Organizing the bodega for the arrival of the backpack container is a lot like getting your pantry in order after a Costco haul. Imagine you’...

Regardless of your preferred network, the chances are good that you have watched at least a few minutes of a morning talk/news show in the p...

Everybody sing! Here comes the sun. Na-na-na-na! Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s all right . . . This blog post is actually about so...

This post picks up where the last one left off. To recap Part 1, like an announcer trained in speed talking: Containers are in. Boxes wer...

Don't expect to see THIS in Honduras! This is the time of year when everyone at Sowers4Pastors starts spending a lot of time and ene...

If you know her personally, you know Trish Sowers is most emphatically NOT a drama queen. That’s why it’s more than a little ironic that th...

Our house runs on solar power, which means that a day like this limits us - a LOT. We have to run the refrigerator and freezer, of course...

Is it? . . . Could it be? . . .  It's the sun! Last night we had crazy strong winds, and the winds seem to have swept away our persis...

We've had quite a string of days with heavily overcast skies - about 5 in a row now. It's a bit like living inside a cloud. With thi...

We've had about four or five cloudy days in a row. This is worthy of mention when your household electricity comes from the sun. We coun...

I actually started a post on this topic a few days ago . . . and that was the day our power went out! After our power was restored, I wanted...

There's an upside to having off-grid power at your house. Very frequently the power goes out in Gracias, and we still have power up here...

Several long-awaited events have come to pass in the last few days. Our container shipment from MD, which arrived in port in Honduras in mid...

Now that we've had two inverters fried by ground surges of electricity (related to lightning strikes about 600' from our house), we...

Right from the start, I want to make sure to explain that this post is about what Trish has learned. Science was never my subject, so much ...

Those who guessed that the tree in the photo was struck by lightning were, of course, correct. Here's what happened: If you recall, abou...

We've got a new "normal" at our house now. Russell wasn't able to purchase the exact inverter we'd hoped for (one we...

We're trying to keep our dying solar energy system running until we can get some new and improved components in our container late this ...

So, here's what happened today. We have afternoon thunderstorms most every day this time of year. As today's storm approached, we ha...

I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that the container with the Christmas gifts and donated household items is due to leave Marylan...