Hey friends! Please forgive the lapse of updating from me recently! I’ve taken another job, and my time is just completely filled. I wanted to let you know what’s been happening with Angel’s house! This build took a bit longer than typical, because of the location of the house. Angel’s mom, Gloria has family in the small village of “Los Mangos” which is about an hour from town. Her family and friends donated land for her house, and we designed a nice little 2 bedroom house that will be a haven for she and Angel.

I’ve been messaging back and forth with sweet Gloria, and she is just beside herself happy and excited to have a safe place to live and care for Angel. Living in a room attached to a bar has been a trial for her, and has tested her faith in many ways! So, THANK YOU to all who have donated on her build! You’ve given to help a precious little family who could not help themselves!

We still need funds to help pay for finishing the house, and to purchase some furniture, as much of whatever she did own was damaged or destroyed when her original rental house collapsed in the storm. To help us financially with these costs, please Venmo Provision and we can get the money transferred ASAP. The QR below will take you directly to our Venmo, or you can give on our website: http://www.provisionhomesforhonduras.com

Jason is flying over to Honduras next week to open the house and help get Gloria and Angel moved in! He’s so excited to be able to be there for the opening.

He has one other task, and that is to visit and love on a family that we built a house for, whose precious special needs daughter, Abigail, passed away suddenly. You probably remember Chepe’s family…Chepe is one of the builders on our crew, who does all of the iron work on the doors and windows. Chepe is truly an artist, and the brother in law of our contractor, Kewer (Cay-wer). Sweet Abigail got sick, so they took her to the doctor, and she just never recovered. They don’t really have answers for what was wrong, or why she died, just like they don’t really have a diagnosis for her disabilities. Chepe and his sweet wife, Dasny, as well as the entire family, are absolutely devastated. Abigail was their only child. Please pray for them as they walk these days of grief ahead.

We will be beginning a new house build VERY soon, which will be located in Choluteca, Honduras for sweet Pastor Pompilio! I’ll add a QR below that will direct you to a previous post all about Pastor and his retirement house!

Thank you all so much for being interested in our mission, for your support in prayer and in giving. Please share our posts so more can hear about what we do and help us help these precious people. We love and appreciate you all!!

Through Arold Mejia, we found out about a Pastor who has served Good Samaritan Baptist Mission for 35 years! Pastor Pompilio is at an age to retire, but has nowhere to live if he is no longer working as a Pastor. (This is a widespread problem, but we have a plan!) On a trip over to Honduras in February, Jason went to meet Pastor Pompilio and see the house that he lives in now. In talking with his son, we found out that he would like to purchase this house because, it has constant running water and is on a city sewer system. This is a very rare thing to find in Honduras. It’s also a solid block house that is in pretty good condition. We would purchase and renovate the house and add a bathroom for their comfort.

When Jason and Arold told Pastor Pompilio that his house was going to be provisions project number seven, he started to sob and thank God! This precious faithful servant of God has laid away get night and wondered about his future and the future of his family. Now he knows that God has made provision and they will have a safe secure place to live until their death.

GOD BLESS YOU, PASTOR POMPILIO! It will be an honor to provide you with a home!

Hey, friends! Thanks for checking in with us on our Provision Homes Update! There is so much happening on our journey, and we’re excited to catch up with you.

HOUSE #6 – SOLOMON’S HOUSE

Solomon’s house is well underway, and should be finished in the next few weeks! Solomon is a faithful employee of Good Samaritan Baptist Mission (the mission we work with in Honduras). Solomon has a beautiful wife and daughter, and a precocious, adorable son. He works in the Pulperia, which is where all of the food bag supplies are purchased and the bags are assembled. This area of Good Samaritan Mission is also in charge of supplying all of their feeding kitchens with the food they need for their daily meals. It’s QUITE an operation!

Some of the mission employees that work in the sponsorship program department came to us and let us know that Solomon was in a difficult spot. He had taken out a loan and purchased land, and had begun to build his family’s home. BUT, the builder he had hired made some miscalculations, and the house had been sitting, unfinished for a long time. Now, he was in danger of losing everything. We went to see Solomon’s unfinished home, and definitely felt God calling us to reach out to Facebook world about helping Provision finish this home for this precious family.

Praise the Lord, the house was fully funded by a friend of ours who lost her husband tragically a few years ago. She is building this house in his memory! Contact us about how you can get info about building a memory home for a loved one who has passed. House #7 is already funded and ready to go! We’ll be posting that story soon! God is AWESOME, guys!

