Shiny Hair and Healthy Smile

If you begin spending extra time fixing your hair in the morning, that doesn’t mean that you stop brushing your teeth! Today, we’re going to chat about the many things going on with Sowers4Pastors. We’ve talked about backpacks and back-to-school stuff for quite a while on Facebook and the blog. Whenever that happens, people invariably ask Russell and Allen, “What’s the deal? Are you guys still working to empower pastors, or are you all about backpacks, child sponsorships, and feeding centers?”

Yes, a lot of time has recently been devoted to passing out backpacks. And, yes, Allen and Trish are getting ready to visit the States so they can get the ball rolling for the next backpack drive. But that is not the only thing Sowers4Pastors is doing. There are fifteen Honduran employees and two (soon to be three) North American interns working with Sowers4Pastors. Even when Allen and Russell are spending extra time distributing backpacks and registering kids at feeding centers, the other work is going on.

Moments before our phone call, Russell had been driving a bulldozer on the coffee farm. They are currently getting ready to plant another ten acres of coffee! Since the purpose of the coffee farm is to help sustain the ministry, while providing work for Hondurans, that is super exciting. They also recently completed a small bridge on the coffee farm, to allow for better access. Russell quipped, “Luckily we know a couple of people who know how to build bridges!” This was the second bridge they’ve built on their property.

Pastors’ Training School is underway. Melvin and Quito have been working at the training school, even when Russell and Allen were finishing up with the backpacks.

Now that the backpack have been delivered, they are able to get ready to put Gifts for Gracias boxes together. Think of it as Phase 2 for the supplies that arrived in the shipping containers. At the time of my conversation with Russell, Iris and two Honduran women were working on preparing the boxes.

Russell pointed out that, even when Allen and Trish return to the U.S., eighteen people will still be on the ground in Honduras, working to empower pastors and oversee the feeding centers, etc… Because, having great hair doesn’t mean you can’t have a healthy smile, too!

 - posted by Christi