Now that I have quit running around so much i can finally update this blog. We have finished installing the filters in La Laguna and the people there have all told me to thank everyone that has helped with this project. I always tell the people that there are people in the US that might not can come down and help themselves but they do give money and pray for the lives of the people in Honduras. The village of La Laguna really blessed me from start to finish. It was the first village that I did with out my two helpers that had been helping me the past two years. I did have Luis, another helper, to go with me to help and learn more about the project. La Laguna was also the first village i have done that when we had the town meeting, the entire town came. In the villages that i had done in the past, only about 15-20 people would show up. It was also one of the nicest villages that we have done. We were able to install 19 filters in La Laguna to finish the project. there are about 6 more that we might install in houses around La Laguna that are really out in the middle of nowhere. Luis said he felt blessed to be able to help me with this project because even though he has lived in El Paraiso his whole life he never really realized how poor the people in the villages were.
For our next village for the project, we have been thinking about the village of La Pimienta. Many say that this village is one of the poorest, if not the poorest village in the mountain. It is a small village and I already have the filters made so it should go fast. Everything depends on the rain. This village is on the opposite side of a river and if the river rises then we will not be able to go. Please be praying for the people in the village of La Pimienta.
One of the reason that La Laguna was delayed a little bit was for the trips we had to make to the capital for my wife's visa. WE FINALLY GOT IT!!!!! We received the visa after about a year or applying for it and now we are able to go to the USA. We plan on taking the first trip to the US in November. Please pray that everything will fall in to place with the planning of the trip and our time there.
I am also building a house here in El Paraiso. We have been renting for the past 2 years and not only is it a good investment to build here, I think it would help us in the long run with raising the kid and hosting groups. please pray that everything goes well in the building of the house.
i will post a link later for everybody to see the project in La Laguna. thanks again for your prayers.
domingo, 30 de agosto de 2009
sábado, 27 de junio de 2009
I have had a busy month of June cause I have started the village of La Laguna, got 2 more molds made, and have been getting ready for a group that is coming to help in the first week of July. With the two new molds that i had made, i am able to make up to four filters a day. That brings about the problem that its only Luis and I working with the filters and it makes for some long days in the sun if we make four a day. We were also able to start installing filters in La Laguna last week and the people are some of the most excited people that i have worked with. There are people that were not put on the original list that were begging to have a filter after we had installed them in the first 4 houses. We plan on finishing the list that we have now and add people to the list as they come to us interested in the filters. We have 17 names on the first list for La Laguna and we should be finish with those 17 houses by August. I have put up some pictures of La Laguna and Santa Lucia. check them out if you want to at http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/HisHands2008 and click on the links on the side. sorry this blog entry was so short but i am having trouble thinking in english right now. i might add something tomorrow.
domingo, 31 de mayo de 2009
La Laguna
Well its time for another blog entry. i know that i need to update this thing more and i will try. Anyway i wanted to share what has been going on.
