Here's What's Happening in Their Neck of the Woods

Some Ministry Highlights

Russell recently got to spend time with a visiting team that wants to get involved in some building projects. The interesting part of this story is the team wasn’t actually visiting the Sowers. Instead, they had gone to Honduras to work with another missionary who is not currently in the country. Russell also took the team to see Pastors’ Training School.

Half a container of rice for feeding centers arrived on September 5. Unfortunately, when the shipment was delivered, the truck couldn’t get all the way to the Sowers’ property. That meant the menfolk got to spend time hauling 400 boxes of rice in their vehicles. It took six trips, but the rice made it!

It’s time to look ahead to projects for 2018. Russell is already presenting budgets to a local mayor’s office about a bridge project for the upcoming year.

Housing Developments

Russell and Iris’s new house is coming along nicely. The men are putting on a final coat of stucco and finishing walls. Iris’s father is coming out to finish doors and windows and put a coat of varnish on the woodwork. The men not working on the house are continuing to dig holes and plant coffee.

Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman!

If you follow Sowers4Pastors on Facebook, you already know a big letter writing project is underway. The kids involved with the feeding centers are writing to their sponsors. This is a huge undertaking! Russell has been doing the administrative duty to be sure every single child writes a letter. If a kid happened to miss the day of the letter writing, Russell is going back to give that child an opportunity to send off a personal piece of mail.

Child’s Play

September 10th is the Day of the Child in Honduras. Much candy and many pinatas are being purchased for the occasion. As Russell said, “A vast amount of parties will be going on at different churches.” The celebration will continue because schools will be celebrating next week since the holiday falls on a weekend this year. Sowers4Pastors held events at the Manna 4 Lempira sponsorship locations.

R.J. just turned three! How is that possible? At any rate, he isn’t a baby anymore, as is evidenced by his request for a Spiderman party with pizza and cupcakes. That meant Russell was purchasing a Spiderman pinata and placing an order for pizza at the nearest Pizza Hut. No, they don’t deliver! On the day of the party, Russell drove an hour and fifteen minutes, each way to the Pizza Hut, to make R.J.’s birthday wish come true.

It’s Just What Women Do

Trish is hard at work cleaning and preparing her house to be away for two and a half months in the U.S. Why? Hey, it’s just what women do! Cleaning to be gone is sort of like cleaning before a housekeeper comes. Don’t try to explain it! - posted by Christi