Wednesday
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
July 19, 2005
Report as of 19 July
The painting of the church continued on today. Harold painted the bathrooms and some finishing work in two of the small rooms. The rest of us were outside sanding the front of the church. When we finished that we painted it. Padre Norm was well pleased with what we accomplished today.
Jan and Alice assisted Nimia with cutting out the pattern for Norman’s vestment. He was vary excited when he saw what. The vestment was about 75 percent complete. But Jan said she had great confidrence that Nimia would be completed soon. In addition, I gave the Padre money to buy material for Barbara. She will be ordained. I have attached a picture of one of the vestments that the acolytes will use.
Karla, one of the sewing ladies backed a cake for us which was completely devoured in about 5 minutes. I have attached a picture of Karla with the cake.
Tomorrow we head for a day in Copan, the site of some Mayan ruins.
Here is our revised flight schedule:
Depart San Pedro Sula on Continental Flight 831 at 1115AM arriving in Houston at 344PM
Depart Houston on Continental Flight 2038 at 730PM arriving in Norfolk at 1136PM
The painting of the church continued on today. Harold painted the bathrooms and some finishing work in two of the small rooms. The rest of us were outside sanding the front of the church. When we finished that we painted it. Padre Norm was well pleased with what we accomplished today.
Jan and Alice assisted Nimia with cutting out the pattern for Norman’s vestment. He was vary excited when he saw what. The vestment was about 75 percent complete. But Jan said she had great confidrence that Nimia would be completed soon. In addition, I gave the Padre money to buy material for Barbara. She will be ordained. I have attached a picture of one of the vestments that the acolytes will use.
Karla, one of the sewing ladies backed a cake for us which was completely devoured in about 5 minutes. I have attached a picture of Karla with the cake.
Tomorrow we head for a day in Copan, the site of some Mayan ruins.
Here is our revised flight schedule:
Depart San Pedro Sula on Continental Flight 831 at 1115AM arriving in Houston at 344PM
Depart Houston on Continental Flight 2038 at 730PM arriving in Norfolk at 1136PM
Sunday, July 17, 2005
July 16th
July 16, 2005
The team made a lot of progress today. With many workers most of the main part of the church was painted by about 3pm when we left. Many of the smaller rooms were also painted. We along with the Hondurans painted the walls one brick at a time. Peter and Ken did most of the ceiling work with rollers on extension poles. The walls were painted with marine varnish – one brick at a time. Very tedious work but with a lot of workers the work progressed rapidly. We even varnished the mortar between the bricks. There were young and old, male and female, No discrimination.
I forgot to mention in my previous reports that we hold a bible study led by Jan every morning before we head off to the church. We use the Discovery pamphlets as a guide to our study. When we arrive at the church, Padre Norman leads a prayer session for all the workers.
Since painting took all the available people, there was no sewing instruction. Ken and I used wood filler to repair the sewing tables before we left yesterday. Then today Jan and Alice painted the tables. They were only able to put one coat on and we will have to rely on the Hondurans to put the second coat on after we leave. The tables will be used in sewing class Monday and Tuesday and we plan on going to Copan on Wednesday since we didn’t go today as we had planned. We thought the painting church today was more important.
I have attached pictures of several people painting parts of the church. Not well shown is how Peter managed to get a good amount of paint on him.
Barbara Boghetich was released from the hospital today and invited us to lunch and church tomorrow morning. In the evening we will attend Padre Norman church
The team made a lot of progress today. With many workers most of the main part of the church was painted by about 3pm when we left. Many of the smaller rooms were also painted. We along with the Hondurans painted the walls one brick at a time. Peter and Ken did most of the ceiling work with rollers on extension poles. The walls were painted with marine varnish – one brick at a time. Very tedious work but with a lot of workers the work progressed rapidly. We even varnished the mortar between the bricks. There were young and old, male and female, No discrimination.
I forgot to mention in my previous reports that we hold a bible study led by Jan every morning before we head off to the church. We use the Discovery pamphlets as a guide to our study. When we arrive at the church, Padre Norman leads a prayer session for all the workers.
