Well, here I sit in a hotel in beautiful Sherman, TX thinking about the short 7 months that separate us from TORCH 2007.
Our new year promises to go fast and that means that all of us have a great deal of planning that needs to take place before we board planes and head south. The first thing that comes to my mind is a passport check. I'd suggest that everyone that hasn't seen their passport since they returned from Honduras last summer - find it, look at it to make sure it isn't going to expire anytime soon, and then put it in a safe place and tell others in your family exactly where it is. Last summer, we had a young lady that was certain that she knwe exactly where her passport was and when it came time to depart - the passport was lost and the young lady stayed home. You can't go to Hondo without a valid passport.
If you know of perple that are new to our group, encourage them to go now to apply for their passport.
I plan to post an application here in the next week or so and you'll all need to complete it and get it in with a $150 per person deposit. I have already paid about $100 per ticket deposit for 60+ airline tickets and I'm going to need to pay a deposit to the mission house in early 2007 so, I'm going to need your deposits by February. Since we are going to hold our group to about 80, you would be best advised to get in early rather than waiting. When we are full, we will be full. I'm not taking a monster team - 80 is the number.
Once again in 2007, we'll be asking everyone that signs an application to committ to raising an extra $200 (more is okay) for our benevolent work. Those dollars are our working fund and they allow us to buy food and build houses, hold clinics, and other good works. Tell your friends you'll build a house for them and you'd be surprised at how many people will be willing to help out.
Watch for the aplication soon.
I love y'all!
Marc
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
TORCH 2007
I have already started working with Cont. & American to secure our seats for next year and so far things are going well. We will have a small - $75 increase over 2006 but, we are going to have 12 days!
Where in the world can you get 12 days like we have for about $100 a day? You can't!
Here is where we are with our team -
Texas has estimated 25, Starkville - 15, Hot Springs - 10, St Louis/ IL - 15, Florida - 10, NC - 5. As you can see, we are nearing our FILLED status and it isn't even October 1. Of course, nothing is firm until we get a deposit and an application. I'll get those posted within the next couple of weeks.
If y'all haven't seen the new website for Casa de Esperanza, you need too. You can get there by going to www.cde-hopehouse.org Check it out and share it with your friends. When you go to the "about us" section, give the video a couple of seconds to load and enjoy!
I love all y'all and look forward to seeing you soon. Terri & I will be travelling to Hondo on December 1 for a few days and if you have an interest in a long weekend in Hondo, let me know.
Marc
Where in the world can you get 12 days like we have for about $100 a day? You can't!
Here is where we are with our team -
Texas has estimated 25, Starkville - 15, Hot Springs - 10, St Louis/ IL - 15, Florida - 10, NC - 5. As you can see, we are nearing our FILLED status and it isn't even October 1. Of course, nothing is firm until we get a deposit and an application. I'll get those posted within the next couple of weeks.
If y'all haven't seen the new website for Casa de Esperanza, you need too. You can get there by going to www.cde-hopehouse.org Check it out and share it with your friends. When you go to the "about us" section, give the video a couple of seconds to load and enjoy!
I love all y'all and look forward to seeing you soon. Terri & I will be travelling to Hondo on December 1 for a few days and if you have an interest in a long weekend in Hondo, let me know.
Marc
Saturday, September 09, 2006
TORCH 2007
Here we are folks - already getting ready for 2007!
The group size has the potential of getting full fast so, I need everybody that heads up an area to get to me with your "forecast" of people. We are going to hold fast to 80.
That will be IT!
The dates are July 20 to 31.
Price will be as similar to last year as possible - most likely a $75 price increase to $1325. We will also hold to our benevolent fund raising comittment of $200 per person.
This is still the best bargain in missions that I can find. Most mission groups are at this price for ground only and air fare is extra.
Let me know ASAP or you may be Left Behind.
Marc
The group size has the potential of getting full fast so, I need everybody that heads up an area to get to me with your "forecast" of people. We are going to hold fast to 80.
That will be IT!
The dates are July 20 to 31.
Price will be as similar to last year as possible - most likely a $75 price increase to $1325. We will also hold to our benevolent fund raising comittment of $200 per person.
This is still the best bargain in missions that I can find. Most mission groups are at this price for ground only and air fare is extra.
Let me know ASAP or you may be Left Behind.
Marc
Monday, August 28, 2006
Truck & Other Stuff
Less than a month ago, 65 of us were in Honduras - working shoulder to shoulder together.
I hope that the time that we've been home hasn't dampened your fire for service - I know that personally, I'm more fired up than ever about the work that our God has planned for us to do together.
I just wanted to give everybody an update on good things that are happening - first a Josue update. As we all eagerly anticipated, Josue & Karen are parents - the surprise is that they have a son and not the daughter that they were certain was coming. His name is Josue. Please pray for the new family.
Also wanted you all to know some of the good that you helped make happen. A new "Bodega" is about to be under construction at Casa de Esperanza and it is because of you that this can happen. In December we will begin construction on 2 Sunday School class rooms at the church in Santa Ana - again because of your hard work. Also, we were able to buy a truck for use in Santa Ana and at the children's home. Now, Noel will be able to pick-up a number of Christians that until now have lived too far from the church building to get there every Sunday. I'm pickng up the truck today and will get it shipped to Honduras as soon as possible.
I hope to have dates for next year as soon as this week. Keep watching here for news.
Marc
I hope that the time that we've been home hasn't dampened your fire for service - I know that personally, I'm more fired up than ever about the work that our God has planned for us to do together.
I just wanted to give everybody an update on good things that are happening - first a Josue update. As we all eagerly anticipated, Josue & Karen are parents - the surprise is that they have a son and not the daughter that they were certain was coming. His name is Josue. Please pray for the new family.
Also wanted you all to know some of the good that you helped make happen. A new "Bodega" is about to be under construction at Casa de Esperanza and it is because of you that this can happen. In December we will begin construction on 2 Sunday School class rooms at the church in Santa Ana - again because of your hard work. Also, we were able to buy a truck for use in Santa Ana and at the children's home. Now, Noel will be able to pick-up a number of Christians that until now have lived too far from the church building to get there every Sunday. I'm pickng up the truck today and will get it shipped to Honduras as soon as possible.
I hope to have dates for next year as soon as this week. Keep watching here for news.
Marc
Thursday, August 10, 2006
That's What It's All About
The "Hokey Pokey Boys" sang a little ditty that ended with "That's What It's All About". The song goes - you put your right foot in, you put your left foot in, you put your whole self in...
Since I've been home for a week now, I can easily see that they were correct! Putting your whole self in really is "what it's all about".
Well, I have now led teams to Honduras for several years and you can be assured that the 2006 team and mission was all about putting their whole self in. They put their whole self into the work needed to make the mission one that would answer many prayers and because of that, there are now 18 families with new homes. This morning I'm certain that many of them woke to praise our God for their dry floor and for a place that is safe for their families. I don't have an exact count, but 18 houses means that more than 100 people have a house today and that wasn't true a short 3 weeks ago. Our work allowed us to deliver much needed dental care to over 100 people. Our dental team was organized and worked so well with the kids and the adults. I'm confident that the people that were treated felt that Jesus himself had worked on their teeth.
Food is always an issue in most of the areas that we work. Our food teams packed more than two full truck-loads of food - each truck is more than 5000 pounds! That translated into about 600 food packages that were delivered directly to the families that really needed them. All of this was done in the name of Jesus. Some of the same folks that packed food also worked in our warehouse to organize, sort, and plan for our big give-away in Los Pinos. These sisters packed up more than a container of goods and we were able to assist more than 1000 people in the community of Los Pinos with clothing and shoes. All in the name of Jesus. This community was so appreciative of the work and the new clothes that were given in His name.
With all the work going on in the many ministries that we are blessed to be a part of, it would be easy to miss the point of "What It's All About". Of course, the Hokey Pokey Boys got it right - put your whole self in - that is exactly what so many on our evangelism teams did. Their work of planting seeds led to a harvest of 34 souls while we were in Honduras and even more since we returned home. Last weekend in Santa Ana there were three more that gave their lives to our Lord and it looks like there may be four more to follow this weekend. There were also 3 baptisms in Borger - all from that team going home and sharing the good news.
