He
is used to being carried by his parents.
He loved the freedom!
Jeannie Loving fellow Honduran missionary wrote these comments and delivered the wheelchair for me.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
April 20, 2014 Fire At The Guimaca Orphanage Farm
The fire by night, this photo was taken by a neighbor looking up on the ridge beyond the houses.
The fire covered the entire property except for where the buildings are. Keith and Vickie Crowder and all the kids helped fight the fire with the help of a few neighbors. Keith is an experienced volunteer firefighter from Oklahoma, so he knew exactly what to do.
The next morning revealed about 300 fence posts burned and fences down everywhere,
We need someone or some people to help us repair the fence line. Each post is a minimum of $10 each and there are about 300 posts ruined. This is a $3,000 project and then there is the new barbed wire to buy. We are thinking of using PVC 4" Tubes filled with concrete and a 1/2" rebar. This would increase the life f the posts by years and years. It would give us a pretty white fence and it would be indestructible. Fire could theoretically melt the PVC but not the cement inside. The cost if we go this route is more like $16 per post.
Here is an example of what those posts would look like.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
April 6, 2013 A Nice Surprise Electrical Supplies!
Today I had a wonderful surprise!
If you have any questions, email me at teresa.searcy @ smartteams . org
Now some people might not think of this as a wonderful surprise but I do.
Look at the picture then allow me to explain.
Today Kathy and Jerry Guise donated all of the above supplies.
22 light switches
23 plug ins
2 ground fault plug ins
a 220 plug in for the stove we are praying will be donated
3 three in a row light switch plates
8 light switch plates
5 square receptical plates
8 plug in plates
8 cable and telephone plates
Kathy and Jerry Guise have been friends of Honduras and friends of children for years.
They have a heart for children and they come to Honduras regularly to help with building teams for a children's home. They read about our needs and when they came down this time they threw together a few electrical things which will be a huge blessing for us.
I have asked people and asked God for help for all the electrical parts and pieces which were stolen from the farm which was donated to the ministry.
We also need several churches to raise money and to make a missions trip to help us fix up and clean up the children's farm and get everything ready to move in.
We hope to be moved in by June with the 10 children plus more.
We now have 10 children and the house parents ready and willing to move to the farm, BUT we do not have electricity yet and cannot get electricity until we have $14,250 worth of supplies.
$260 has been donated. This money was used to buy Romex in the USA which is being shipped down on a container. Why? Because it saves us a lot of money to buy the Romex in the USA verses here in Honduras where it is not available and we have to buy several different wires which cost more.
We just purchased 1,000 feet of Romex for $260.
The wire to do the same job is $1.96 per foot in Honduras!
A friend is shipping it down for free.
That saved us $1,700.
If we had enough money to purchase another two of the 1,000 foot rolls, it would knock out the most expensive part of the electrical for the orphanage. $520 plus tax and all the 12/3 wire would be purchased and that would get rid of the $5,586.00 worth of Honduran expenses for a mere $780.00 and I am guessing that the other wire which is needed is also much less expensive in the USA.
We need 450 feet of 2 guage wire x 3 which in Honduras is $5.10 a foot for a total of $2,293.20. In trying to look this wire up on the Lowe's web page I am confused as to what we need. Anyone with electrical sense out there who wants to help me figure it out?
This is one of the homes on the property which was donated.
Everything electrical was stolen out of this house, including all the wire.
This is the other house on the donated property.
Everything electrical was stolen out of this house also.
The electrical lines between the homes and the transformer were also stolen.
I have asked for the $14,250 for the electrical supplies for the new orphanage and along with the money He is also sending supplies! Thank you Lord! Thank you donors!
List of things still needed and prices in Honduras!
