbaika and Galilea. To reach these remote areas it is necessary to travel by small plane, road and boat but the effort is well worth it. This time Ann, Will and Amelia were able to come along, it’s the first opportunity we’ve had to do this as a family. |
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In the communities we did activities with children and women, coordinated by Jackie Dowdall. Also the presentation of the Jesus Film in Miskitu is an evangelistic and teaching time with the people. |
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Preacher’s SeminarsDennis and Jackie Dowdall spent most of October here learning Spanish, helping in the schools and leading seminars for preachers and leaders. Dennis developed a workshop on conflict resolution based on biblical principles and presented it to five groups. His work is in keeping with our desire to focus our short term volunteers more on teaching and skill transfer. In the USA we are blessed with great talents and knowledge needed by our brothers here. Dennis and Jackie also serve as our forwarding agents in the USA. There is no way to adequately describe all the things they do on our behalf other than to say that without their work we would not be able to stay on the field. Thanks Dowdalls!
Water Project KM 34
For some time the southern half of the Marvin Salazar settlement has been organizing to install a potable water system. They have been frustrated by internal politics in the neighborhood. It is a sad fact that the poorer the area, the more difficult it is to do true community based projects. However we are very pleased to share that work on the system is in progress. Harvest Initiative is supplying about 20% of the PVC pipe for a 400 household project and the community is supplying the rest, along with the labor to trench and lay pipe. Our goal is to truly co invest with the poor by helping them steward the resources they do have for common good. A big thanks to Danira Sanchez and Pedro Gonzales for their perseverance in coordinating our part in the project. The school in that community is doing well and completing its second year of operation. We continue to seek the Lord’s timing for a new church plant there.
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The New High School
The new high school construction is coming along swiftly. In order to secure an operating license for next year the project has been accelerated in hopes of completing it by the end of November. When open, the school will function as a Christian Technical High School part of the Opportunity International network of Christian Community Development projects.
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Prayer RequestsNow that we have been here a couple of months some of the specific tasks for the next six months are coming into focus.
Marcus and Ann Pearson |