May Madness!

Gosh, is it June already? Sometimes ministry here in Honduras is so intense that we forget to stop and communicate what God continues to do through this ministry. May was an especially intense month of ministry, from golf tournaments in Houston to street kid soccer by the river in Tegucigalpa. Take a look at the pictures below to see all the ways that God was able to use the Micah Project in May. We so appreciate your continued support and prayers and He continues to expand our ministry!

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Above: Axel (12)and Juan Carlos (17) joke around in the Los Dolores market while waiting for burritos to take on our street outreach.


In March, we helped Edwin's family rent a room in our neighborhood after we discovered that they were living under a bridge. Now, Edwin's younger siblings come to the Micah House daily.
Above: Cristofer (13) manages to hold onto to the triplets (3) while their older brother Manuel (7) perches above him! Although, Cristofer is not related to them, he is really gifted with younger kids!



Another recent blessing is the way our ministry to our single mom's has progressed. Most of our boys' moms come from extremely impoverished situations. Last year, thanks to project supporter Jo Bewley, we began to teach sewing skills to the moms. This year, Micah missionary Kamia Paul has organized events for the moms every Wednesday and Saturday. We have been able to hire a sewing teacher to work with them every Saturday at the Micah house. Above: Maria (Erick and Cristofer's mom in blue shirt in foreground), Telma (David and Pedro Luis' mom, black shirt in foreground), Daisy (Daniel's mom, green shirt) and Aleyda (Maycol's mom, black shirt in background) work on patterns for dresses that they will be making under the tutelage of the sewing teacher.


On May 22, we received a team from the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston. They came for a four day "vision trip", which was a chance for them to immerse themselves in our ministries and to learn about what the Micah Project does. It was a real blessing to meet new friends and to catch up with old ones! Above: the Memorial Drive groups visits with Pedro (21) in his room at the Leadership House. Pedro is in his first year studying civil engineering at a private university in Tegucigalpa. He is enjoying all of the classes except calculus!



Below: Memorial Drive team members Anne and Melody pose with Jose Daniel (14) during street kid soccer. We have been working with Jose Daniel for almost two years in the hopes that he will joing the project! Please pray for him!



Below: Memorial Drive team member Dick takes a moment to pose with a street kid named David (13) while visiting the market district in Tegucigalpa; Howard stands in the background. We hope that David will join the Micah Project some day!



Below: International School teacher Jenna Miller takes a minute from street kid soccer to chat with a street girl named Rosita. Jenna will be joining the Micah Project full time in August. We are excited to have this wonderful addition to our staff! She also took the photos (below) of street kid soccer.

Every Friday, our street ministry coordinator Dan Paul rents a soccer field downtown by the river. Between 15 and 20 street kids and youth show up for an hour of soccer. We have also been blessed by volunteers from the International School, teachers that come on Friday after classes to play soccer with the kids. This has been a great way to develop our relationships with the street kids! Below: Jason holds tightly onto his glue bottle as he gets ready to make a shot on goal during street kid soccer.

Below: Jose Daniel holds his glue bottle while playing defense during our Friday afternoon soccer outreach.

Below: Our street ministry coordinator Dan Paul meets with the street kids to plan their teams for an afternoon of soccer.

On May 13, our supporters in Houston held the First Annual Micah Project Golf Tournament. About 85 golfers turned out, along with 20 volunteers. The tournament netted over $19,000 for the Micah Project, which is a huge blessing in a year in which our donations have been down. Tournament organizers Tina Val, Jeremy Summers and Chris Herbold did a wonderful job in getting everything ready! Micah missionaries John and Becca Bell flew up to Houston for the tournament.

Below: John Bell lines up a shot during the tournament. Many thanks to all who participated, and to those that donated their time and money to make this tournament a success!

Below: David (24) came to Honduras from Costa Rica for a few days in May on a break from his classes. He is in his third year in San Jose studying psychology at the Universidad Latina. He also teaches Sunday school at his church in San Jose!

Below: Marvin Morazan (19) continues to study music at Instituto CanZion in San Jose, Costa Rica. Recently, Marvin wrote a letter to all of the Micah guys in which he said: "I have a thousand and one reasons to be thankful to our heavenly Father and his angels. And who are those angels? All of the people that get up every morning and give the best of themselves for us! Truly, each one of us has been chosen for a purpose."

For more information about the Micah Project, check out our website at http://www.micahcentral.org/ .