Animal micro business

Mary Kay has had the opportunity to go out several times with the Samaritan’s Purse Animal Project. Through the use of egg-layers, meat pens, goats, pigs, etc., poor families are given eight courses on how to raise their animals to help the economic needs of their family. This project opens the doors to other programs of evangelism.

Orphanages get help through SP

Through the Santiago Project in Honduras Samaritan's Purse works with several orphanages throughout the country.

They have a staff of three Hondurans that work full-time with these homes. I have had the priveledge to visit 4 and Mary Kay has been with me for 2 of those. One of the homes in Tegucigalpa has completed their first 10 talks, advanced to a new series and has now started a bakery to teach more skills and responsibilities to the kids.

The Santiago Project takes food to help these centers, but more impotant they take pratical life skill lessons that are tied to Bible stories.

If you want to have your heart broken for the forgotten ones come and visit.

Christmas in the States

When we left Honduras mid-December we were praying about what God had in store for us. Brad had a meeting scheduled with a VP of a university for an administative position in the States. As we kept praying, God kept leading us back to an offer from Samaritan's Purse. So, instead of a year in the States to visit churches, friends and family, we were in the States for only 5 weeks.

Mary Kay's folks along with our daughters, Julia and Sarah, had the chance to go with us to visit our son Ryan his wife Andrea and our grandsons, Grayson and Jack. Time with family is so precious, and we enjoyed every minute.

Mary Kay and I both had a chance to see our parents, our brothers, several aunts and cousins and Brad's grandmother.

In those few days we managed to be in 9 different States. We got to see snow, and, most importantly, celebrate the birth of our Savior with our family.

Brad's side of the family

Josh (who didn't get to go to Florida) and Sarah

Mary Kay's folks, our kids, daughter-in-law and the boys

We had the chance to spend one week at Samaritan's Purse headquarters in NC with a wonderful group of others going out to serve - they were all going to several countries in Africa.

Daniel Figueroa and family

As Mary Kay and I were getting ready to leave El Sembrador in mid-December one of the industrial arts vocational teachers, Daniel Figueroa said he wanted my counsel.
Having worked with Daniel for many years I was glad that he felt comfortable to seek my opinion. He said that he felt that God was leading him into the pastorate and was trying to figure out how he could get his theological training while needing to meet the needs of his family. I asked him if he was willing to pray and wait a few weeks. He said he could wait but he needed to know something soon as the classes were scheduled to start in less than 2 months.
When we decided to leave WGM a few of our friends and family asked if they should transfer their support to Samaritan's Purse. We suggested that Daniel would be a good candidate for their help. In the few weeks that we were in the States we had the funds raised to pay Daniel his current salary to be able to support his family while he studies in the Bible Institute at El Sembrador.

Classes have started and Daniel is following his dreams and the will of God.