MAY TRIP

We usually take our annual GROUP trip to Honduras in July, but this year, there were some scheduling issues with the mission, so we moved the trip to May! It’s a little more stressful because it came on MUCH quicker than we were ready for! We definitely are doing a big yard sale to raise funds for our family’s travel. Also, since Jason and I have been twice already this year working on houses, we’ve already spent the money we would already have saved on the summer trip, for our early spring trips to work on houses! BUT, we aren’t worried, because we know that God ALWAYS provides what we need.

We are also taking a smaller group this trip, since it’s so quick. Several people wanted to go, but the turn around time for passports is ridiculous right now, which seems strange since LESS people are traveling? Anyway, we know God has put together the team he wants!

We are still accepting donations for FOOD BAGS to distribute on this trip. This is always our favorite part of any trip, blessing the poorest families with the provision of food. You can visit our Donations page and give through the payment portal, or through venmo.

Will you help us pray about this upcoming trip? There are several prayer requests related to this trip. I’m going to list them below, so you can have that as a guide as you are praying. Thank you for interceding and lifting us!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Pray that God will help a few team members finalize their trip plans. There are medical issues with family that have placed question marks in their plans.
• Pray for Financial provision for our team members as they work to pay for their trips.
• Pray that God will go before our team, open doors and hearts. We are asking God with every trip now, that he will lead us to encounter families that He wants Provision to build a home for.
• Pray for us to have WISDOM as we search for land to possibly purchase for future Provision projects. Ask God to show us exactly what he wants.
• Pray for Good Samaritan Baptist Mission: Missionaries Arold and Stephany Mejia, their children Annie & Aiden, Mission Office Manager Rebecca Day, mission office employees: Office staff, Board Members, Teachers, Pastors, Administrators, cooks, guards…SO many others. This mission is so close to our hearts, and we LOVE all the people that we work with there. They help us with houses and get so excited for these families! Please lift them in their work that is so desperately needed in Honduras.
• We are praying about developing a monthly support program that would help us cover the cost of traveling back and forth to Honduras as we identify family’s and then see projects through to completion, including moving the family’s into their new homes and furnishing those, being certain everything is finished well and the family’s have what they need. Will you help us pray about this?

HOUSE #7 – Pastor Pompilio’s House

We have a sweet Pastor and his wife that have been identified for House #7 in Choluteca, Honduras. Pastor Pompilio has been a Pastor for Good Samaritan Mission for over 30 years. He is SO faithful, and has been such an encouragement to the Tyson Family (Good Samaritan Founding Family) and now to the Mejias. (Stephany Tyson-Mejia is the granddaughter of the founding missionaries, Bob & Joan Tyson. Her husband, Arold Mejia, is the President of the mission now. You can read ALL about Good Samaritan Baptist Mission and it’s history at their website: http://www.goodsamaritan.ms

Pastor Pompilio, his wife and family are SOOO excited that God has provided a home for him to live in, even when he retires from Pastoring. What a beautiful gift for a faithful servant of God.

THANK YOU

Thank you SO much for reading this far, and, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting Provision Homes for Honduras with your prayers, love and financial support. We never dreamed we would be building homes in Honduras, but God has a beautiful plan. It’s such an honor, such a privilege to be part of God’s PROVISION for these families he sends our way. God Bless!

By: Missy Waldroup

Jason and I recently visited Honduras again along with Patty. Patty is a dear friend who recently built a house with Provision in memory of her grandson, Tyson Porcella. Tyson tragically lost his life about 10 months ago at the age of 15. He was a precious young man, and loved deeply by his family and friends. This blog post is a travel-log of sorts from our time in Honduras in February 2022.

Day 1 – Monday: We flew into the new airport in Comayagua.  It was beautiful.  Arold and Rene’ picked us up and we drove 3.5 hours to San Marcos.  We went to see Tyson’s house for the first time.   Patty was very overwhelmed, but so thankful.  She met Kewer and we spent some time describing for her exactly what the house HAD been.  We had dinner, chicken tenders cooked by our Gina.

We went back to the house and visited, saw the Mejia’s new baby, Aiden, and went to bed.  

Day 2 – Tuesday: We went to visit the family in their current house, and told them to be ready on Thursday, we were coming to get them!  We went shopping in Choluteca for furniture.  We bought a 3 piece living room set (they only come in 3 pieces), a dresser with mirror for the girls, and an armoire closet for the Mom’s room.  We also bought sheets, more towels and household items.  We went by the grocery store for some other things we needed, and ran a few mission errands.  

Day 3 – Wednesday: (Kewer is the name of our Builder) We went to meet with Kewer’s Sister and Brother in law, to see if we felt led to build a house for them.  His name is Jose, but they call him “Chepe’” and he works on our construction crew. Chepe’ has been a part of building every single house, except the first one.  His wife is Dasny and they have a special needs daughter named “Abigail.”  The grandmother was precious, her name is Norma.  

