Update of the summer - sent out via email

Good morning! I apologize for the length in time that it's been since we've updated you on what's going on. The time has flown by and it's already August! So much has happened in June and July that i"ll just give a quick overview of it all. For more details you should check out our blog (www.mohagendadventures.blogspot.com) for lots of pictures and more stories.

Teams:

* A team from Tennessee that did mostly evangelism, school presentations etc. Also they put on a great movie night for the community.This team has been coming for many years but this is the first year they stayed at the mission house instead of a hotel.

* Our biggest team: 90 person team from Florida that was split into many smaller teams - medical & pharmacy (served 2000 patients at El Ayudante), eye team (served 800 patients and gave away free eye glasses to all that needed it!), construction team - worked on clinic, paint team (painted at local churches and schools) and a VBS team (programs at 4 schools)

* Team from our home church - 2 guys that accomplished more than the average 10 guys could! They worked on the guard house - (tiling, electrical, hanging doors, etc,) cabinets in the Staff house, and put up the walls in the septic tank for the clinic and guard house.

* Team of youth from Maryland - painted a large church, went to a remote mountain village, futball outreach, and did a huge VBS at the project for the surrounding children.

We also had three interns/guests with us for the summer:

* Jon - just graduated high school and was here with us for 7 weeks - he taught English at a school and did lots of construction with Tristan. He jumped right into the church community here and the youth group threw him a huge going away party when he left!

* Amy - my cousin - also just graduated from high school. She spent most of her 3 weeks at an orphanage - loving on the kids and being a part of their daily life.

* Elisa - a friend of ours came to see what we were doing and she translated for a team while she was here.

* My mom also was down here for 2 weeks - and the sole purpose of her being here was to be a granny - and she did just that (+ some tile work, and inventory of medicine)! She also cooked up a storm and we ate desserts every night she was here :)

In between all of these teams, we were busy continuing the ministry of El Ayudante in other ways - visiting the local schools around EA with the goal of getting to know them and the needs and for them to know us as well, continuing construction at EA, putting in signs, building the website, and preparing for the upcoming teams.

Overall it was a great summer! We really enjoy working with teams and it's so fun to plan all the ways these teams can reach out to the communities and then see the ministry come to pass as we lead the teams in those ministries. It's an exciting life. We are also feeling tired from the nonstop running around of the last 3 months and are looking forward to this month being 'normal' (that is if there is a 'normal' in in our life :) ).

There is a lot more I could write - but I will just share one little story. On the schedule for the youth team that we just had here was for them to climb to a mountain top village and minister to them. The village is called La Oki and it is one of the poorest in the villages around. There is no electricity in this village. The team members were troopers as they hiked straight up the mountain side for 40 minutes to reach the people. Once there, they distributed donated clothes we had brought, played with the kids, visited some of the homes, and did a church service for this village without a church. The team was touched and their eyes were opened to the poverty that these families live with. The team also has committed to help a man who needs kidney surgery (he was assaulted 6 months ago and since has been laid up - unable to care for his family). This team has taken on paying for his medical needs so that he can recover and take over being a Dad and husband again. I think this trip up the mountain was more impacting on the youth than it was even on this man who now has a chance to recover.
above: the home and children of the man who is getting kidney surgery / below: the team at the top of the mountain with some of the villagers.

Prayer Requests:

* That we would find balance in between family and ministry

* Tristan is in the States enjoying some time with his family and attended his cousins wedding. He returns on Saturday - pray that the rest of this week goes smoothly for us in Honduras without Tristan.

* El Ayudante is currently setting up important foundational elements as we know ministry is about to take off even faster! Pray for this all to go smoothly and for wisdom for all involved.

* For the man who needs kidney surgery and for his family. He will hopefully have surgery within 2 weeks time and then will be in the hospital for 2 weeks.

* Marcela - an 8 year old that lives near the project - i'm attempting to get her continued medical care that she very badly needs. She is autistic and is blind and we are going to take her to a neurological specialist to see what else is going on as there seems to be some nervous system issues as well.

***Please help us spread the word - El Ayudante is ready for missions teams to come and serve with us! For more information contact me!

**Check out the El Ayudante website (www.elayudanteinhonduras.com) for pictures of the summer and more information

~ Tristan, Elizabeth, Sigel, & Madelyn Mohagen

Comayagua, Honduras

Honduras cell phone: 97-62-58-69

U.S. phone: 541-234-6494

www.mohagenadventures.blogspot.com

volunteering with El Ayudante

www.elayudanteinhonduras.com


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