The alcalde of Pacayal said it wouldn’t rain. But it did. Our benefactor from the Virginia Hospital Center Medical Brigade invited Sister Edith and the children to the inauguration of a new water project for the Pacayal Aldea high in the mountains above Comayagua, one of many projects (including ours) that his group finances and manages. Potable water reduces health problems like infant mortality among so many others that exist in the mountain hamlets far from urban centers. Dirt and mud and rain and many happy folks were the order of the day. Please excuse my computer ignorance but my web site upgraded its format without my knowledge and I am relearning how to use its changed features.

Sunday we walked over to the new building construction site after church. It’s several blocks from the kids’ present home but they like to run and play and jump around as we make our way on these field trips. I had a child holding each hand as we straggled along the city’s back streets on an unseasonably cool, windy day. Once there the children climbed piles of dirt and explored what will be their new home; fifteen kids running in every direction. The progress is remarkable. I feel so privileged to be able to watch this project develop and to enjoy the mutual joy on everyone’s faces.