Chepe and his wife have been living in one bedroom in their parents house with that special needs daughter, all sleeping in one bed.  Kewer is building a house behind his parents house, and has given Chepe a small strip of land beside the parents house.  He has designed an L shaped house – basically like an addition to the grandparents house, where Chepe’ and Dasny will have 2 bedrooms, bath, kitchen and living room.  Then, they will have their own home and beds!  We prayed with their family, and it was a BEAUTIFUL time.  Patty and I cried – the grandmother raised her hands in the air, praising the Lord and began to sob with gratefulness.  Kewer had already started on this house, with some foundation work, but by the very next morning, he had already begun breaking up big rocks that need to be removed, and had already had 2 palates of blocks delivered!  

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We left Chepe’ and his family, and went by to visit with the family in “House #2: Angela’s House” : Susanna, Andrea & Angela at their house.  The dad was working, so he wasn’t home. But, the house looks amazing.  We gave Susanna a gift of $100 sent by our friend, Stephanie, who helped give the money to build that house.  We invited Susanna to come with us on Thursday to move the new family into “Tyson’s House.”

We left Angela’s house and made the rounds to visit House #3: Scarlett’s house.  We saw the mom, Scarlett & Fanilu!  I had purchased towels sets with washcloths for this family, and brought them some toys for the girls ; Encanto toys!  

(The family put up that piece of tin behind where their new PILA is located, I’m assuming to block the wind from blowing her dishes and clothes she’s washing. Pretty smart!) The shower house and restroom are in the tin buildings beside the Pila.

READ THE STORY OF ”ANGELA’S HOUSE” – House #2

Day 4: Thursday: We went to the market to get a few things we needed.  Jason bought another pair of boots and we ordered a pair for Jonathon to pick up in May.  Then, we headed to the mission and loaded up ALL the furniture and household items for “Tyson’s House” and headed over there.  We set up and dressed all the beds, placed all the furniture, laid out her washing and kitchen stuff, and we even set the table.  It was SOOO much fun to see this house put together!  

After everything was ready, we headed over to pick up the family.   The office staff came to the house to see it, and be there for a time of blessing.   Karen, one of the office managers, made Chicken sandwiches for everyone and they all brought Cokes.  We fed about 35 people!  When the family came driving up on the back of the truck with all of their belongings, they looked like the Clampets from Beverly Hills!!  It was so cute!  Even the little tiny girl, Sohelen had brought along her CAT!  Thankfully, that mean dog didn’t come with them!  I wish him good luck.

The crowning moment was when the mom saw the plaque for “Tyson’s House” – stating that it was built in memory of Tyson.  She and Patty cried and hugged.  

We prayed a beautiful blessing over the family and this new home for them. God was very present!  We hope he will bless this family in their new home.

Before, this family was living in a pink painted shack beside the Pan-American highway.  It was HORRIBLE living conditions.  They had 2 “beds” – only 1 of which had a mattress.  Their only living room furniture was a broken plastic chair and a wheelchair, which the mean dog sat in.   They had no table, and the kitchen only had part of a roof. It was a very un-safe situation, and they could have been made to move at any time if the government decided to clear off the squatters along the highway.

At Brandon’s house, we scoped out the needs there, and Jason, Arold and Kewer made a plan to add a kitchen and close in the bathroom areas.  We will move the existing kitchen and turn that space into another bedroom.  The house is in really bad need of a roof, so that will happen first, along with new electrical.  The budget for this project is around $9500 plus some furnishings.  This family will need a new bunk bed set for the boys, as well as living room furniture, bed linens and some pots. 

Day 5: Friday: We went to the mission and had our sponsored kids come to visit.  We saw Marcia and Steven, along with Danny, who is sponsored by the Meade Family.  

After we saw our kids, we were waiting on Stephany and Arold, and I went into the sponsorship office at the mission center and sat down to talk with the ladies who work in that department.  Flor, Sindy and Carmen are WONDERFUL.  They love the Lord and work so hard!  Carmen asked me how we go about choosing family’s to build homes for.  I explained how it had worked so far.  She mentioned that one of the mission employees who works in the food bag/grocery department has a need.  Solomon is a faithful worker at the mission and has helped up with food bags every year we visit.  He has a house that he began construction on, took out a loan, but it wasn’t enough to finish the house.  So, it has sat…unfinished…for quite a while.  

We felt led to try to help Solomon with his project and help him finish this home for his family.  They are currently living in a wooden shack behind the un-finished family dream home.  The budget for “Solomon’s House” is $9500 plus furnishings.