| Price sheet on electrical supplies in Tegucigalpa | Number of items needed | net cost per unit in $ | Total Dollars Needed |
| double light switch | 11 | $2.41 | $26.49 |
| single light switch | 55 | $1.20 | $66.22 |
| double light switch cover | 11 | $0.84 | $9.24 |
| single light switch cover | 55 | $0.42 | $23.10 |
| recepticals | 48 | $1.04 | $49.73 |
| receptical covers | 48 | $0.42 | $20.16 |
| waterproof single gang box | 3 | $4.48 | $13.44 |
| waterproof double gang box | 15 | $10.08 | $151.20 |
| waterproof covers | 18 | $1.96 | $35.28 |
| 220 volt receptical | 2 | $4.76 | $9.52 |
| 220 cover | 2 | $2.30 | $4.59 |
| Ceiling fans 5 blade | 9 | $140.00 | $1,260.00 |
| wall fans | 18 | $112.00 | $2,016.00 |
| Breakers 240 volt 40 amp | 2 | $22.40 | $44.80 |
| Breakers 120 volt 20 amp | 16 | $10.08 | $161.28 |
| breaker box 20 hole for 125 main | 1 | $84.00 | $84.00 |
| 125 main | 1 | $67.20 | $67.20 |
| 10 gauge wire 49 per foot | 100 | $2.74 | $274.40 |
| 12/3 wire 35 per foot | 2850 | $1.96 | $5,586.00 |
| Inter net wire 19 per foot | 200 | $1.06 | $212.80 |
| Light bulbs large round | 20 | $4.54 | $90.72 |
| Light bulbs reg. 100 watt | 100 | $4.48 | $448.00 |
| 6 foot ground rod | 1 | $19.60 | $19.60 |
| Bulb change stick | 1 | $29.68 | $29.68 |
| Motion sensor light | 15 | $33.60 | $504.00 |
| Flood light | 30 | $7.00 | $210.00 |
| Light recepticals | 45 | $2.41 | $108.36 |
| Light receptical boxes | 20 | $0.90 | $17.92 |
| 20 hole breaker box 125 amp | 1 | $84.00 | $84.00 |
| Wire snake | 1 | $23.52 | $23.52 |
| Conduit elbows | 16 | $0.36 | $5.82 |
| Conduit connectors | 30 | $0.22 | $6.72 |
| Out side junction boxes | 15 | $2.52 | $37.80 |
| Conduit clamps | 75 | $0.34 | $25.20 |
| ¾’ -10” conduit | 31 | $1.20 | $37.32 |
| 2 gauge wire x 3 | 450 | $5.10 | $2,293.20 |
| Entrance alarms | 9 | $22.40 | $201.60 |
| $14,258.92 |
If you have any questions, email me at teresa.searcy @ smartteams . org
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 5, 2013 A Farm 28.22 Acres Donated To The Ministry
The front of the property has young trees.
The neighbor's fences are falling down.
Our fences are made of treated wood.
Much of the property needs to be bush hogged.
The oldest house on the property.
The largest of 4 ponds on the property.
It is dry but in rainy season we will close the valve and it will fill up.
Standing down in the pond.
This pond will be used to grow Tilapia fish which will be used to feed the children
both at our orphanage and at others.
Across the road, the white sheeting is at a tomato farm.
If they can raise tomatoes then we can too.
The 2nd pond with the 3rd pond behind it.
Lots of land for some cattle and some horses.
Water Apple trees all in a row leading up to the houses.
The hand dug well.
There is also a 375 foot deep machine drilled well.
The dining room.
The kitchen.
Remember this property has been abandoned for about 5 years,
so we have a lot of cleaning to do.
The pantry with some old things still intact.
And with a snake skin on the floor.
To donate to fill this pantry with new food, go to the link below.
The living room.
Some furniture comes with the house.
All mattresses had been stolen.
This was a school class room/ living room.
Bathroom #1
Definitely needs some elbow grease.
Bathroom #2
Needs more elbow grease than the other bathroom.
Bedroom #3
Bathroom #3
Bedroom #4
Bedroom #5
Bedroom #4 as several windows, but all curtains have been stolen.
We will be looking for people to make curtains for all of the rooms.
If your gift is sewing, then think about donating your time to make curtains.
Bathroom #3
Bathroom #3
Closet and everything has been ransacked.
Bedroom #2
More curtains needed here.
The cow shed.
The cow shed behind and the wash house in front to the right.
Close up of the cow shed.
Someone was illegally cutting the trees.
This was a beautiful pine which shaded the house.
The newest house.
This is a view from the back of the house.
The roof is almost new.
Thank God because the roof on the other house will have to be changed.
The garage.
The van has been totally ransacked and torn to pieces.
Land which can be used for farming.
The old house.
The front is grown up with bushes covering the front.
The farm is replete with mango and other fruit trees.
We even have a stand of bamboo.
Fish hatchery ponds.
Someone was trying to steal tiles off of the roof.
Who knows how many are missing.
There is a lot of yard work which must be done.
You can't even see the house for all the "decorative" bushes all grown up and wildly taking over.
This is the corn grinding shed.
There was a machine to grind corn for tortillas, a mainstay in the Honduran diet.
The machine is presumed stolen.
Fruit trees which all produce.
More fruit trees on the left.
The hill behind was recently illegally stripped of all mature pine trees by a thief.
Since we know who cut and sold the trees, we will be filing charges against them.
At this point we guesstimate somewhere around 2,000 trees were stolen.
Although all the wire inside and outside the houses was stolen.
By some miracle the transformer was not stolen.
We are going to need a lot of help to get this orphanage up and going.
I have a list of needs for all of the electrical which was stolen.
If God speaks to your heart to help with this project, please let us know.
To donate please go the the link below.
We recognize that the Lord gave us this property to help children.
We are very excited about the chance to do this.
We will need the help of others.
If you or your church are interested in helping, please let us know.
We will work with you to plan a work trip for your church.
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