Our God is GOOD all the time!
There is even more -
Our team was able to help the little old lady on the mountain in Los Pinos with special food and a new bed. We were able to help the kids at Casa de Esperanza with a month of food! We were able to help another group with some emergency food. We were able to help the minister in Santa Ana with transportation for members that are too far from the building to get there on Sunday mornings - hopefully, that vehicle will be delivered this fall. Our team will be able to have some Sunday School classrooms built in Santa Ana and you will be able to see them in use next summer. There are over 100 kids that will be in classes there already!
Our God is Good All The Time!
and - That Is What It's All About!
Marc
Since I've been home for a week now, I can easily see that they were correct! Putting your whole self in really is "what it's all about".
Well, I have now led teams to Honduras for several years and you can be assured that the 2006 team and mission was all about putting their whole self in. They put their whole self into the work needed to make the mission one that would answer many prayers and because of that, there are now 18 families with new homes. This morning I'm certain that many of them woke to praise our God for their dry floor and for a place that is safe for their families. I don't have an exact count, but 18 houses means that more than 100 people have a house today and that wasn't true a short 3 weeks ago. Our work allowed us to deliver much needed dental care to over 100 people. Our dental team was organized and worked so well with the kids and the adults. I'm confident that the people that were treated felt that Jesus himself had worked on their teeth.
Food is always an issue in most of the areas that we work. Our food teams packed more than two full truck-loads of food - each truck is more than 5000 pounds! That translated into about 600 food packages that were delivered directly to the families that really needed them. All of this was done in the name of Jesus. Some of the same folks that packed food also worked in our warehouse to organize, sort, and plan for our big give-away in Los Pinos. These sisters packed up more than a container of goods and we were able to assist more than 1000 people in the community of Los Pinos with clothing and shoes. All in the name of Jesus. This community was so appreciative of the work and the new clothes that were given in His name.
With all the work going on in the many ministries that we are blessed to be a part of, it would be easy to miss the point of "What It's All About". Of course, the Hokey Pokey Boys got it right - put your whole self in - that is exactly what so many on our evangelism teams did. Their work of planting seeds led to a harvest of 34 souls while we were in Honduras and even more since we returned home. Last weekend in Santa Ana there were three more that gave their lives to our Lord and it looks like there may be four more to follow this weekend. There were also 3 baptisms in Borger - all from that team going home and sharing the good news.
Our God is GOOD all the time!
There is even more -
Our team was able to help the little old lady on the mountain in Los Pinos with special food and a new bed. We were able to help the kids at Casa de Esperanza with a month of food! We were able to help another group with some emergency food. We were able to help the minister in Santa Ana with transportation for members that are too far from the building to get there on Sunday mornings - hopefully, that vehicle will be delivered this fall. Our team will be able to have some Sunday School classrooms built in Santa Ana and you will be able to see them in use next summer. There are over 100 kids that will be in classes there already!
Our God is Good All The Time!
and - That Is What It's All About!
Marc
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Ten Days In Honduras
Ten days in Honduras isn’t enough!
Every year until 2006 we have worked for two weeks and because of a number of things, we had a 10 day mission this year....next year we will go to 12 days.
I didn’t get a chance to post a summary of our Sunday in Honduras and it was again – Another Great Day in Honduras. We started off by heading to church in Los Pinos where there were over 300 in attendance at the morning services. Three years ago there wasn’t even a church in Los Pinos and now this congregation serves the community in many ways.
Just prior to heading off to Los Pinos, a young lady that is a friend of Cisco (one of our interpreters) chose to become a Christian and was baptized. After our church service in Los Pinos, there were two more new Christians and later on Sunday evening there was one more. Can you believe that we leave Honduras with 34 new brothers and sisters? Our God is awesome!
In the afternoon, we traveled out to Santa Ana to spend a little more time with Casa de Esperanza & the children there. The five little guys there are very happy and it is such a beautiful place. We were all gathered around the front of the house talking about how far Casa has come in just one year and the needs of the future. We also discussed the need for volunteer workers and how important it is to the project. After the formal presentation, my friend Deborah Krug from Borger, TX told me that she wanted to stay in Honduras and work for a few months in Honduras. Later in the day we found a phone and called her parents to let them know what Deborah wanted to do and they both offered their support – we left Deborah at Casa on Monday to begin her work. Sorta’ reminds me of the way that Jesus called some of the Apostles – he said come follow me and they didn’t say okay, I’ll see you in a few days, they just dropped what they were doing and left. Pray for Deborah!
The group from St Louis left Sunday morning so, we were down to about 50 on Sunday night. We were all tired by the end of the day.
Ours was a Great 10 days in Honduras!
Marc
Ps: Can’t wait till 2007.
Every year until 2006 we have worked for two weeks and because of a number of things, we had a 10 day mission this year....next year we will go to 12 days.
I didn’t get a chance to post a summary of our Sunday in Honduras and it was again – Another Great Day in Honduras. We started off by heading to church in Los Pinos where there were over 300 in attendance at the morning services. Three years ago there wasn’t even a church in Los Pinos and now this congregation serves the community in many ways.
Just prior to heading off to Los Pinos, a young lady that is a friend of Cisco (one of our interpreters) chose to become a Christian and was baptized. After our church service in Los Pinos, there were two more new Christians and later on Sunday evening there was one more. Can you believe that we leave Honduras with 34 new brothers and sisters? Our God is awesome!
In the afternoon, we traveled out to Santa Ana to spend a little more time with Casa de Esperanza & the children there. The five little guys there are very happy and it is such a beautiful place. We were all gathered around the front of the house talking about how far Casa has come in just one year and the needs of the future. We also discussed the need for volunteer workers and how important it is to the project. After the formal presentation, my friend Deborah Krug from Borger, TX told me that she wanted to stay in Honduras and work for a few months in Honduras. Later in the day we found a phone and called her parents to let them know what Deborah wanted to do and they both offered their support – we left Deborah at Casa on Monday to begin her work. Sorta’ reminds me of the way that Jesus called some of the Apostles – he said come follow me and they didn’t say okay, I’ll see you in a few days, they just dropped what they were doing and left. Pray for Deborah!
The group from St Louis left Sunday morning so, we were down to about 50 on Sunday night. We were all tired by the end of the day.
Ours was a Great 10 days in Honduras!
Marc
Ps: Can’t wait till 2007.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
A Good Tired
Saturday was work day in Los Pinos. Several of our ladies had spent days planning and organizing, sorting clothes & shoes, and packing all of the things from several containers. I have never been involved in a clothing give away that was so well planned and organized. There were 1015 people that were served with new clothes and most of them went away giving the praise to our God. At the end of the day, there was on older man that came to me as everyone was getting on the bus – he said thanks to God that we were there in Los Pinos today.
While there was tons of activity going on at the church building, our teams of evangelist were back on the mountain teaching and telling the good news. There were four more souls added to the Lamb’s Book of Life yesterday. That means that there have been 29 new Christians this week....more to come.
Still more good things were happening on Saturday – as the workers were at the Los Pinos Church, the Mi Esperanza – Women of My Hope – program was shuttling our women to the training center to have manicures done by the women that have graduated from the cosmetology course. Mi Esperanza is a program that teaches the women of Honduras the skills they need to provide for their families – they also teach the word so that it is truly a program that offers hope.
Josué’s house was finished yesterday and everybody was pretty tired by the time of last nights devotional. A really good tired!
Saturday was “Another Great Day in Honduras”.
Marc
While there was tons of activity going on at the church building, our teams of evangelist were back on the mountain teaching and telling the good news. There were four more souls added to the Lamb’s Book of Life yesterday. That means that there have been 29 new Christians this week....more to come.
Still more good things were happening on Saturday – as the workers were at the Los Pinos Church, the Mi Esperanza – Women of My Hope – program was shuttling our women to the training center to have manicures done by the women that have graduated from the cosmetology course. Mi Esperanza is a program that teaches the women of Honduras the skills they need to provide for their families – they also teach the word so that it is truly a program that offers hope.
Josué’s house was finished yesterday and everybody was pretty tired by the time of last nights devotional. A really good tired!
Saturday was “Another Great Day in Honduras”.
