Casa
de Esperanza
Making
a difference, on child at a time
P.O.
Box 9222
Columbus,
MS 39705
cdehonduras.org/casa.acklenavenue.com
Amigos de Casa,
I spent eight weeks in the States. I spent time with my family and friends and
shared the Casa story with many. It was
a productive trip both in terms of relaxation and fund raising. I am always ready to be back and, as always,
I hit the ground running.
The board has named Nicole as interim
director. I am excited about this for
many reasons:
Nicole
is very fluent in Spanish.
She
already knows and loves the children.
The
children already know and love her.
She
knows how things should operate.
She
will be able to remove a huge amount of my workload.
Selfishly, I love
having my family here on campus where I can get granddaughter hugs, morning,
noon and night.
Nicole will be a great asset for Casa as we
prepare for next year and beyond.
It is with sadness that I announce the
resignation of our board president, James Hicks. James has been on the board since the
inception of Casa de Esperanza. He has
been our board president for the last 18 months, leading us through some
difficult times. He is a good friend and
has been a good president. We will miss
him and wish him all the best in future endeavors.
As the kids are growing older, we decided the
time had come to make a major change. We
moved all the girls into the big house and all the boys into the smaller
house. This decision was met with much
excitement. Cindy grabbed everything she
could find and went running into the other house to begin packing the girls’
things to get them over to the big house.
We moved four boys out and three girls in. This was no small task. The
girls organized and reorganized for days.
Children’s day in September is a big event in
Honduras. All of the churches and
schools do something for this big day. In the past, Casa de Esperanza has not
done much on Children’s Day. This year, Honduras Hope gave a party for the
Casa kids and everyone got new Bibles.
Everyone enjoyed it.
Also in September is Independence Day another
big event in Honduras. All of the
schools had parades. Most of our kids
participated in some way.
We had a couple of fun activities in
October. Donna Griffith returned with
more sewing lessons. This time the girls
learned to make pajamas, their first attempt at pants.
The Build Hope group was here to build
houses. Fourteen men and Laura Templeton
came, except Laura did not come to build.
She came to do art projects with the kids. This was fun and different and everyone had a
great time.
Another group from Ada, Oklahoma was also
here. They replaced the old clothes
line. I was very thankful for this
project.
We appreciate art projects, sewing projects,
clothes lines and all things that you do for us.
The kids are now decorating for Christmas and
preparing for fourth partial finals.
Another school year will soon be complete. Please pray for the children as they take
finals.
We have been in transition for almost a
year. We have allowed things to get run
down. We are cleaning and repairing in
order to get our home in order again. We
hope to start replacing nine-year-old furniture as funds allow. Twenty children are hard on furniture.
There is some unfortunate news to report. There was an attempted robbery at my
house. It was early evening, but the
power was out. Two men followed me into
my house and asked for money. I was hit
in the face several times. Apparently,
something scared them and they ran. No
money was taken and no one was seriously injured, thanks be to God. Because of this, we will be installing more
lights, a couple of fences, hiring a night guard again, and possibly a
generator for the times the power is out. The safety of the children and staff
is of utmost importance. All of these
things cost money. We would welcome any and all donations toward security.
We do have fund raising opportunity. Patsy Conquest and Gail Ward, both friends of
mine from Columbus, MS, have put together a cookbook, Southern Blend II. This cookbook contains over 1000
recipes. A cookbook can be purchased for
$20.00 which includes postage. For every
cookbook purchased, Casa de Esperanza will receive $7.50. Cookbooks can be ordered from
Gail Ward
244 Hwy 373
Columbus, MS 39705
We appreciate all prayers, donations and
encouragement. Please consider Casa de
Esperanza in your yearend giving.
Casa de Esperanza
P.O. Box 9222
Columbus, MS 39705 or
casa.waytogive.net
If you have any
questions concerning Casa, please email me at terriltindall@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Terri Tindall
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