The Each and Every journey has begun! We had the privilege on Wednesday to film the story of Hermana Lucila, a widow who lives in one of the cardboard villages in and around San Pedro Sula. Like many of the stories we've been hearing throughout the week, hers is one that renders amazement and reminds us of the triumphs of the human spirit.
A little more than a year ago, her husband passed away suddenly after he started bleeding from multiple orifices. About a month after that, her oldest daughter, aged 14, was killed after being run over in front of their house. Then, Hermana Lucila's house was burned down by an arson and soon after, she broke her arm and was unable to do her meager work of collecting recyclables for a living. She began praying that God would provide a home for her family, a prayer which was answered when the local church our Honduras team partners with visited the village, heard her plight, and decided to construct a house for her (the bottom two photos are the before and after pictures of her house). Hermana Lucila is now a member of the church Ministerio Renuevo and continues to collect recyclables for a living, at a rate of $0.10 per pound, bringing home on average $1.50 a day to provide for herself and her two remaining daughters.
We'll share more on her story in our self-made documentary Each and Every. Find out more about what we're doing and support us at the following links:
http://www.indiegogo.com/eachandevery
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