Marc
Saturday, July 29, 2006
No hey problema
Friday in Honduras was again “another great day in Honduras”. We sent building crews to San Miguel to build three houses and others to talk to the people about Jesus. In Honduras, everything doesn’t always go as planned and you just gotta go with the flow or the frustrations would allow Satan to take your focus off of the mission. Yesterday was one of those days for one of our house crews. The crew went to the building site that they were given and as usual started measuring and digging corner holes. This is one part of construction that takes the most precision and time – because as we all know, a good foundation is what keeps a house standing. Anyway, our house team had unloaded all the materials, measured the site for corner posts, dug the holes, and began to set the posts. About this time, another person came up to the site claiming that the lot was his and that we couldn’t build there. Well, rather than take any chances, the crew reloaded the wood on the truck (a lot of wood too! Somehow it seems that the pile grew after it was unloaded the first time), they un-planted the corner posts, and went to another site. It was really cool that nobody complained and that this crew was able to get the wood moved and another house almost completed even though they didn’t get to get going until almost 2 PM.
One other crew went about 40 miles from the mission house and began construction on a house for Josué and his new wife. This house is unusual because it is 20 feet wide by 10 feet deep. It is also – when finished going to be much taller than a usual TORCH house because it is going to have a loft on each end. That house was about 75% completed yesterday and will be finished on Saturday.
There were 3 more new Christians that the Angels celebrated yesterday too. That – I think brings the total to 25. Our God is good! All the time.
Pray that we will have “another great day in Honduras”
Marc
One other crew went about 40 miles from the mission house and began construction on a house for Josué and his new wife. This house is unusual because it is 20 feet wide by 10 feet deep. It is also – when finished going to be much taller than a usual TORCH house because it is going to have a loft on each end. That house was about 75% completed yesterday and will be finished on Saturday.
There were 3 more new Christians that the Angels celebrated yesterday too. That – I think brings the total to 25. Our God is good! All the time.
Pray that we will have “another great day in Honduras”
Marc
Friday, July 28, 2006
Josue
Thursday in Honduras was truly “another great day in Honduras”!
There are now 4 new Christians in the community of Santa Ana, another family has a new house, there are over 200 families that have food in their houses, and my friend Josué is married.
Several years ago, six to be exact, I met a 15 year old kid that worked at the airport as a luggage hustler – (one of the people that grabs your bags out of your hands and wants to take it to your car or bus to get a tip.) That year we at TORCH hired Josué to work summers for us. He is a great worker and was always willing to do anything we needed. Even without much education, Josué was learning English and is now fluent. The second year that he worked with us, Josué became a Christian. Just like all of us, he has struggled with his walk with Jesus. Earlier this year, I saw Josué and he told me that he was going to be a dad and I asked him about his wife – he told me that it was just a girlfriend and as a friend, I told Josué that this young lady and his baby needed a commitment beyond that of a girlfriend/ boyfriend relationship. Josué was very hesitant to make this type of commitment and after a lot of talking it all came down to the fact that his grandmother was totally against this marriage. A little more digging and I found out that grandmother was afraid that Josué wouldn’t taker care of her anymore if he was married. Well, several of us made the trip out to Josué’s village to meet with his grandmother and to seek her blessing for a marriage. On Wednesday she gave the blessing and last night we threw a wedding for Josué and Caryn. Please pray for them as they will be parents within just a few days.
With only a couple of work days to go, we are all realizing that we still have much to do!
There have been 22 people that have made a commitment to Jesus and have been baptized but, there are so many more that need to know Him. We have distributed tons of food but, there are still too many hungry people. There are bad houses everywhere. All of this is why this ministry will continue and we will work just like Jesus – helping one person at a time.
Marc
There are now 4 new Christians in the community of Santa Ana, another family has a new house, there are over 200 families that have food in their houses, and my friend Josué is married.
Several years ago, six to be exact, I met a 15 year old kid that worked at the airport as a luggage hustler – (one of the people that grabs your bags out of your hands and wants to take it to your car or bus to get a tip.) That year we at TORCH hired Josué to work summers for us. He is a great worker and was always willing to do anything we needed. Even without much education, Josué was learning English and is now fluent. The second year that he worked with us, Josué became a Christian. Just like all of us, he has struggled with his walk with Jesus. Earlier this year, I saw Josué and he told me that he was going to be a dad and I asked him about his wife – he told me that it was just a girlfriend and as a friend, I told Josué that this young lady and his baby needed a commitment beyond that of a girlfriend/ boyfriend relationship. Josué was very hesitant to make this type of commitment and after a lot of talking it all came down to the fact that his grandmother was totally against this marriage. A little more digging and I found out that grandmother was afraid that Josué wouldn’t taker care of her anymore if he was married. Well, several of us made the trip out to Josué’s village to meet with his grandmother and to seek her blessing for a marriage. On Wednesday she gave the blessing and last night we threw a wedding for Josué and Caryn. Please pray for them as they will be parents within just a few days.
With only a couple of work days to go, we are all realizing that we still have much to do!
There have been 22 people that have made a commitment to Jesus and have been baptized but, there are so many more that need to know Him. We have distributed tons of food but, there are still too many hungry people. There are bad houses everywhere. All of this is why this ministry will continue and we will work just like Jesus – helping one person at a time.
Marc
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Great Days in Honduras
Tuesday & Wednesday have been wonderful – best described as two great days in Honduras. We worked both days in Los Pinos and the results have been amazing to say the least. In the past two days, we’ve built 6 houses, passed out over 100 bags of food in a very poor community, held a ladies class, sent about 20 people to spend time with children in Hospital Esquala, sent several teams into the community to tell the good news, and have seen 10 people become Christians. Simply amazing what our God can do and we are blessed to be a part of his plan.
In Los Pinos, the people that have new houses are so grateful for the chance to have a dry place to live with their families. One new house was built for a very young single mother, another for a family of 10, another for an elderly lady in a wheel chair, another for a lady that was going to lose her rental house on Monday the 31st. We can all tell you so many stories about people we have met that have had their prayers answered by the team that you sent to Honduras. When we finish a house, the people always know where the credit goes, they give the thanks and the credit to our God.
It is now early Thursday morning and we are all dreading the end of our mission. Sorry folks, we all just want to stay and continue to serve.
Over the next few days, we’ll continue to build, feed, love, and teach. All in the name of Jesus. Please continue to pray for our team. So far we have been very blessed with no major cases of Hondo Revenge, nothing more than a few scratches and mosquito bites. Pray for our evangelism team and for our safety.
We are all set for “Another Great Day in Honduras”
Marc
In Los Pinos, the people that have new houses are so grateful for the chance to have a dry place to live with their families. One new house was built for a very young single mother, another for a family of 10, another for an elderly lady in a wheel chair, another for a lady that was going to lose her rental house on Monday the 31st. We can all tell you so many stories about people we have met that have had their prayers answered by the team that you sent to Honduras. When we finish a house, the people always know where the credit goes, they give the thanks and the credit to our God.
It is now early Thursday morning and we are all dreading the end of our mission. Sorry folks, we all just want to stay and continue to serve.
Over the next few days, we’ll continue to build, feed, love, and teach. All in the name of Jesus. Please continue to pray for our team. So far we have been very blessed with no major cases of Hondo Revenge, nothing more than a few scratches and mosquito bites. Pray for our evangelism team and for our safety.
We are all set for “Another Great Day in Honduras”
Marc
Monday, July 24, 2006
Sunday & Monday
Sunday started with a bus ride to Santa Ana where we attended worship in the building that our team build last summer. It was amazing to see the 200+ people worshiping in a place that was a bare plot of land only a year ago. Our worship finished with the baptism of the brother of the young man that chose Jesus on Saturday.
From Santa Ana, we travelled into Tegucigalpa to eat in an area that we like to call the "Campero's Area". All good food from chicken to pizza to burgers. From Campero's we were off to the Valley of Angels for shopping and relaxation. We then went to Santa Lucia for our evening devotional. That was in the oldest standing church building in the America's. Built in 1531 with no nails, it is a beautiful building and the singing there was incredible. While we were in the devotional, a couple of folks were studying with one of our bus drivers and the study was well. After the devoyional, we found out that Franklin wanted to become a Christian and plans were made to baptize him. What a great finish to a wonderful day.
