Alvin & Nelly Anderson

March 2007

While looking out over the mountain range, as the bus I traveled on re-entered the city of Tegucigalpa, I thought to myself, it has been a long time since I have been in that area of the city.  Nine days later I was in that area standing over the executed body of Heydy, our 19-year-old foster-daughter.  In my December letter, I wrote of Heydy and Lilibeth, her 3 yr. old daughter, mentioning how she had been utilizing her time before going to prison to grow in the Lord.  She was tortured and murdered by members of the gang she previously left after surrendering her life to Christ.  Her mother is a prostitute, who abandoned her at birth.  Her father died five years ago. Her father, a prisoned gang member, never took interest in his child.  Lilly now lives with Pastor Marcus and Isabel.  They have two daughters of their own, ages 8 and 6, so Lilly has playmates.  Heydy was tortured for information concerning other former gang members from our congregation.  Since her death, we have moved three of our young adults to other neighborhoods.  One week after Heydy’s death, Martha, 19, and her 2-year-old daughter came back into our lives.  I met Martha 11/2 years ago.  Wendaline was just four months old.  They were at Tiny Houses, Family and   Child Shelter of Honduras (IHNFA).  The years of sexual abuse against Martha became public when she was discovered pregnant by her biological father.  Her mother consented to the incest.  Though she has no training or skills, Martha was released from the IHNFA after turning 18.  The institution that accepted her is Bible based, but provides no academic programs.  She has been spending time in our home, then later with Marcus and his family.  Today I will take funds from my family is budget to pay one month is rent for them, plus purchase a stove, dining table and kitchen supplies. The apartment is near an IHNFA Day Care Center, thus Martha will be able to leave Wendaline while obtaining employment.

VISITORS AND FRIENDS 

We have been blessed and encouraged by friends from West Virginia and Michigan recently.  The two groups, consisting of 26 people, ages 15-45, spent nine days working together with us here.  We ministered together at church, feeding centers and at the youth correctional facilities, but I divided them into three groups for work purposes.  Group one helped on our home during roofing and painting part of the house.  Group two worked at our new church location. They built a speaker’s platform, divider walls for offices, cabinets for both feeding centers and the clinic, plus did electrical installations in the new church offices.  Group three sanded and painted the wrought iron fence.  I remodeled and painted the kitchen.

SCHOOL HAS BEGUN 

It is the beginning of another school year in Honduras. Therefore, the doors of our day care centers and trade school are open and classes are in session.  Thanks to a special offering from the congregation in Sulphur, Oklahoma, we have salary to cover a year for a new teacher and sewing machines to begin sewing classes in the afternoon at Feeding Center Two.  Friends from Ontario, Canada and Florence, South Carolina sent special offerings that enabled us to purchase plywood to build the cabinets that were built for both centers and the clinic.  School desks were purchased to replace the worn-out tables the kids used at the centers. WOW!!  I have got to enter that Enduro mountain race this weekend.  I need a break!  We DEEPLY LOVE AND APPRECIATE each of you on our prayer and support team.  May the Lord’s face continue to shine upon you in all the brightness of His Glory.  Amen      

Personal Mail: PO Box 20397 Tegucigalpa, Honduras C.A.