My next mission trip is now booked. I am going back to Haiti, back to Alex's House Orphanage, for some much needed updates at the orphanage itself. Last time we installed a new system at the guest house across the street from the orphanage, the one with that STEEP roof. The roofs at the orphanage itself are much easier to work on :) I will be there from Feb 1st till Feb 8th (with another day before and after for travel). I will be working with some guys who will be down there doing some other projects for Alex's House. I'll be the only representative from SLP this time. This will also be my first mission from our new home base of Honduras. I'm looking forward to another successful solar installation. Pray that it might be so. And Thank You!
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We finally have the channel set-up to receive support as missionaries in Honduras. Ethos (our church in Houston) has agreed to take donations on our behalf to allow supporters to make a tax free donation (they are a 501c3 org). I have posted the link for online donations and the mailing address for checks on the Support tab. All donations going to SLP (link on the left side) will continue to be used for solar missions. All donations going to Ethos (link on the right side) will come to us as support for ministering in Honduras.
I have also added a pledge form. If you have felt the Lord prompt you to support us then please fill out a pledge. It is not binding, but it does help us to make plans. Also, we would like to connect more with our supporters in some form such as a monthly news letter, or prayers request emails, or a closed Facebook group or some such. We are still figuring that stuff out :) We also have several specific needs if you want to make a one-time donation. We need help getting a vehicle (around $6,000), Honduran residency fees (around $1,000), Honduran drivers licenses (around $300), and help with the airline tickets (around $1,600). Send me a message if you make a donation and you want to designate it to any of these needs. I think there is also a notes section on the PayPal site if you use your card. Thank you so much for your support !! Please keep praying for us as we walk out this whole missionaries to Honduras thing :D God Bless !! Well, I've been here for a little over a week and I've gotten about half my immediate task list done. Our host family is having car issues .... imagine that :) I now have a new cell number (Honduran number) and a MagicJack phone number (US Number). My Honduran number is 9734-3888. From the States that would be 011-504-9734-3888. This will ring my cell phone. The MagicJack is a phone line with a US number connected via the internet (VOIP). The number is 281-993-6366. It will ring to a handset in the house. I'll get our old handset with an answering machine when I go back for Christmas.
So, if you need to contact me, there are now several ways. You can call/text my Honduran number (though it will cost you, even for a text, since it is an international number). You can call the MJ and talk if we are home. Or, if you have a smart phone, you can message me on Viber. It's an app for both Android and iPhone. The app icon is a purple message bubble with a phone inside. My account is linked to my US cell number (859-420-8538), so if you have that in your contact list, my name should pop up on the app. Sutton is also on Viber (with his old US number). Then there are the usual ways to connect: email and facebook. Our next biggest hurdles are getting our Honduran residency (takes 3-6 months) and buying a car. The residency/work visa is in process for Sutton and will hopefully be started soon for me. The church is handling this for us (Thank You Jesus !!). We should probably get Honduran drivers licenses too ... :). The car purchase will likely take some fund raising. Our current budget doesn't get a very good vehicle. We are looking at options now. Keep praying for us please. Thank you !! So I finally arrived in Honduras Saturday morning after a very long week of last minute selling, storing, and packing. My husband was ecstatic to see me again after nearly three months apart !! Before leaving, SonLight Power gave me a very nice set of Samsonite luggage (to replace my dirty, beat-up falling apart pieces) which made the trip much easier. I also got a few toys such as an iPod (to replace my broken one), and a Kindle (since I am an avid reader and my 300+ books are hard to transport). The Abide group (young adult group from Ethos, our church in TX) threw me a going away party Friday night. And then I had a surprise welcome party here in Honduras Sunday night. Soooo I am Blessed !! :D Thank you to everyone for the blessings, encouragement, and prayers offered for myself and my husband!! We are forever grateful.