On Monday we sent three building teams to Los Pinos. This is a community where a church was planted 3 years ago and it is great to report that the congregation is doing very well. The building teams built while groups went up on the mountain to invite the ladies of the community to a women's bible study an the children were invited to VBS. The bible study resulted in a new Christian in Los Pinos. All in all it was a Great day in Los Pinos.
While the Los Pinos crews were making things happen there, there were a few that went to conduct a bible study with Mario and his family. This is the same MArio that I wrote about a few weeks ago. Turns out that MArio and the mother of his children had never been married and wanted to do that before they became Christians. We were able to pull together a wedding in about 30 minutes and smiles were everywhere. Immediately after the wedding, Mario and his wife confessed the name of Jesus and entered the waters of baptism. God is good! All the time!.
There were also teams that worked on packing food and some that went to Hospital Esquala to be Jesus to the children there. The food team packed over 5000 pounds of food and the hospital team came back emotionally drained. Please pray for everyone that goes to work in this hospital ministry. It is a very emotional day but, the smiles of the children tell me that they see Jesus in the people that are spending time with them.
Sorry for the shortage of blogs so far. Getting the internet to cooporate is sometimes a "welcome to Honduras" thing.
Pray for our team while we " have another great day in Honduras"
Marc
From Santa Ana, we travelled into Tegucigalpa to eat in an area that we like to call the "Campero's Area". All good food from chicken to pizza to burgers. From Campero's we were off to the Valley of Angels for shopping and relaxation. We then went to Santa Lucia for our evening devotional. That was in the oldest standing church building in the America's. Built in 1531 with no nails, it is a beautiful building and the singing there was incredible. While we were in the devotional, a couple of folks were studying with one of our bus drivers and the study was well. After the devoyional, we found out that Franklin wanted to become a Christian and plans were made to baptize him. What a great finish to a wonderful day.
On Monday we sent three building teams to Los Pinos. This is a community where a church was planted 3 years ago and it is great to report that the congregation is doing very well. The building teams built while groups went up on the mountain to invite the ladies of the community to a women's bible study an the children were invited to VBS. The bible study resulted in a new Christian in Los Pinos. All in all it was a Great day in Los Pinos.
While the Los Pinos crews were making things happen there, there were a few that went to conduct a bible study with Mario and his family. This is the same MArio that I wrote about a few weeks ago. Turns out that MArio and the mother of his children had never been married and wanted to do that before they became Christians. We were able to pull together a wedding in about 30 minutes and smiles were everywhere. Immediately after the wedding, Mario and his wife confessed the name of Jesus and entered the waters of baptism. God is good! All the time!.
There were also teams that worked on packing food and some that went to Hospital Esquala to be Jesus to the children there. The food team packed over 5000 pounds of food and the hospital team came back emotionally drained. Please pray for everyone that goes to work in this hospital ministry. It is a very emotional day but, the smiles of the children tell me that they see Jesus in the people that are spending time with them.
Sorry for the shortage of blogs so far. Getting the internet to cooporate is sometimes a "welcome to Honduras" thing.
Pray for our team while we " have another great day in Honduras"
Marc
Sunday, July 23, 2006
saturday
What a day! Our team started as usual with breakfast & morning devotional and we were out the gate by 8:40. We made it all of 1/4 mile before one of our buses broke down and we had to have the other bus return to help out. Al ended well and we repaired the bus and travelled on out to Santa Ana where our teams worked throughout the community. The dental clinic went as smoothly as any clinic as I've ever seen. We had new people - that had never gone into a community to tell people about Jesus - doing just that. There were over 50 at the 2:00 PM bible study and there were 2 new Christians at the end of the day.
The two houses were beautiful works and two new families are now dry and warm - all because God provided the resources for his work to be done. There were teams that worked with the childrens home - some people painted and others were just being Jesus to the children in Santa Ana. You had to be there to see just how awesome it really was. You can be proud of the work that the people that you have sent to work - this is a wonderful group of people!
Last night we tried to get in to "El Picacho" the statue of Jesus that looks out over Tegucigalpa. Normally, our teams are able to easily get in at night but - "welcome to Honduras" the gates were locked so we ended up having our evening devotional behind the statue- nevertheless - it was a great close to the first day that the whole team was able to work together.
Saturday was a "Great Day in Honduras".
Marc
The two houses were beautiful works and two new families are now dry and warm - all because God provided the resources for his work to be done. There were teams that worked with the childrens home - some people painted and others were just being Jesus to the children in Santa Ana. You had to be there to see just how awesome it really was. You can be proud of the work that the people that you have sent to work - this is a wonderful group of people!
Last night we tried to get in to "El Picacho" the statue of Jesus that looks out over Tegucigalpa. Normally, our teams are able to easily get in at night but - "welcome to Honduras" the gates were locked so we ended up having our evening devotional behind the statue- nevertheless - it was a great close to the first day that the whole team was able to work together.
Saturday was a "Great Day in Honduras".
Marc
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Everyone is Here
This is Nicole posting again for my dad. Sorry to have kept all of you anxious moms waiting so long to know that your babies mede it safely. The group from St. Louis arrived on Thursday, and only one bag was missing. It was so good to see everyone. We enjoyed a lunch Church's Chicken. Fried Chicken seems to be a staple of the eating out diet here. wherever there is a Church's, there is also a Popeye's, a KFC, and a Honduran place called Campero's all on the same road. On thursday night my dad talked about what faith is and how we will see faith in people of HOnduras that we won't even imagine. We will see people with no food and no money to buy food, but they have such a strong faith that God will provide for them. It was a great day.
On Friday, the group went to Santa Ana, a town about 45 minutes outside of Tegucigalpa. Last year a piece of property was bought here. There is now a clinic, a church, and a children's home with five precious little boy (the children's home just opened) A few of the ladies and Ben from Ft. Laderdale worked in a dental clinic. Most of the people got their bad teeth removed. It was neat to see the kids smiling even after teeth had been yanked out of their head. The rest of the group from St. Louis went with Mark Connell, a youth minister from Birmingham that spends his summers down here working for the Lord, to build a house. This was a house site that the preacher at the local church picked out. If I understand correctly, the family that had lived there had lost their house to a fire. They had a roof over their head last night which is awesome because it rained pretty hard for part of the night.
While the group was working hard and serving the Lord, my dad and I went to the airport to pick up everyone that came in from everywhere else. As soon as they were off the plane and through security, they loaded the buses and went to Santa Ana to meet the rest of the group. Many of this group came last summer and saw what the land here looked like. All were amazed to see how their hard work had paid off and that those sidewalks they built really did go somewhere. They spent their time entertaining the kids that just wanted to hang around the clinic as well as playing outside with the boys at Casa de Esperanza, the children's home.
Back at the Mission House, everyone found their way to their room before dinner. The lovely staff at the Mission House served us with delicious Honduran cuisine. At devo we talked about taking care of the poor and needy both here and at home. We also shared where we found Jesus. Many people see Jesus in the eyes of the kids. It is so easy to see Jesus in these children. They are so willing to love complete strangers, and they have no reason at all to trust and love us but they do. That is a lesson that we can all learn from them: Love whether you know the person or not. Well it was another great day in Honduras.
Today we will be building 2 houses, having another day of a dental clinic, and Wesley Thompson and his crew will be going into the community to tell the pepole about Jesus. I will write more on that when the day ends.
On Friday, the group went to Santa Ana, a town about 45 minutes outside of Tegucigalpa. Last year a piece of property was bought here. There is now a clinic, a church, and a children's home with five precious little boy (the children's home just opened) A few of the ladies and Ben from Ft. Laderdale worked in a dental clinic. Most of the people got their bad teeth removed. It was neat to see the kids smiling even after teeth had been yanked out of their head. The rest of the group from St. Louis went with Mark Connell, a youth minister from Birmingham that spends his summers down here working for the Lord, to build a house. This was a house site that the preacher at the local church picked out. If I understand correctly, the family that had lived there had lost their house to a fire. They had a roof over their head last night which is awesome because it rained pretty hard for part of the night.
