Jase's Blog

Howdy Seminole Friends and Family

Today was our first day of food distribution and as a team, even though we have hear from Steve and Audrey, Edgardo, Obando and Marcia, we really had no idea what to expect. It had rained the night before until 1:30 - 2:00 am so we were not sure how far we would be able to get into the first village. Our goal for the day was to bring food to three villages and the weather and mud were looking like it was going to make that difficult. Let me share with you the process that is taking place to make this all happen.

Our team has separated into two teams. Team one, Mason, Garrison, Edgardo, Obando and Steve are working along side three fellas from Parkwood Baptist Church in North Carolina, Jeff, Ferral and John. They are taking care of the filling of bags, with corn and beans, loading the required amount on the pickups and bringing the loads to the village. I have been giving Garrison and Mason a hard time because every time they come in or leave a village they are riding in the back of the pickup, however they along with the NC guys are working hard to make sure we have the food where it needs to be and the correct amount.

Team two, Kenzie, Jenna, Britney, Kimberly, Bailey, Micah, Marta, Audrey, Marcia, Dunia and I are going into the villages to begin registering families. Before food distribution begins within each village, the leader of that village meets with each family to determine the quantity of food each family would receive which is based upon family size. Edgardo and Obando collected those numbers and that is what we are working off of. Team two has a other responsibilities as well. While Micah, Marcia, and Audrey are registering families, the remainder of the team is working with the children playing games telling stories and loving on them.

Once everyone is registered and the food arrives the adults line up and wait on their name to be called. Once their name is called they have a huge process of getting the food to their homes. So far we have not been able to get inside the villages due to rain and mud so each family is carrying their food approximately half mile to a mile with bags that can range in weight from 10 lbs to 150 lbs. That is the how it works and we are ready to move into our second day of distribution. Continue to pray for the families and the teams that will be involved in this distribution. By the way, if you would like to be a part of a team please let me know. Thanks you for all that you are doing while our teams have been here. Seminole your teams have done a great job sharing the love of Christ with the Chorti people.

In His Grip,

Jase