Four stitches, wow my wife is talented!!
Just sliced open my hand. Ally is going to suture it up, using a syringe that I bought for livestock. Should be fun. Enviado desde mi dispositivo BlackBerry® de Tigo
Selvin arrived at the Refuge today. He and his 15 month old brother were rescued from the streets in Choluteca 9 months ago.
Kely, new child at the Refuge, was orphaned and being cared for by her elderly blind grandmother before being removed by the state.
Four new children arrived at the Mission Lazarus Refuge this afternoon. We thank God for giving us this opportunity to serve his kids. These beautiful kiddoes ranging in age from 15 months to 12 years old are so excited to be here. What a change, from neglect, abuse and orphan situations to safety, security and love. Thank you to all of you who help make this work possible. God bless you. Jarrod
2009 has been an amazing year of challenges for Mission Lazarus, however just beyond every challenge there have been abundant blessings. We were surprised with a large increase in minimum wage during the last week of December 2008 long after our 2009 budget had been put together. We decided that we’d be the leaders in respecting this new law rather than trying to get by and ignore the new law. We shut down our offices and distribution warehouse in Choluteca and relocated everything to the ranch where the Mission Lazarus Refuge is located. Many other measures were taken to ensure that no programs would be shut down. One of our largest areas of focus is with our Early Childhood Development Centers. These primary schools provide 2 meals a day, Christian education, and love for the nearly 450 children that they serve. We had to get really creative with our budget and menu this year to be able to provide for the hundreds of children that we serve each day. Today I met with the director of our school in Monjaras, Emma Siria. This is the final week of classes in Monjaras and she was bubbling over with stories. One in particular I wish that I had been told about a long time ago. Before the budget cut the school would prepare up to 12 pounds of rice a day to feed the nearly 100 children at that school. After the budget cut the rice was cut back to only 7 pounds a day. Amazingly enough, with only 7 pounds of rice for the same amount of children, they have never been short rice. They have even had enough to give seconds to the children that ask for them, and every day they have had rice left over. Do you want to call it a coincidence? Most folks would. I’d rather call it God, just as powerful today as 2000 years ago and just the same as tomorrow. Thanks for your prayers for this ministry. God is hearing and answering them!