While the group was working hard and serving the Lord, my dad and I went to the airport to pick up everyone that came in from everywhere else. As soon as they were off the plane and through security, they loaded the buses and went to Santa Ana to meet the rest of the group. Many of this group came last summer and saw what the land here looked like. All were amazed to see how their hard work had paid off and that those sidewalks they built really did go somewhere. They spent their time entertaining the kids that just wanted to hang around the clinic as well as playing outside with the boys at Casa de Esperanza, the children's home.
Back at the Mission House, everyone found their way to their room before dinner. The lovely staff at the Mission House served us with delicious Honduran cuisine. At devo we talked about taking care of the poor and needy both here and at home. We also shared where we found Jesus. Many people see Jesus in the eyes of the kids. It is so easy to see Jesus in these children. They are so willing to love complete strangers, and they have no reason at all to trust and love us but they do. That is a lesson that we can all learn from them: Love whether you know the person or not. Well it was another great day in Honduras.
Today we will be building 2 houses, having another day of a dental clinic, and Wesley Thompson and his crew will be going into the community to tell the pepole about Jesus. I will write more on that when the day ends.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Ready
FYI this is Nicole, Marc's daugher, posting. I have been here since the end of May. Everyone is so excited about "Don Marco's" group coming. It is going to be a great trip. I am excited for each person that has never been here before. Your eyes will be opened and your hearts will be broken. For those who have come before, I gauruntee that it will be better this year than last. If you got to work in Santa Ana, you will be able to see where all of your labor went. This property is beautiful. We will even go to the church there on Sunday. I can't wait for all of you to get here. I will be waiting at the airport to give each of you a big hug.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Work Plans
Here is a daily summary of our work plans - just know that Honduras has a way of making plans change.
20 Group from St Louis Arrives. Food Packing & Clinic Prep
21 St Louis group in clinic & work at Casa de Esperanza All others arrive- Food Packing & House building clinic.
22 Dental Clinic Evangelism House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm
23 Worship at Santa Ana Valley of Angels
24 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Esq
25 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
26 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
27 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s HmBlind School Jimmy Hughes
28 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital
29 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
30 Worship TBD St Louis departs Group to work at Santa Ana
31 All others depart.
20 Group from St Louis Arrives. Food Packing & Clinic Prep
21 St Louis group in clinic & work at Casa de Esperanza All others arrive- Food Packing & House building clinic.
22 Dental Clinic Evangelism House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm
23 Worship at Santa Ana Valley of Angels
24 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Esq
25 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
26 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
27 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s HmBlind School Jimmy Hughes
28 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital
29 Evangelism VBS House Building Food Distribution Children’s Hm Hospital Women’s - Ministry
30 Worship TBD St Louis departs Group to work at Santa Ana
31 All others depart.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Next Week
Next Week –
Wow! All of us can officially say that we’ll be heading to Hondo NEXT WEEK.
For all of you that are new to this, I won’t even begin to try to describe what this is going to do to you, for you, and throw at you. You are going to experience a wide range of emotions and at the end, joy will prevail.
For those of you heading to your second trip to Honduras, well, all i can tell you is that this year will be better than last year....same thing for those of you that have been on many missions – every one is better than the one before. Funny how God works that way, it’s what keeps us coming back – time and time again and loving every minute of it.
Mom’s & Dad’s that are worried about their kiddos – don’t! We will take care of them and deliver them back to you – better than before. God is going to turn their lives upside down. Some of you are going to have your kids come home telling you that they want to change majors and become missionaries.
While I’m on the subject of worried folks, here is my cell number in Honduras –
011 504 351 8214
If you call it from your home phone, dial the number exactly as it is listed above. You will get a big surprise on your next phone bill – about $3.00 or more per minute. This is an emergency number and you shouldn’t expect to call it and get connected to your child. I will deliver the message. Phones are scarce in Honduras and it is expensive to call back to the states. There may be one or two occasions that your child will have access to an internet phone – anyway, we’re only gone for 10 days and you can keep up with everything we are doing on this web site. You can also attach a message and we will print them and make sure that your favorite person gets your message.
Okay everybody, lets get lots of rest, lots of prayer time, and keep up the excitement for next week. Our God has big plans for this team and great things are bout to happen.
Let’s go have a great day in Honduras,
Marc
Wow! All of us can officially say that we’ll be heading to Hondo NEXT WEEK.
For all of you that are new to this, I won’t even begin to try to describe what this is going to do to you, for you, and throw at you. You are going to experience a wide range of emotions and at the end, joy will prevail.
For those of you heading to your second trip to Honduras, well, all i can tell you is that this year will be better than last year....same thing for those of you that have been on many missions – every one is better than the one before. Funny how God works that way, it’s what keeps us coming back – time and time again and loving every minute of it.
Mom’s & Dad’s that are worried about their kiddos – don’t! We will take care of them and deliver them back to you – better than before. God is going to turn their lives upside down. Some of you are going to have your kids come home telling you that they want to change majors and become missionaries.
While I’m on the subject of worried folks, here is my cell number in Honduras –
011 504 351 8214
If you call it from your home phone, dial the number exactly as it is listed above. You will get a big surprise on your next phone bill – about $3.00 or more per minute. This is an emergency number and you shouldn’t expect to call it and get connected to your child. I will deliver the message. Phones are scarce in Honduras and it is expensive to call back to the states. There may be one or two occasions that your child will have access to an internet phone – anyway, we’re only gone for 10 days and you can keep up with everything we are doing on this web site. You can also attach a message and we will print them and make sure that your favorite person gets your message.
Okay everybody, lets get lots of rest, lots of prayer time, and keep up the excitement for next week. Our God has big plans for this team and great things are bout to happen.
Let’s go have a great day in Honduras,
Marc
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Mario
In Honduras over the weekend I saw our God in action!
Imagine if you can living on a rock......not rocky soil but, a mountainside that is solid rock. If you were in a house (American style) then, it wouldn’t be too bad, but this was in Honduras and the living conditions were not anything like we are accustomed to.
Living on the rock was a little family – The family of Mario, his wife & their three beautiful children. The Mario family had a shelter that was three sided – it had a stick frame and was covered in plastic sheeting. The cover for the front of the “house” was a blanket. Inside was the rock floor, an old thin mattress, a couple of extra pieces of clothing, not much else. The obvious missing element for life was food – this family had absolutely no food.
I was able to see all of this because I was there on the day that Mario and his family were getting a new house. Mario had somehow met someone from the Tupelo, MS TORCH team and told them about his current bad situation. Mario needed a house NOW because if he couldn’t improve the living situation for his children, the government was going to come and take them away. I think that it was on Thursday that he told the Mississippi folks about his situation and he only had until Tuesday to get a new house. Mario had been making adobe blocks for about two months with plans to build his own place. Since Mario owned basically nothing, he was able to only make one or two adobe blocks a day and at that rate, it might be a year for him to get the one room house built. Mario’s situation became desperate when he was told that he didn’t have a year to provide shelter for his kids – he was down to days.
Well, Mario prayed and our God delivered! He used the arms and legs of the TORCH team form Tupelo to answer Mario’s prayers. Mario got a house and his kids can stay with the family.
The really cool thing about this is that Mario knew exactly who delivered his house and he gave credit to our God for bringing he & his family a new place to live.
Imagine if you can living on a rock......not rocky soil but, a mountainside that is solid rock. If you were in a house (American style) then, it wouldn’t be too bad, but this was in Honduras and the living conditions were not anything like we are accustomed to.
Living on the rock was a little family – The family of Mario, his wife & their three beautiful children. The Mario family had a shelter that was three sided – it had a stick frame and was covered in plastic sheeting. The cover for the front of the “house” was a blanket. Inside was the rock floor, an old thin mattress, a couple of extra pieces of clothing, not much else. The obvious missing element for life was food – this family had absolutely no food.
I was able to see all of this because I was there on the day that Mario and his family were getting a new house. Mario had somehow met someone from the Tupelo, MS TORCH team and told them about his current bad situation. Mario needed a house NOW because if he couldn’t improve the living situation for his children, the government was going to come and take them away. I think that it was on Thursday that he told the Mississippi folks about his situation and he only had until Tuesday to get a new house. Mario had been making adobe blocks for about two months with plans to build his own place. Since Mario owned basically nothing, he was able to only make one or two adobe blocks a day and at that rate, it might be a year for him to get the one room house built. Mario’s situation became desperate when he was told that he didn’t have a year to provide shelter for his kids – he was down to days.
