Sister Eleanor’s Mission Compound Needs
a New Transformer
Money
is always tight at the mission compound, mainly because Sister
Eleanor gives it all away. One of my  favorite stories is about
the American who came to visit Sister Eleanor. They were walking
thru the town of La Ceiba and he noticed a lady on the side of
the road and asked Sister Eleanor about her. “She
has lost her husband, has 5 kids, and doesn’t have a way
to feed them. Why don’t you give her some money.” He
did.
On the next block Sister Eleanor pointed out a fellow selling
our of a cart. “His wife died of AIDS, he has 6 kids and
is trying to make enough money to send them all to school, why
don’t you give him a little money.” He did.
On the
next block, he noticed three little boys playing. “They
don’t have a mom or a dad; they live with their 80 year
old grandmother, why don’t you give them money for something
to eat.” He did.
At the end of their walk the man said, “Lady, I didn’t
come to Honduras to give all of my money away.” To which
Sister Eleanor replied, “Buddy, you are hanging around
with the wrong lady.”
With this in mind, we need to take
note of the fact that the electricity bill for the girls dorm,
the mission compound, and the ancillary buildings is over $1,500
per month. The electricity company says they have two problems.
- They need a new transformer
- The buildings need rewiring
Good News: There is a team going to work on the compound
Bad
News: They need a transformer donated before the March 14 preloading
date.
Please contact any and everyone you know that
might have a transformer to donate..
Here is the information we have from Brent, our Honduran
AHMEN Reps.
Doris and I met yesterday with Ron Turner, the Canadian
manager for the local power company here on Utila. We showed him
the info Sandy had given us ( 1 Trans Aciete (oil?) 75.0
KVA 34.5 120-240v) and he said to send you the following:
system voltage is 34.5 KV line to line. Transformer would
be connected line to neutral (ground) at 19,920 volts. Single
bushing or double bushing. He said if you had any more
questions you could e-mail him directly at: trrnld@gmail.com.
Hope
this is helpful.
Brent
If you can help, contact:
Joe Jones: jjones3681@aol.com or
call: (205) 987-9995
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