Also, Ethos (church in TX) has agreed to be our conduit for financial support. They will accept donations on our behalf and send it to us once a month or so. That way anyone who feels so led will have an easy way to support us which will be tax deductible. Once they get our account set-up I will post the address and a link to an online PayPal account. So this way, if anyone wants to support me or Sutton as missionaries here in Honduras, they can send the donations to Ethos (marked for the MacGregors). I will still be doing missions with SonLight Power as God allows. So any donations going to my account with SonLight will continue to be used for travel expenses on missions taken with them. Please continue to pray for us as we walk out this whole missionaries in Honduras thing. We ask that God would open the doors He wants open, shut the doors He wants shut, and continue to give us more wisdom and discernment as each challenge arises. May He receive all the glory and the honor in the precious name of Jesus !!! Amen. Tomorrow we fly back to the States. Once there, I will have 11 days to sell off any other major things (such as the car), donate the rest, and pack up what little we are keeping. My flight to Honduras is booked for Oct 12th !! Keep us in your prayers please !!!
We have completed the solar system for Alex's House Orphanage guest house. We installed 12 solar panels on a very steep metal roof .... in September ... in Haiti. It was ... ummm ... HOT! But good :) The second day after we connected all the panels the system was producing over and above the panel specs. I guess all that sun is good for something ... I mean, besides an awesome farmers tan :) I've included a few pics below. Thank you so much to the team with Alex's Orphanage who helped and also to Craig Kindell who joined us once again !!
Tomorrow Allen and I fly to Jacmel in southern Haiti to install another system. We are putting in 18 solar panels for an organization called Hands and Feet. They have a team ready to assist as well. Prayers for safe travels please and thank you. God is Good :D So we have booked our Sept flights for Haiti. We will be there for two weeks from Sept 17th till Oct 1st. We are doing at least two installs. I will post another blog next week with more details.
What I've been mainly focused on since coming home is the move to Honduras. Sutton is doing well in Teguc, though he sorely misses me :) I am feverishly trying to sell off stuff and pack up what little we are keeping. So far we have sold the bedroom furniture, the lawn mower, the couches, all the old audio equipment and vinyl records. There are already arrangements for selling the futon, the large toolbox, and some musical instruments this week. Currently I have listed on Craigslist a coffee table, the kitchen table w/ chairs, the BBQ pit, a file cabinet, and a shelf/storage unit thingy. You can go to the Houston section and just search for my phone number (859 420 8538) to see what all I have listed. I will also be selling the car, though that isn't currently listed. Next Saturday I hope to have a garage sell and possibly another the Saturday after that. Right now I am planning on flying to Honduras on Oct 9th, a week after I return from Haiti. I will book that ticket in the next two weeks. Keep praying for us please. Pray for Sutton as he is in Honduras teaching and trying to adjust. Pray for me as I am taking care of all the house stuff. Pray for the Haiti mission to go smoothly. And above all, pray that God's will be done and He receive all the glory!! Thank you Jesus for faithful prayer warriors :D DHL tracking says the boards have cleared customs in Kinshasa. Hopefully that means we can get them here to Mbuji-Mayi today and possibly even get them installed. If not then we should have them tomorrow, but today would be better. Keep praying for us please. Thank you :-)
So it looks like I will be in the Congo for an additional week with Jacky. The scheduling didn't really work out for an earlier departure. Jacky called her work and was able to get clearance for a couple more days. So we are flying out of Mbuji-Mayi on Thursday the 15th and leaving the Congo on Saturday the 16th. I should be back in the States on Sunday the 17th. I'll let you know when the boards get here. For now we are going to relax some :-)
We have encountered a pretty big problem. One or more of the electronic boards inside the inverter malfunctioned. The manufacturer is sending us a new set of boards today, but they will not be here before our Saturday flight out. So the current plan is that Jacky and I will change our flights, at a considerable expense, in the hopes of getting the new boards installed.
The boards should take 3 days to get to Kinshasa and then another day to get to Mbuji-Mayi. That gets the boards here on Sunday. Jacky needs to leave the Congo on Wednesday for her job back in the States. That leaves a very small window for error. The boards have to get to Mbuji-Mayi by Monday at the latest..... So we need a lot of prayers please and thank you! I know God is in control and capable of providing the means to get this installation completed :-D |
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