Well, Mario prayed and our God delivered! He used the arms and legs of the TORCH team form Tupelo to answer Mario’s prayers. Mario got a house and his kids can stay with the family.
The really cool thing about this is that Mario knew exactly who delivered his house and he gave credit to our God for bringing he & his family a new place to live.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
A Month Away
This morning we are waking to a hot day - at least here in Memphis. The predicted high temp in Memphis is 97 and I gotta tell you, that isn't a dry heat! 97 degrees in Memphis, TN is as hot as you ever want to be. I'm just happy that I'm able to adjust the a/c setting down to 72 and stay comfortable - because comfort is what it's all about isn't it? Well.....isn't it?
I guess it really depends on how you choose to look at it. If making others comfortable is what you are thinking - then you are on the right track.
As we spend this last month preparing our hearts to serve the people of Honduras, I'd like to tell you a story of what happened a few years ago. A story that still makes me tear up every time that I think about it.......
My first experience with TORCH was in 2001. My group was about 17 and we joined another 21 or 22 people from Florida and the experience was awesome. The next year, my group had grown to about 45 and that was the first year I really led a TORCH team. If you have been with me from the beginning, you all know that I place a very heavy emphasis on raising money for benevolence - my experience in 2002 is the reason why.
In 2002, we were not any different than any other TORCH team, we built houses, packed food, taught VBS, worked in hospitals & orphanages, and took the good news of Jesus to people on the mountain. One thing that was different though was the fact that we used all of our house building money in about 6 days. Our little team had built a record number of houses but, that didn't change the fact that we had no mas dinero por nuevo casas (no more money for new houses). Well, it seems that everybody on our team wanted to go back into an area where we had built a lot of houses that year - to say good-by to the friends that they had made on the mountain. While we were on the mountain, a young woman came to me and she was holding her 8 or 10 day old baby. She asked me to help her buy milk for the baby - I agreed and we walked together to the pulperia (a neighborhood market). I bought milk and some food for her and told her that I would help her carry the load to her house. When we arrived at her house, I saw that it was built on the slope of the mountain - because of that, there was an open space under the house. I noticed a mattress and other things in the area under the house and that is when this young woman told me that her home was the space under the house. She lived there with her 10 day old baby and her 2 year old.
I cried. There was nothing that I could do because I was out of money for a house. I left the mountain that day haunted by the fact that a mother and her 10 day old baby and her 2 year old were left to live in conditions that we wouldn't allow a dog to live in. I made a promise to myself that I would never be on the mountain without the resources to build a house.
We have remained true to that promise!
Remember, this mission isn't about you. It isn't about making yourself feel good - because you went out to help somebody. It is about serving Jesus through serving others. It is about being his hands and his feet. It is about bringing glory to the God we serve.
Get ready for a great day in Honduras!
I guess it really depends on how you choose to look at it. If making others comfortable is what you are thinking - then you are on the right track.
As we spend this last month preparing our hearts to serve the people of Honduras, I'd like to tell you a story of what happened a few years ago. A story that still makes me tear up every time that I think about it.......
My first experience with TORCH was in 2001. My group was about 17 and we joined another 21 or 22 people from Florida and the experience was awesome. The next year, my group had grown to about 45 and that was the first year I really led a TORCH team. If you have been with me from the beginning, you all know that I place a very heavy emphasis on raising money for benevolence - my experience in 2002 is the reason why.
In 2002, we were not any different than any other TORCH team, we built houses, packed food, taught VBS, worked in hospitals & orphanages, and took the good news of Jesus to people on the mountain. One thing that was different though was the fact that we used all of our house building money in about 6 days. Our little team had built a record number of houses but, that didn't change the fact that we had no mas dinero por nuevo casas (no more money for new houses). Well, it seems that everybody on our team wanted to go back into an area where we had built a lot of houses that year - to say good-by to the friends that they had made on the mountain. While we were on the mountain, a young woman came to me and she was holding her 8 or 10 day old baby. She asked me to help her buy milk for the baby - I agreed and we walked together to the pulperia (a neighborhood market). I bought milk and some food for her and told her that I would help her carry the load to her house. When we arrived at her house, I saw that it was built on the slope of the mountain - because of that, there was an open space under the house. I noticed a mattress and other things in the area under the house and that is when this young woman told me that her home was the space under the house. She lived there with her 10 day old baby and her 2 year old.
I cried. There was nothing that I could do because I was out of money for a house. I left the mountain that day haunted by the fact that a mother and her 10 day old baby and her 2 year old were left to live in conditions that we wouldn't allow a dog to live in. I made a promise to myself that I would never be on the mountain without the resources to build a house.
We have remained true to that promise!
Remember, this mission isn't about you. It isn't about making yourself feel good - because you went out to help somebody. It is about serving Jesus through serving others. It is about being his hands and his feet. It is about bringing glory to the God we serve.
Get ready for a great day in Honduras!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Pray!
Many of you are going to be so far out of your element in Honduras that it would be impossible to describe the sights, smells, and the atmosphere of the extremes that you will encounter. Even if you have been to other third world countries, you won’t understand what you are about to encounter until you are there. You will be blessed more than you can imagine as you work for Jesus in a land that doesn’t seem to have much hope. You will discover that even in this land, there is much hope, but the hopes are different that those that we’ve become accustomed to. You will meet a people that are happy with simple things and that don’t have an attitude that life owes them something. They will be very grateful for the work that you are doing – even if it is for their neighbor. They will recognize that the service that you are doing is form God and they will give God praise for what you are doing. We need to remember that everything we do is for the glory of our Savior and every person we serve is really Jesus himself. He said so in Matthew 25.
It is very important in the weeks leading up to our work together that we focus daily on a period of prayer – specifically for our work. Following is a daily prayer list that is certainly not the totality of what we should be praying for – but, just a starting point. Share this list with your friends & family so that they can pray for our work with us.
June 13 – The rainy season is in full force right now. Pray that the poor people living on the mountain can find a dry place to sleep.
June 14 – There are hungry children in Nuevo Oriental that will wake up with nothing for their stomachs today. Pray that they will be filled.
June 15 – There is a sick child in the poor hospital – Hospital Esquala. This baby is hurting and alone because the mom has many other children to care for and no one to care for them. Pray that Jesus will comfort this child.
June 16 – Karen & Jen are missionaries working at Casa de Esperanza – the House of Hope – a new children’s home. Thank God for them and pray that He will uplift them.
June 17 – Pray for God to soften hearts for hearing his word.
June 18 – Noel Aragon & his wife live & work in Santa Ana. Noel is the preacher in a new church there. Pray that the seeds that he sows will be on fertile soil.
June 19 – Pray for the Tupelo group traveling to Honduras today.
June 20 – We are 30 days from leaving. Pray that God will pour out blessing on us and provide the resources that we will need to do the work that he has planned for us.
June 21 - Pray for Mark & Joe as they provide assistance to our teams.
June 22 – Today there are people in areas that we will work that are praying for a new house. Pray that we will be God’s tools in answering their prayers.
June 23 – Pray for the Mi Esperanza program that trains women in the skills they need to get a job and support their kids.
June 24 – Pray for the children that are left alone on the mountain while their parents work or look for food.
June 25 – Pray that there will be clean water for the people on the mountain.
June 26 – Pray that our eyes will be opened to the needs of the world around us.
June 27 – Pray that God will be glorified by the work of our team.
June 28 – Pray that our evangelical team will be ready.
June 29 – Pray for the children at the Special Needs Orphanage.
June 30 – This morning there are more than 50 people going through the garbage at the Tegucigalpa dump looking for food. Pray that they will be fed.
July 1 – Pray that water trucks can get into the community of Los Pinos. Sometimes the roads are washed out and the people have no water for weeks.
July 2 – Pray that Casa de Esperanza will be a place of refuge for children.
July 3 – Pray that God will send workers year round and that we will learn to become year-round servants.
July 4 – Pray for the USA. Pray that we will be a Godly nation.
