Chacacal, Chiapas, MX
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| Elda |
So much has changed in the eleven months since I was last in
Chacacal. The kids grow up as fast hear as they do in the States. (I guess
somehow I thought time would stand still. That Elda would be eleven forever.)
Tonight we had dinner in the house we began building last
March.
Some things don’t change much. The young men of the village
wanted us to join them in a game of basketball. A quick rinse in the creek
feels like an incredible luxury. And, I don’t speak Spanish and wish I did.
Chacacal is a beautiful place, filled with wonderful people.
In the time sense we have been gone, they have started
purchasing animals for the villagers, new chickens, goats, and rabbits. The
turkeys and pigs have been purchased, but the vet did not think they should
ride with the goats to the village, so they will come later.
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| A wiring mess |
As American Baptists, we are truly changing lives. We have
helped fund a new ministry to a people who live on the thinnest margins of
life. Tomorrow we will begin wiring a church in Maravillas that might not have
been built if it weren’t for the mission dollars of ABCRM. We will also rewire
the church in Chacacal and run electric to the new room for Eleazar who directs
the economic development project.
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| Michael Capshaw sings in church |
Tomorrow we will build chicken coops and a shelter for the
new goats. It is exciting to see the changes come to this village.
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