Dear Friends and Family,
It has been a very busy last month with Hurricane Felix hitting us on September 4. Since then we have been able to help the villages with some food and gas and oil for their chainsaws so they could cut fallen trees out of the roads. Many large trees fell so now it is also a race against time to turn them into useable lumber before the termites turn them into sawdust. Many houses need repaired. We spent a few days with our chainsaw helping clear trees off the top of houses, roads, and trails.
Many donor agencies from all over the world are currently here distributing food and supplies. Groups are here from America, China, Japan, Germany, etc. Currently, the basic needs are being met. The major problem will be that soon all the groups with their donations will go back to their respective countries and the new crops will not be due to be harvested until around April of this coming year. January, February and March will be hard months for the people here.
Here are some of the other items we are also continuing to work on:
Runway
The runway is done and ready! The inspection for the runway has been delayed 4 times since the middle of August. We are hoping that the latest date for inspection sometime in October will hold. Hopefully the date will stay and the inspection will go smoothly.
Pharmacy
The local authorities have given us permission to sell basic medications here in Tronquera. This does not include prescription medications. To sell those we still will need permission from the regional level.
Work program
Following the hurricane the work program is tapered off a little as people work to try and set their own homes, villages and plantations back in order. There are still some people working for food which they need since the hurricane destroyed their rice crop.
Transportation
We would like to ask special prayer from everyone concerning this issue. Following the hurricane we found that our usefulness here was severely handicapped because we did not have a truck. We were not able to bring building supplies into villages that needed it. We were not able to transport people that needed to go the hospital. But most importantly we were and are unable to help bring food into villages that had great needs. We have donations to purchase food for hurricane relief, yet the
cost of getting the food to the villages will be inflated because of the local transportation we will have to use since we have no truck yet.
ADRA was working hard to distribute food and medicine to many villages, we were not able to participate because we had no way to get to where ADRA was working and we were not able to assist ADRA with their deliveries.
We would like special prayer that the Lord will provide a truck or the money for a truck by Jan 16, 2008. Over the next few months please make this matter a special prayer.
Future Plans
Our plans changed with the coming of Hurricane Felix the beginning of September.
Our focus is now distributing food and medicine to villages in need.
We were surprised a few weeks ago that our family has purchased tickets for us to visit America this Christmas. We will be leaving Nicaragua November 7, and returning the middle of January. We hope to work and save some money during this time. We will be happy to speak in any churches in our travels through Washington, Montana, and Wyoming.
Our web page is updated frequently with new pictures and short stories or items of interest on our blog page.
www.hanleymissions.org
Thank you for your support and prayers.
God Bless,
Clint and Marilyn Hanley
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Wings Over Nicaragua Mission
Nicaragua, Central America
hanley@softhome.net
www.hanleymissions.org
Donation information:
Goldendale SDA Church
Attn: Treasurer
PO Box 71
Goldendale, WA 98620
Make a memo on the check to "Wings Over Nicaragua"
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