July 5 – Pray specifically for everyone you know that is going to be on our team. Pray for them by name.
July 6 – Ask our God to help all of us to get “out of our comfort zone”.
July 7 – Pray for the churches in Mololoa, Los Pinos, Santa Ana, Nuevo Oriental, Valle de Angels – all are plants that are less than 5 years old.
July 8 – Pray for the kids on the mountain that are infected with some sort of parasite. (FYI, every kid on the mountain has some sort of parasite – it comes from bad water)
July 9 – Pray for unity on our team.
July 10 – Pray for the students at Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa. They are dedicating their lives to becoming ministers.
July 11 - Pray for the children at Good Shepherd & Jimmy Hughes children’s homes.
July 12 – Pray for the Baxter students that are teaching in the prison ministry program.
July 13 – Pray that we will follow when God reveals his will for us.
July 14 – Ask God to provide food for the hungry of Honduras.
July 15 – Thank our God for using us to answer prayers. Ask him to help us remember who our Father is as we work.
July 16 – Ask our God for strength to do more than we can imagine.
July 17 – Ask God to help us to all remember the feelings of the people that we are going to serve. Help us to be the hands & the feet of Jesus.
July 18 – Ask God to help us to leave our worries behind and to focus entirely on the work before us.
July 19 – Today I thank God for mom & dad Tindall. They were new parents 50 years ago today (me). I will pray for them as they prepare to travel & work with our team in Honduras.
July 20 – Pray for the safety of our team.
Feel free to add your own prayer request to the comment section of this report.
I’m looking forward to great days in Honduras!
Marc
It is very important in the weeks leading up to our work together that we focus daily on a period of prayer – specifically for our work. Following is a daily prayer list that is certainly not the totality of what we should be praying for – but, just a starting point. Share this list with your friends & family so that they can pray for our work with us.
June 13 – The rainy season is in full force right now. Pray that the poor people living on the mountain can find a dry place to sleep.
June 14 – There are hungry children in Nuevo Oriental that will wake up with nothing for their stomachs today. Pray that they will be filled.
June 15 – There is a sick child in the poor hospital – Hospital Esquala. This baby is hurting and alone because the mom has many other children to care for and no one to care for them. Pray that Jesus will comfort this child.
June 16 – Karen & Jen are missionaries working at Casa de Esperanza – the House of Hope – a new children’s home. Thank God for them and pray that He will uplift them.
June 17 – Pray for God to soften hearts for hearing his word.
June 18 – Noel Aragon & his wife live & work in Santa Ana. Noel is the preacher in a new church there. Pray that the seeds that he sows will be on fertile soil.
June 19 – Pray for the Tupelo group traveling to Honduras today.
June 20 – We are 30 days from leaving. Pray that God will pour out blessing on us and provide the resources that we will need to do the work that he has planned for us.
June 21 - Pray for Mark & Joe as they provide assistance to our teams.
June 22 – Today there are people in areas that we will work that are praying for a new house. Pray that we will be God’s tools in answering their prayers.
June 23 – Pray for the Mi Esperanza program that trains women in the skills they need to get a job and support their kids.
June 24 – Pray for the children that are left alone on the mountain while their parents work or look for food.
June 25 – Pray that there will be clean water for the people on the mountain.
June 26 – Pray that our eyes will be opened to the needs of the world around us.
June 27 – Pray that God will be glorified by the work of our team.
June 28 – Pray that our evangelical team will be ready.
June 29 – Pray for the children at the Special Needs Orphanage.
June 30 – This morning there are more than 50 people going through the garbage at the Tegucigalpa dump looking for food. Pray that they will be fed.
July 1 – Pray that water trucks can get into the community of Los Pinos. Sometimes the roads are washed out and the people have no water for weeks.
July 2 – Pray that Casa de Esperanza will be a place of refuge for children.
July 3 – Pray that God will send workers year round and that we will learn to become year-round servants.
July 4 – Pray for the USA. Pray that we will be a Godly nation.
July 5 – Pray specifically for everyone you know that is going to be on our team. Pray for them by name.
July 6 – Ask our God to help all of us to get “out of our comfort zone”.
July 7 – Pray for the churches in Mololoa, Los Pinos, Santa Ana, Nuevo Oriental, Valle de Angels – all are plants that are less than 5 years old.
July 8 – Pray for the kids on the mountain that are infected with some sort of parasite. (FYI, every kid on the mountain has some sort of parasite – it comes from bad water)
July 9 – Pray for unity on our team.
July 10 – Pray for the students at Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa. They are dedicating their lives to becoming ministers.
July 11 - Pray for the children at Good Shepherd & Jimmy Hughes children’s homes.
July 12 – Pray for the Baxter students that are teaching in the prison ministry program.
July 13 – Pray that we will follow when God reveals his will for us.
July 14 – Ask God to provide food for the hungry of Honduras.
July 15 – Thank our God for using us to answer prayers. Ask him to help us remember who our Father is as we work.
July 16 – Ask our God for strength to do more than we can imagine.
July 17 – Ask God to help us to all remember the feelings of the people that we are going to serve. Help us to be the hands & the feet of Jesus.
July 18 – Ask God to help us to leave our worries behind and to focus entirely on the work before us.
July 19 – Today I thank God for mom & dad Tindall. They were new parents 50 years ago today (me). I will pray for them as they prepare to travel & work with our team in Honduras.
July 20 – Pray for the safety of our team.
Feel free to add your own prayer request to the comment section of this report.
I’m looking forward to great days in Honduras!
Marc
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
June Planning
Everything is shaping up for an outstanding mission. Here we are - just a little over a month away from our departure. We will be a little over 60 strong and our plans will include working with children's homes in several areas. We will be working on the completion of a playground at the Jimmy Hughes home, painting at the new Casa de Esperanza home, and having a pizza party at another home. We'll be working with the new church in Santa Ana - where we will also build some houses. There will be a couple of days of dental clinics and daily teams at Hospital Esquala. There are plans to build at least 15 houses and more if we can. There will be great periods of devotion, and smiles & tears of joy. You will meet some of the best people that you can imagine and it is likely that your heart will be broken by what you see and from thinking about the conditions of the people that you are going to serve.
Get your stuff together and start stashing away a few goods that will be well used by the families that we will be working with. Go to the dollar store and buy aspirin, generic tylenol, and generic advil. We need children's chewable vitamins, antibiotic cream, anti-itch cream. You can get all of this at dollar tree and the people on the mountain will really appreciate it.
Pray every day for our mission and ask your friends and family to do that too.
Remember to ask God to bless us with the resources that we'll need to serve the people that have incredible needs. A house will cost $1,000 to build, we can box up food for 100 families for the same $1,000, we can buy a truck load of food for a children's home for about the same $1,000. You will be amazed at how people will welcome the opportunity to help others - all you gotta do is ask.
As always, please feel free to call or email any questions.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you.
Get your stuff together and start stashing away a few goods that will be well used by the families that we will be working with. Go to the dollar store and buy aspirin, generic tylenol, and generic advil. We need children's chewable vitamins, antibiotic cream, anti-itch cream. You can get all of this at dollar tree and the people on the mountain will really appreciate it.
Pray every day for our mission and ask your friends and family to do that too.
Remember to ask God to bless us with the resources that we'll need to serve the people that have incredible needs. A house will cost $1,000 to build, we can box up food for 100 families for the same $1,000, we can buy a truck load of food for a children's home for about the same $1,000. You will be amazed at how people will welcome the opportunity to help others - all you gotta do is ask.
As always, please feel free to call or email any questions.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you.
Friday, May 05, 2006
LIst Of STUFF
List of Stuff
TORCH 2006
Following are a few of the things that everyone needs to bring.
· MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT! (Do not pack your passport in luggage to be checked)
· Make a photocopy of your passport and keep it separate from the original.
· Bring a minimum of $75 to $100 spending money. Also, you’ll need to budget $30 for departure tax from Honduras. BRING YOUR MONEY IN $20 INCREMENTS!
· Church clothes - guys need slacks and a collared shirt, gals need a dress.
· Work gloves, hammer, hat(s), sunscreen, & shoes or boots for work.
