DeMotte, Indiana HANDS Team to Honduras.
Three HANDS Mission teams, working under the WCS umbrella have been working since mid-January to rebuild the old clay and wooden roof of Escuela Luz Y Verdad Light and Truth Christian School).
The school building is 222 feet long and 29 feet wide, consisting of 10 rooms and 2 washrooms, serving 100 to 150 students at present. They're working to have the Light and Truth Christian School re-opened by February 12.
Ontario, Canada sent the first HANDS Mission team to pour a concrete bond beam around the top of the wall of the entire structure to strengthen the building and provide a surface for the new roof. The second team hailed from DeMotte, Indiana. They began their phase of the project January 17 with the end goal of finishing their part by the end of the month. The Holland, Michigan team arrived to do electrical wiring, windows, doors, and painting.
It's a boost for Escuela Luz Y Verdad, which has seen several leadership changes and the teachers have struggled to maintain a school that suffered over the years from inconsistent local support and finances.
With little enough budget for day-to-day operation, the building itself began to show its age. The adobe clay tiles were crumbling, leaving holes in the roof where rain and sun streamed through into the classrooms.
The repairs reinforce the school's mission. Because of the poverty, a high quality education is an impossible dream. Sixty-eight percent of Honduran families are poor, mainly in rural and surrounding areas. WCS and its field partners share the goal of providing Christian education to all who desire it, regardless of financial circumstances.
By doing so, they're enabling the teaching staff to continue to minister to the children in the community through a Christian education. Click here if you want more information on either supporting the school, or participating on a HANDS team.