Since painting took all the available people, there was no sewing instruction. Ken and I used wood filler to repair the sewing tables before we left yesterday. Then today Jan and Alice painted the tables. They were only able to put one coat on and we will have to rely on the Hondurans to put the second coat on after we leave. The tables will be used in sewing class Monday and Tuesday and we plan on going to Copan on Wednesday since we didn’t go today as we had planned. We thought the painting church today was more important.
I have attached pictures of several people painting parts of the church. Not well shown is how Peter managed to get a good amount of paint on him.
Barbara Boghetich was released from the hospital today and invited us to lunch and church tomorrow morning. In the evening we will attend Padre Norman church
Friday, July 15, 2005
Friday, July 15
July 14, 2005
We have all the machines set up yesterday and Jan and Alice started teaching the ladies how to sew. Two of the ladies knew how to sew but were not familiar with using patterns and sizing them. The pastors wife was quick to learn and is already accomplished in making skirts. Since there are about 10 woman learning how to sew Jan and Alice had to put name tags on them with there measurements. The ladies couldn’t keep track and Jan was tired or measuring them again.
Peter, Harold, Bob and Ken continued scrapping the walls – a never ending task. One thing we found that was most disconcerting is the church is infested with termites. They think the problem can be corrected by spraying the areas where the infestation is obvious. We have suggested to Barbara that qualified termite inspector be hired to estimate the problem and suggest ways to eliminate the problem..
We also bought a lock and used it to secure the room where the sewing machines are stored. They had a lock but know key. Today the pastor – Padre Norman – showed Bob where he had another lock with no key on an access door to the church. He must think we are locksmith since Bob fixed a door lock that was loose.
Barbara Boghetich will probably be getting out of the hospital tomorrow but will not be very mobile. She wants to have us over for dinner before we leave but that remains to be seen. I have attached pictures of some of the ladies in the sewing class and a young girl helping with the sanding.
We also have a young lady translating for us. She is 14 years old and doing a great job
We have all the machines set up yesterday and Jan and Alice started teaching the ladies how to sew. Two of the ladies knew how to sew but were not familiar with using patterns and sizing them. The pastors wife was quick to learn and is already accomplished in making skirts. Since there are about 10 woman learning how to sew Jan and Alice had to put name tags on them with there measurements. The ladies couldn’t keep track and Jan was tired or measuring them again.
Peter, Harold, Bob and Ken continued scrapping the walls – a never ending task. One thing we found that was most disconcerting is the church is infested with termites. They think the problem can be corrected by spraying the areas where the infestation is obvious. We have suggested to Barbara that qualified termite inspector be hired to estimate the problem and suggest ways to eliminate the problem..
We also bought a lock and used it to secure the room where the sewing machines are stored. They had a lock but know key. Today the pastor – Padre Norman – showed Bob where he had another lock with no key on an access door to the church. He must think we are locksmith since Bob fixed a door lock that was loose.
Barbara Boghetich will probably be getting out of the hospital tomorrow but will not be very mobile. She wants to have us over for dinner before we leave but that remains to be seen. I have attached pictures of some of the ladies in the sewing class and a young girl helping with the sanding.
We also have a young lady translating for us. She is 14 years old and doing a great job
Thursday, July 14, 2005
News from San Pedro 7-12-05
12 July, 2005
We arrived in San Pedro Monday safe, sound, on time and with all the luggage. We met by SAMS rep, Teresa Heitman and our driver Angel who speaks very good English. After registering we visited Barbara Boghetich in the hospital. She had delayed having her leg operated on so she could talk to us. We stayed for a while discussing the work we were going to do at Cristo Rey. She also recommended a good restaurant the we thoroughly enjoyed. After we left we went to an appliance store to check out sewing machines. We didn’t buy them at that time as the diocese is tax exempt and we needed a special form.We enjoyed the restaurant. However, it was a long way from the hotel and by the time we got back we were bushed.
