This morning we drove out to the land that was purchased for the future “Casa Hogar Vida” project. It will eventually consist of a residential area (that will help fund the relief work), a farm that will provide the orphans with work and skills, and about 8 - 12 “foster” homes where the children left orphans by AIDS will live with 2 “Aunts” or a foster parents (couple).

There is pretty much nothing but overgrown land, some dirt driveways (VERY muddy by recent rains…a dump truck was stuck in the mud when we arrived) and a lot of vegetation. There was a man clearing the land by hand with a machette, and the foreman (who is a member of the Gran Comision church and who has AIDS) and his men where laying the foundation for the “administrator’s house.” Its exciting to have had the opportunity to see this place right at the start. There are going to be SO MANY serving and evangelism opportunities as this project starts taking shape. We spent some time hearing from Ian, an English missionary who is part of the team on this project, from Oscar–a forestry engineer who is responsible for the farm and agricultural aspects of the project–and from Ramon, the foreman who has AIDS.

I won’t write more because someone else from the team will be sharing more about it. Please keep us in prayer as we work on the final stretch. Pray that the weather holds, pray for cool breezes, and pray for the team’s health. We are all looking forward to sharing about this whole week this coming Sunday.