At the start of May, when i had finished Santa Lucia, i was still looking for some help to help me with making the filters and taking them to the villages. I ended up hiring a guy named Luis, and his lot is actually where i have been building the filters. There was also an opportunity to buy a cement mixer to help, not only with the making of the filters but also to help wash the sand. I bought it and it has been a blessing even more than i had imagined. With the cement mixer we were able to make about 35 filters in 2 weeks to have plenty in stock for the village of La Laguna. Also we were able talk to the leader of La Laguna to set of a town meeting. We like to have a meeting with the leader first, to get his or her permission for the project and to explain who we are and what the ministry is about. We met with the leader and she was very excited about the project to bring pure water to the village. We asked her to set up a time for a village meeting to be able to explain the project but also to share the Word of God to the entire village. Usually when we have a village meeting, there might be about 15 people that show up. This time there was probably about 70 plus kids. I started off by telling the people who we were and what the ministry is all about and then i read the passage of scripture about Jesus talking to the woman at the well. I started to explain the importance of both drinking water and spiritual water and got a few "amen's" and "yes sir's" and then for some reason i just started preaching. i preached for about 25 or 30 minutes. This was the first time that that has happened in a village but it was wonderful. Afterwards we explained the filter, what it was, and how it worked. After that we went out side the school and installed one for the school so people would have even a better idea how it was. It was a wonderful trip, probably the best village meeting that i have had in the 2+ years that i have been doing this. We plan to start taking filters sometime within the next week or so. I am going to put up some picture for yall to see how many people came to the meeting. check out http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/HisHands2008/ to see some of the pictures. There are not any up right now but sometime today i will try to put some up. please continue to pray for the people of La Laguna. thanks
At the start of May, when i had finished Santa Lucia, i was still looking for some help to help me with making the filters and taking them to the villages. I ended up hiring a guy named Luis, and his lot is actually where i have been building the filters. There was also an opportunity to buy a cement mixer to help, not only with the making of the filters but also to help wash the sand. I bought it and it has been a blessing even more than i had imagined. With the cement mixer we were able to make about 35 filters in 2 weeks to have plenty in stock for the village of La Laguna. Also we were able talk to the leader of La Laguna to set of a town meeting. We like to have a meeting with the leader first, to get his or her permission for the project and to explain who we are and what the ministry is about. We met with the leader and she was very excited about the project to bring pure water to the village. We asked her to set up a time for a village meeting to be able to explain the project but also to share the Word of God to the entire village. Usually when we have a village meeting, there might be about 15 people that show up. This time there was probably about 70 plus kids. I started off by telling the people who we were and what the ministry is all about and then i read the passage of scripture about Jesus talking to the woman at the well. I started to explain the importance of both drinking water and spiritual water and got a few "amen's" and "yes sir's" and then for some reason i just started preaching. i preached for about 25 or 30 minutes. This was the first time that that has happened in a village but it was wonderful. Afterwards we explained the filter, what it was, and how it worked. After that we went out side the school and installed one for the school so people would have even a better idea how it was. It was a wonderful trip, probably the best village meeting that i have had in the 2+ years that i have been doing this. We plan to start taking filters sometime within the next week or so. I am going to put up some picture for yall to see how many people came to the meeting. check out http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/HisHands2008/ to see some of the pictures. There are not any up right now but sometime today i will try to put some up. please continue to pray for the people of La Laguna. thanks
sábado, 18 de abril de 2009
I first want to say that i am extremely sorry for not ever updating this blog anymore. i am still alive and still living down here in Honduras and working with water filters. i know that it has been about 4 months since i have updated anything so i am sorry. i have been working on the website.... www.hishands.ws to try to let people know more about me as well as my ministry.
At the first of the year i started taking filters to a new village called Santa Lucia. I have been working with the same men that have been helping me the past year and a half but i have decided that its best if i look for other help. They both have alot of responsibility to work to do in the villages and there just doesnt seem to be enough time when we go to the villages to work with filters and their own stuff. That brings me to my first prayer request. My board has voted to give me a little more money to pay for a full time helper. This will be better then paying per trip like i had been doing. so please pray that i will know the right person for the job. I believe it is very important to get the right person so please pray for that.
After i finish with Santa Lucia i plan on taking this project to the village of La Laguna. I had had this village in mind since feb. and i was paying that the dry weather would help the road conditions. Even better than the dry weather......the mayor sent the machines scrape it down. now it is one of the best roads in the mountains. It is a blessing from God. Please start praying for the people of la laguna as well as for me. La Laguna is one of the more dangerous villages in the mountain so please pray for my safety. I hope to have the first town meeting with them sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Along with the water filters i have been trying to expand my ministry. There has been an opportunity to put in sewage lines for people that just have a hole in the grown. This week i have been working, laying pipes for the sewage and i lack about three days. When we are finished there will be about 8 families that will benefit from this. please pray for this project as well.
