Message directly from Hal

PEOPLE: Pastor Modesto and Assistant Pastor Ed are wonderful men. They took an almost abandoned church building several years ago and decided to begin an English speaking church in St. Margaret village that had only Spanish speaking churches (4). The result has been awesome. Modesto lives in St. Margaret and works at a sawmill during the week. Ed lives 45 minutes away in Dangriga, where he is also a college teacher and campus minister. Both are bi-vocational and receive no compensation from the church. The congregation has many more participating men than in Honduras. Lots of children. They LOVE to sing, just like Trinity. They have a campus of about an acre in a village that is very poor - about the same as in Honduras. St. Margaret is truly 3rd world, in a country that is a little better. We had a church full (around 100) on Sunday morning. WORK: When we arrived we quickly saw that the openings for the windows were not the right size. Some we had to cut the concrete away to make larger. Some we had to frame in after we set the window at the top, and pour cement in the bottom up to the bottom of the window. Now we have put in all the windows, door frames and trimmed up all the doors (very hard wood - we've burned up two skill saws - mahoganey I think). We have finished drilling and cutting the holes in the doors to mount the hardware. The trench to lay the pvc water pipe from the street to the rear of the 100 foot building is finished and we will lay the pipe today. (the two restrooms we are finishing are at the rear of the building) Today we will also mount all the 7 doors, run electrical lines for lights in each room. Thurs will be our last work day and we'll put trim around the doors and finish up all projects not complete. Roger is a GREAT foreman.

BAPTIST TRAINING CENTER: the place we are staying is great. Jane is a Belizean woman cooking for us and doing a super job. That's all for now. Gotta go to work!!We're praying for you, please continue to pray for us.