Our Lives These Past Few Months

It is sad that I only seem to be able to post once a month. Today we are in Tegucigalpa and thanks to Jason's new laptop (which has a battery that lasts more than 10 minutes), I am attempting to update you all on what has been happening with the Tate family.

Thankfully we were kept safe when Tropical Storm Agatha came to Honduras. It brought with it a full week of rain. Being from Seattle, we thoroughly enjoyed the wet, gray skies. The only problem we had was that our clothes didn't want to dry being out in the rain and all. We also lost water the last day. The pipe that brings water from the well to our house has to cross a river and because it was so swollen, it broke the pipe. Thankfully once the river went down, we easily fixed that problem.

There were many people affected from this storm, but thankfully, is wasn't as bad as it could have been. If there had been any wind, there would have been many more mudslides.

Since Audrey Viveros went back to the States I have been taking over her discipleship duties. I have 5 ladies that I am discipling. Gabi, Xiomara, Maritza, Fani, and Deisi are growing a lot. Three of these ladies are really soaking everything in. I am so blessed to be able to be involved in their lives. When I first started discipling Maritza, I couldn't get her to finish a lesson on her own. It was taking her a month just to do one lesson. Last week, she complained to me that she needed more than two lessons a week. The great thing is that she is not only doing the lessons, but asking questions every week.

We have been having a lot of power issues lately. Today we didn't have any electricity. The kids love it. If we lose power they only have to do their paperwork in school. I am hoping that next year we can get their books on time and be done with school by this time of the year. We have 25 school days left to go. YEAH!!!! This seems like it has been the longest school year ever.

Tomorrow, I will be going out soulwinning and then if the sun is out, I will be trying to get caught up with the mountains of dirty laundry that have accumulated since we haven't had electricity and sun at the same time in the past week. :-)

I am so thankful for the opportunities that God has given me to minister for Him. When I have days that feel like I am getting nothing done, I just have to take a step back and I can see everything that God has done. What a blessing that He felt that I could be used.