Blessings

Dear Friends, Families and Benefactors,

Sorry if you get a lot of posts today. It’s a challenge to get internet between their computers, actually being able to connect to the internet and a key to the office where to computer is sometimes works and sometimes not…and then of course, we lose electric power occasionally!

The Missionaries of Charity have done a lot of work in the mountain village of Laguneta and so today, the whole team went to their local parish for Mass and then blessing of their homes. Half way through the homily, the school children came in for Mass, bringing their own chairs. The school is about a half mile from the church, down a hill and then up a big hill.

Sr Florentine and Fr Francis Mary

Fr Francis and Fr Dye celebrating Mass

The view of the school from the church

The kids carrying their chairs back to school

After Mass, half the team left for the construction site, about a fifteen minute hike up the mountain. Now they are shoving and pick-axing the dirt from the hill next to the house to make mud to form the walls. This is labor intense and, well, dirty work. The other half split into two groups to accompany the families as Fr Dye and Br Ignatius, Sr. Vincentene (and Mary, Sandra and Patti) went to nine houses while and Deacon Alan Sims, Sr Florentine, Br Gabriel, Jasmine, went to four houses, much further apart to bless the houses. It took about three hours to do.

We did a lot of going up and down!

Fr Dye and Taylor assisting

Walking to the next house

Fr Dye blessing the house in his best Spanish. Also shown is Br Ignatius and Sr Vincentene 

All of the houses have a simple altar in their homes

Fr Dye, Br Ignatius, Taylor and Mary at the last house. Comayagua is in the background

It’s beautiful up in the mountains, and around every corner was another amazing view. 

breath taking views

But what is more striking, is how the people of Laguneta take care of each other and really know each other. They aren’t on their cell phones, ignoring each other. They were with each other. They waited patiently while we were figuring things out. The families were so appreciative that we came from the United States to be missionaries to their aldea. The families were intact and mostly young. It’s heart-warming to see the Church alive and well in the mountains of Honduras.

Hondurans patiently waiting for us

Thank you for all of your support. It’s hard to believe that we are more than half way through our mission work. We have some very tired missionaries!

Be assured of our prayers for you.

The Mary Our Queen Mission Team