Last Thursday I got to go visit a ministry of our mission in Tegucigalpa. I got a ride from La Esperanza with a group that was working there from Missouri, and went to Teguc. their last 2 days before flying back to the States. The name of this ministry is ÄFE¨....Amor, Fe, Esperanza, or Love,Faith, HOpe. It is an amazing ministry that has been in operation for about 6 years. One missionary would go to the dump around 6 years ago to dump medical waste that he couldn´t put in his trash when medical brigades would come to work. He took his young 6 year old daughter with him at the time and she asked her daddy why there were people working and even living in the dump and why no one would help them. She said that if no one was helping them, that HE should start to help them. After much persistance, he finally started taking food three days a week and now they have a school for children who have lived and worked in the dump. It is across the street from the city dump and has preschool through 9th grade. The fist picture is of the beautiful surroundings but if you look closely you can see 100´s of vulchers hovering overhead. The surrounding neighborhood is called the dump neighborhood but this ministry is beginning to revitalize it. They´ve started a church there and have a lot of great plans and vision for the future. It was really encouraging and gave us a lot of ideas of what we can do in the future in La Esperanza.
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