Brought To You By the Letter C

This blogpost is brought to you by the letter C!

C is for Coffee

The coffee harvest is in full swing. It’s a long process because only the red fruit is picked and the fruit doesn’t all ripen at the same time. Russell and his crew will be going through the field multiple times picking all of the red beans. Currently, there are so many red beans that they are training up the next generation of Sowers men to pick them. RJ is doing a stellar job and demonstrating a fine work ethic! (Watch the video below. Seriously - don't miss this video of RJ picking coffee, LOL). On November 7 alone, the men picked what will come out to be around 1100 pounds of de-pulped coffee. Russell estimates that is about 4% of this year’s harvest.

C is for Correspondence

The guys of the Manna 4 Lempira crew are making trips out to the feeding center at Arenales. It is the sister church sponsorship center of Life Community Church near Columbus, Ohio. Sowers4Pastors is in the process of getting each of those children to write letters to their sponsors. Because many of the kids are very young, help is needed to get their thoughts down on paper. With the magnitude of the project, getting letters from each child is a long process. The letters will be passed on to the church and translated into English, for the sponsors.

C is for Ceramic

The work of laying the ceramic tile floors in Russell and Iris’s new house is continuing. Of course, once the shipping containers are unloaded into the house, all work on the house will stop for a season.

C is for Containers

Speaking of containers… After some interesting delays, Allen and Trish finally have passage for the shipping containers scheduled. The two containers will be loaded and picked up on November 18. This scheduling is the result of persistent calls and emails on the part of the Sowers. As Trish said, “Finally, someone at a shipping company had pity and responded!”

On November 7, Allen drove an hour and half to pick up more backpacks in Florida. Now, he has traveled in the opposite direction to take them to the area where the Florida container will be loaded.

C is for Contacts

This year, Allen and Trish will not be able to help load a container because a new opportunity has presented itself. On the day the containers are loaded, the Sowers will be in Mississippi to meet with a group of pastors at a bimonthly event hosted by The Wells of SouthGate, called "The Living Room." Allen and Trish will have the opportunity to address pastors from multiple churches. This is potentially a new area where Sowers4Pastors could become involved. Trish found out about this group through a longtime friend, Angela Broussard, whom she originally met through an online homeschooling forum. Additionally, another longtime friend of Trish’s, Heidi Cook, and her husband are flying to Mississippi from their home in Seattle. The Cooks hope to get people in the Seattle area involved in the backpack project.

C is for Cornucopia

Allen and Trish will be spending Thanksgiving with their family in Florida. And Trish is squeezing in any last minute shopping for needed items that can be packed in a suitcase for their return trip to Honduras.

- posted by Christi