Arriving by plane into the capitol of Honduras ... the group was able to see first hand the heart breaking conditions of a third world country.	The students were devastated by the living conditions of the many Honduran families. Now they understood how blessed they were in America!	After driving through the poverty stricken land the fenced and guarded Orphanage facility was a welcome site.	Feeding horses in a third world country... proved to be quite a task! Vegetable scraps from the mission food had to do for a while!
We converted the old pig barn into a stable and began medical care on the malnourished and anemic horses...including tick removal.	Here is Hope again. Her condition was much worse than the other horses. Hopefully she will improve, hence her name Hope.	This is Hope's foot. We think she was bitten by a tarantula 2 months before we arrived. With no medical supplies ...she was at the end of her life.	Brant taught Felipe how to bandage Hope's foot. Felipe can now change the bandage everyday by himself. We pray this wound will heal.
The last issue was all of the male horses were stallions. After a couple of operations the issue was eliminated.	SVPA Students training the horses	Felipe who has been here since age three, now runs the horse program for the entire orphanage. He was a fast learner.	After Felipe had mastered the basics he was ready to start teaching the other children how to ride.
Pictured here are some special ed. students and Roan. The special ed. students were the first group to take lessons.	Pictured here are some of the farm boys. The boys help with farm chores after school.	The first lesson that all students receive is how to take care of these beautiful animals that God has blessed them with.	One of the boys has found a new friend. The horses will help brighten all the children's lives like it has this boy's.
This is another boy that fell in love with Faith.	Here Brant is helping this boy overcome his fear of Blanco's hooves.	Two more boys enjoy some time with Blanco while they relax by the arena.	All eyes were on Tammy during the lessons. Here she is teaching a lesson on how to bridle a horse.
Abby really had a chance to get close to the children and help their lives.	This is Dolman and Lucero. Dolman is now helping Felipe teach the children.	Here the children are learning not to be nervous on horseback by doing safe and fun exercises.	Children of all different levels can love and relate to horses in the same way.
Three of the kids posing with Blanco. The children love to have their picture taken.	Brant is teaching this boy how to saddle Blanco.	You can not measure how much love and goodness the horses brought out in these children.	We were all able to create many friendships that will last us a lifetime.