Today was a comedy of errors. Teresa was supposed to be in her office so we could discuss getting a translator and the tax exempt form. We I arrived at her office she was gone. Later I found out she was at the airport. The deacon who is the administrator for the diocese happened to come by and ask what I needed. No problem, get the driver and she would get the form and tell him where to get the best exchange rate for the Limpera. My prayers were answered. I told her the driver was at the hotel (5 minutes away. Much to my surprise I arrived at the hotel – no driver. Two of the group had decided to go to the store and get lunch food. Forty five minutes later they arrived back at the hotel. The deacon was very understanding, gave me the form and directed Angel to the right bank.
Then we set out for the site. The driver gave me the impression he knew w here the church was. I was badly mistaken. He knew where the city was but not the church. We wandered around for awhile until I suggested he call his office and get the phone number for the diocese which he did. We got in touch with Teresa, she gave us the phone number of the pastor. Instead of giving us directions the pastor asked where we were then came down and led us to the church. Our 20 minute journey took almost two hours. But at least we were at the church and could start preparing the walls for paint.
Next I sent the driver to pick up the sewing machines. He left around 11:30 an returned at 2:30 with machines different from the ones we had ordered. Explained that to pick up the machines he had to go to a warehouse. There he found the machines were not the ones we ordered. The manager told him the salesperson was incorrect in the quote and these machines sold for the price quoted. But as luck would have the looked like treadle machines but were actually electric machines with a treadle backup. The ladies of the church were happy with the machines so all was well, I do not have access to the internet at the diocese, but there is internet access in the hotel which I can use if I can get on it..
The pictures show Peter (in red) scraping the walls, Harold doing the same thing and some of the parishioners working or posing for pictures.
We arrived in San Pedro Monday safe, sound, on time and with all the luggage. We met by SAMS rep, Teresa Heitman and our driver Angel who speaks very good English. After registering we visited Barbara Boghetich in the hospital. She had delayed having her leg operated on so she could talk to us. We stayed for a while discussing the work we were going to do at Cristo Rey. She also recommended a good restaurant the we thoroughly enjoyed. After we left we went to an appliance store to check out sewing machines. We didn’t buy them at that time as the diocese is tax exempt and we needed a special form.We enjoyed the restaurant. However, it was a long way from the hotel and by the time we got back we were bushed.
Today was a comedy of errors. Teresa was supposed to be in her office so we could discuss getting a translator and the tax exempt form. We I arrived at her office she was gone. Later I found out she was at the airport. The deacon who is the administrator for the diocese happened to come by and ask what I needed. No problem, get the driver and she would get the form and tell him where to get the best exchange rate for the Limpera. My prayers were answered. I told her the driver was at the hotel (5 minutes away. Much to my surprise I arrived at the hotel – no driver. Two of the group had decided to go to the store and get lunch food. Forty five minutes later they arrived back at the hotel. The deacon was very understanding, gave me the form and directed Angel to the right bank.
Then we set out for the site. The driver gave me the impression he knew w here the church was. I was badly mistaken. He knew where the city was but not the church. We wandered around for awhile until I suggested he call his office and get the phone number for the diocese which he did. We got in touch with Teresa, she gave us the phone number of the pastor. Instead of giving us directions the pastor asked where we were then came down and led us to the church. Our 20 minute journey took almost two hours. But at least we were at the church and could start preparing the walls for paint.
Next I sent the driver to pick up the sewing machines. He left around 11:30 an returned at 2:30 with machines different from the ones we had ordered. Explained that to pick up the machines he had to go to a warehouse. There he found the machines were not the ones we ordered. The manager told him the salesperson was incorrect in the quote and these machines sold for the price quoted. But as luck would have the looked like treadle machines but were actually electric machines with a treadle backup. The ladies of the church were happy with the machines so all was well, I do not have access to the internet at the diocese, but there is internet access in the hotel which I can use if I can get on it..
The pictures show Peter (in red) scraping the walls, Harold doing the same thing and some of the parishioners working or posing for pictures.
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