Pollos de
Solidaridad is the chicken business that was started last
APRIL'S with several contributions made to Chapel Ambassadors
to Mexico (CAM). Enrique Hernandez is managing the business as
well as the other programs at the mission church in Solidaridad.
Last month I shared news about the business and Carmen, the
woman who is doing the chicken processing.
Helen and I
review the business books with Enrique each time we are in
Solidaridad. Managing the business is a new experience for
Enrique. He is learning how to market the chickens, keep good
records, and supervise the employee. We've been proud of how
much he is learning and how hard he works at. The last time we
reviewed the books he pointed out that we were accumulating a
little profit. He asked us if it would be okay for him to use
some of that profit to help people who need medicine. We told
him he could, but to be sure and record it as an expense.
The reason for
starting the business was to create some economic enterprise
that would make the ministry less dependent on our giving them
the money. It is good for people to be financially
self-sufficient! Medicine seemed like a good use of some of the
profits and a way for the community to use their own money to
help others.
This past week,
we received an email from Enrique. In this email he told us
that it has been unusually hot and rainy this summer. As a
result of this weather there has been a lot of sickness. He
called the illness "denge." The symptoms are abdominal pain,
high fever, bleeding, etc. I suspect the "bleeding, etc." has
to do with diarrhea. To protect the children at Solidaridad
from the denge, Enrique has been giving them something with
their breakfast (probably a syrup). He has also gotten the
children to use hand disinfectant and has given the parents some
kind of disinfectant powder to put on the floor of their home.
He reported that so far none of the children had been sick.
Praise the Lord.
When we started
this little business, little did we know that it might be used
to protect the health of the children. Isn't it exciting to see
how the Lord works things out.
