The Cercadillo Project

These are sad days in Cercadillo as people are grieving the death of 28-year-old Melo who died suddenly on Saturday.  Some of you will remember Melo as the leader of the baseball players.  Those from the last team might remember him as the leader of the guys who came over to help with the walkway.   He lived in the house right next to our ministry center and was often out training his rooster to fight.

Melo was Carmencita’s brother, Gloneili, Eduarlin and Edison’s uncle, Luisa’s son, Minerva, Rosa and Ramona’s nephew, and the cousin of many of our core children.

Please pray for the village during this difficult time. Please pray for me to have wisdom to know what words of comfort to share and when to just sit silently with the family members during these next days of official mourning which can last up to 2 weeks.

Lots of rain, but thankfully not much wind!   My house is not near a river, so I have no need to evacuate due to flooding.

There was already a tremendous amount of mud in Cercadillo before this storm, so it’s hard to imagine what it’s like out there today.  I keep thinking about the families huddled under leaky tin roofs.

I would guess that with all the rain last night and the continual rain today that the river is over the bridge.  The road is most likely impassible in at least two other places due to water accumulation.   The Toyota 4-Runner has been magnificent on the muddy roads that other vehicles can’t manouver, but since it isn’t equipped to float :), I doubt that I’ll be able to make it out to the village tomorrow.    If I don’t make it to the village I think I’ll try to go pester the government organization that promised to put in wells for us, but so far hasn’t.   Pray for productive pestering!