Samaritan's Purse is also working with these same filters in the slums in San Pedro Sula (a big city). I have gotten in touch with the country director of Samaritan's purse and i am going to meet with him sometime soon see how they do the work with the filters and the programs that they have using the filters. please pray that i will learn alot. Also i have had a problem with some of the filters cracking still. about 1 out of 4 wind up cracking and i have no idea why. They also crack at the same spot but it doesnt matter what mold the filter comes out of. it also doesnt matter if it is in the sun or the shade. anyway i hope to ask about this as well.
i have put more pictures up from the different villages that we have done and i am planning on putting of pictures of the sewage project in the next couple of days. you can go to http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/HisHands2008/ and click on the names of the villages you want to see. there are also picture of my baby on there so you can look at him if you want also. thanks so much for you patients and prayers for my and my family
At the first of the year i started taking filters to a new village called Santa Lucia. I have been working with the same men that have been helping me the past year and a half but i have decided that its best if i look for other help. They both have alot of responsibility to work to do in the villages and there just doesnt seem to be enough time when we go to the villages to work with filters and their own stuff. That brings me to my first prayer request. My board has voted to give me a little more money to pay for a full time helper. This will be better then paying per trip like i had been doing. so please pray that i will know the right person for the job. I believe it is very important to get the right person so please pray for that.
After i finish with Santa Lucia i plan on taking this project to the village of La Laguna. I had had this village in mind since feb. and i was paying that the dry weather would help the road conditions. Even better than the dry weather......the mayor sent the machines scrape it down. now it is one of the best roads in the mountains. It is a blessing from God. Please start praying for the people of la laguna as well as for me. La Laguna is one of the more dangerous villages in the mountain so please pray for my safety. I hope to have the first town meeting with them sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Along with the water filters i have been trying to expand my ministry. There has been an opportunity to put in sewage lines for people that just have a hole in the grown. This week i have been working, laying pipes for the sewage and i lack about three days. When we are finished there will be about 8 families that will benefit from this. please pray for this project as well.
Samaritan's Purse is also working with these same filters in the slums in San Pedro Sula (a big city). I have gotten in touch with the country director of Samaritan's purse and i am going to meet with him sometime soon see how they do the work with the filters and the programs that they have using the filters. please pray that i will learn alot. Also i have had a problem with some of the filters cracking still. about 1 out of 4 wind up cracking and i have no idea why. They also crack at the same spot but it doesnt matter what mold the filter comes out of. it also doesnt matter if it is in the sun or the shade. anyway i hope to ask about this as well.
i have put more pictures up from the different villages that we have done and i am planning on putting of pictures of the sewage project in the next couple of days. you can go to http://s414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/HisHands2008/ and click on the names of the villages you want to see. there are also picture of my baby on there so you can look at him if you want also. thanks so much for you patients and prayers for my and my family
lunes, 15 de diciembre de 2008
update
Well its been a while since i have updated this blog and with good reason too. My son was born November 24, 2008 at 7:00pm. His name is Joel Josiah Aycock and he is the cutest thing in the world. I will try to update pictures on the blog. I used to update the pictures all the time but the internet that i have now is not very fast and it takes a few hours to upload pictures.
In filter news....We have started putting in filters in a new village called Santa Lucia. It is a smaller village than the two before but it is also alot more poor. Please keep the people of Santa Lucia in your prayers. It has been really busy with the birth of my son so we are a little behind with installing the filters. We have plans to go back this week to continue installing the filters if it doesnt rain and the river doesnt rise. I will hope to put up some pictures of the village of Santa Lucia sometime.
In filter news....We have started putting in filters in a new village called Santa Lucia. It is a smaller village than the two before but it is also alot more poor. Please keep the people of Santa Lucia in your prayers. It has been really busy with the birth of my son so we are a little behind with installing the filters. We have plans to go back this week to continue installing the filters if it doesnt rain and the river doesnt rise. I will hope to put up some pictures of the village of Santa Lucia sometime.
miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2008
There has been some interesting news that i head concerning me and the filters that i have put in the village of Joconalis. A few weeks ago a fellow came to me and told me that there are some people that were mad at me because of the filters. i thought that it could have been because they wanted a filter but it was something else. I asked who it was and why they were mad and this is what he told me....He said that it is the truck that brings up pure bottled water to the village that is mad because i took away his business. He told me that that truck doesnt ever make the trip up the mountain anymore. The people have been so happy and satisfied with the filters and now they have extra money in the pockets that could go for food, clothes, or a number of other things. This story really made me feel good because it shows that the filters work and the people trust them as well as me. Me having their trust is hugh because it gives me the opportunity to share the love of Christ.
Another story comes from the house where i put a filter with the group that came down to help. The only water they had was a stream that ran through their land. The problem is that up-stream is a corral where cows are milked twice a day, and it is the main water source for those cows to drink out of. Before we put a filter in that house the kids were always sick and always had rashes all over their body. I recently went back there to see if everything was good with the filter and how was their health. She told me that they use the filter every day and they kids have not been sick since they started drinking the water and the rashes have gone away as well.
Hearing stories like these has really helped me stay focus on how important my work is here. I am also praying that help will come because it is getting more and more difficult as i try to start other villages and still need to keep in contact with the old villages. Please keep praying for me, my wife, and my ministry here in Honduras
Another story comes from the house where i put a filter with the group that came down to help. The only water they had was a stream that ran through their land. The problem is that up-stream is a corral where cows are milked twice a day, and it is the main water source for those cows to drink out of. Before we put a filter in that house the kids were always sick and always had rashes all over their body. I recently went back there to see if everything was good with the filter and how was their health. She told me that they use the filter every day and they kids have not been sick since they started drinking the water and the rashes have gone away as well.
Hearing stories like these has really helped me stay focus on how important my work is here. I am also praying that help will come because it is getting more and more difficult as i try to start other villages and still need to keep in contact with the old villages. Please keep praying for me, my wife, and my ministry here in Honduras
miércoles, 3 de septiembre de 2008
Website Update
I know it has been a while since I have updated anything on this blog site. I started renting a house a couple of months ago and i do not have internet at the house. I has been kinda crazy in these last few month for me with other things also. I have had to make a few trips to the capital and San Pedro Sula, still working of the papers for my wife. We have an appointment on the 5th of Sept at the embassy to see whether or not she gets the visa. please pray for out trip down to Tegucigalpa and the appointment.
In filter making news....
I have completed replacing all of the broken filters with new ones. The filters were working so well that the people of the villages asked for more. I have put 6 more filters in Joconalis in addition to the ones i replaced. The people seem really greatful and have been using the filters since last year. I have been having touble with my contacts so it has been kinda slow getting other villages started. I have been installing filters in differnt farm houses throughout the mountains where the only water people have is the same as where their cows drink from. They have been the most excited and helpful of anybody.
The website is up and running. The address is www.hishands.ws It does not have a lot of stuff on it but it will shortly. The will be a link to see new pictures and upcoming projects and things like that.
A group of men came to help build and install filters as well as learn more about the ministry I have here in Honduras. They stayed for a few days and learned about every aspect of the filter from start to finish. I will put pictures up from that trip as soon as I can. There is talk about other trips coming to help and learn more in the future.
I have been trying to send out a newsletter but it has been imposible to send from down here. I am sorry it has been so long since the first newsletter but I will keep trying to send it. Thanks for your patience on waiting on me to update this blog, the website, and newsletter.
In filter making news....
I have completed replacing all of the broken filters with new ones. The filters were working so well that the people of the villages asked for more. I have put 6 more filters in Joconalis in addition to the ones i replaced. The people seem really greatful and have been using the filters since last year. I have been having touble with my contacts so it has been kinda slow getting other villages started. I have been installing filters in differnt farm houses throughout the mountains where the only water people have is the same as where their cows drink from. They have been the most excited and helpful of anybody.
The website is up and running. The address is www.hishands.ws It does not have a lot of stuff on it but it will shortly. The will be a link to see new pictures and upcoming projects and things like that.
A group of men came to help build and install filters as well as learn more about the ministry I have here in Honduras. They stayed for a few days and learned about every aspect of the filter from start to finish. I will put pictures up from that trip as soon as I can. There is talk about other trips coming to help and learn more in the future.
I have been trying to send out a newsletter but it has been imposible to send from down here. I am sorry it has been so long since the first newsletter but I will keep trying to send it. Thanks for your patience on waiting on me to update this blog, the website, and newsletter.
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