· Snacks for lunches. Peanut butter, granola bars, & power bars all work well. Think portable & think about sharing.
· Be sure to bring your Bible & a notebook to keep a daily journal.
· Canteen, backpack, and knee length shorts, (no tank tops)
· Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, Imedoium, & small first aid kit. Insect repellant , & (personal hygiene – ladies)
· pillow, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, soap, & toiletries.
· Bags of hard candy to give to kids
· Camera & Film – digital is at your own risk!
· Maximum of 2 checked bags (50 pounds each) and 1 carry-on.
· NO WALKMAN/ CD PLAYERS / MP3/ I-Pod/ etc.
· No expensive jewelry & no hoop earrings.
TORCH 2006
Following are a few of the things that everyone needs to bring.
· MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT! (Do not pack your passport in luggage to be checked)
· Make a photocopy of your passport and keep it separate from the original.
· Bring a minimum of $75 to $100 spending money. Also, you’ll need to budget $30 for departure tax from Honduras. BRING YOUR MONEY IN $20 INCREMENTS!
· Church clothes - guys need slacks and a collared shirt, gals need a dress.
· Work gloves, hammer, hat(s), sunscreen, & shoes or boots for work.
· Snacks for lunches. Peanut butter, granola bars, & power bars all work well. Think portable & think about sharing.
· Be sure to bring your Bible & a notebook to keep a daily journal.
· Canteen, backpack, and knee length shorts, (no tank tops)
· Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, Imedoium, & small first aid kit. Insect repellant , & (personal hygiene – ladies)
· pillow, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, soap, & toiletries.
· Bags of hard candy to give to kids
· Camera & Film – digital is at your own risk!
· Maximum of 2 checked bags (50 pounds each) and 1 carry-on.
· NO WALKMAN/ CD PLAYERS / MP3/ I-Pod/ etc.
· No expensive jewelry & no hoop earrings.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
BORGER, Texas
Last year the “Borger Girls” showed the rest of us how to get things done. (See the reports form July & August of 2005)
Well, I am happy to report that 4 of the 6 Borger Girls are returning and they are bringing another 8 people with them. I am excited about this because this is the church where I grew up. Borger, Texas is excited about missions and especially what TORCH is doing in Honduras.
I was able to be with my friends in Borger over the weekend as the church where I grew up was having an 80th anniversary reunion. It was really special to be with people that I haven’t seen in a very long time. I haven’t seen many of these folks in more than 20 years.
While I was in Borger I was able to meet with the team to talk about what to expect and to answer a few questions. The excitement there is contagious.
One more thing about the Borger Team that is going to make this year one of the best ever for me and my family – my mom & dad are going with us. Yep, Ma & Pa Tindall are gonna hop the plane to Hondo to build houses, feed the hungry, and to do the work that God planned for them before time began (Ephesians 2:10). This is awesome because both of my parents have been wonderful supporters and encouragers for this work and ministry for a long time. My mom is a champion of missions in Honduras and she is going to be amazed when she and dad get to see that their investment of time and money in a land that they have never seen is paying bigger dividends than they could have ever imagined. It is always a blast to go to Honduras to work with people that have never been there before but, working side by side with my parents, my wife, and my daughter will be the best ever. I can’t wait!
Looking forward to a great day (or 10) in Honduras!
Marc
Well, I am happy to report that 4 of the 6 Borger Girls are returning and they are bringing another 8 people with them. I am excited about this because this is the church where I grew up. Borger, Texas is excited about missions and especially what TORCH is doing in Honduras.
I was able to be with my friends in Borger over the weekend as the church where I grew up was having an 80th anniversary reunion. It was really special to be with people that I haven’t seen in a very long time. I haven’t seen many of these folks in more than 20 years.
While I was in Borger I was able to meet with the team to talk about what to expect and to answer a few questions. The excitement there is contagious.
One more thing about the Borger Team that is going to make this year one of the best ever for me and my family – my mom & dad are going with us. Yep, Ma & Pa Tindall are gonna hop the plane to Hondo to build houses, feed the hungry, and to do the work that God planned for them before time began (Ephesians 2:10). This is awesome because both of my parents have been wonderful supporters and encouragers for this work and ministry for a long time. My mom is a champion of missions in Honduras and she is going to be amazed when she and dad get to see that their investment of time and money in a land that they have never seen is paying bigger dividends than they could have ever imagined. It is always a blast to go to Honduras to work with people that have never been there before but, working side by side with my parents, my wife, and my daughter will be the best ever. I can’t wait!
Looking forward to a great day (or 10) in Honduras!
Marc
Monday, April 24, 2006
Tic Toc
If you read the title of this post and think of a clock, well, you are pretty perceptive! The clock is ticking and time is running down to our Summer 2006 Mission.
Next Monday is May 1 and that is the due date for your airfare. As you all know, gas prices are through the roof and that means that the airlines are also looking for any way they can find to increase revenue - even if it means raising prices on a bunch of people going to Honduras to help others. If we are late in submitting our airfare to the airlines, they will gladly ask for and expect to get more money for our tickets.
I need everyone to understand this. You need to be putting a check for $650 in the mail to our TORCH address ...about NOW!
Have you forgotten the address? Not to worry your happy little self - here it is -
TORCH MISSIONS
7948 Winchester Rd
#308
Memphis, TN 38125-2311
There you have it. Airfare needs to be in the mail this week.
Thanks,
Marc
Next Monday is May 1 and that is the due date for your airfare. As you all know, gas prices are through the roof and that means that the airlines are also looking for any way they can find to increase revenue - even if it means raising prices on a bunch of people going to Honduras to help others. If we are late in submitting our airfare to the airlines, they will gladly ask for and expect to get more money for our tickets.
I need everyone to understand this. You need to be putting a check for $650 in the mail to our TORCH address ...about NOW!
Have you forgotten the address? Not to worry your happy little self - here it is -
TORCH MISSIONS
7948 Winchester Rd
#308
Memphis, TN 38125-2311
There you have it. Airfare needs to be in the mail this week.
Thanks,
Marc
Monday, April 10, 2006
Early Reminders
Early Planning will make your Honduras experience much better. Today I’d like to give you a few tips on what to expect and what you should be doing to get ready for a great mission to Honduras.
1) We don’t run the airlines and that means we can’t guarantee that your luggage will follow you from the point where you check it to the airport in Honduras. Luggage almost always shows up on time but, I’d recommend that you bring a few essentials in your carry-on...just in case.
2) Speaking of carry-on luggage, a back-pack is an almost essential piece of equipment. If you don’t have a good one, I highly recommend getting one. I have seen some that are monsters with wheels and those just don’t work as well as the traditional ones designed to be carried on your back.
3) You still have plenty of time to learn a few words of Spanish before you leave. We will have interpreters but, the Hondurans would like to hear you stumble a few words in their own language......especially if you are from the south. There is nothing that can describe how funny it is to hear “donde esta el bano” with a southern accent.
4) While you are out and about, pick up some of the trial size Purel at the dollar store. This is really good stuff that can keep you from getting sick. Remember what your mama always told you about keeping your hands clean and away from your mouth and you are about 98% there on keeping the bad bugs away.
5) I’ll send a list of all the things that you’ll need so don’t worry too much about that. Just make sure that you are able to travel by keeping up with your passport and making sure it has at least 90 days of validity after our scheduled return of July 30th. You will not be allowed to leave if you don’t have the required days of a valid passport. This isn’t my rule, it is the airlines interpretation.
6) Are you working to raise some of the benevolent funds that we’ll need?
7) Try to find a English / Spanish version of the Bible.
8) Don’t plan to bring an I-Pod, a CD Player, a portable DVD, or any other distractions. We will sing together and I promise you won’t miss any of these things.
9) We will open a bank and keep your money safe while you are in Honduras.
As always, feel free to give me a call or an email any time that you have questions.
My email is marclt2003@yahoo.com and my cell is 901-598-0356.
Thanks,
Marc
1) We don’t run the airlines and that means we can’t guarantee that your luggage will follow you from the point where you check it to the airport in Honduras. Luggage almost always shows up on time but, I’d recommend that you bring a few essentials in your carry-on...just in case.
2) Speaking of carry-on luggage, a back-pack is an almost essential piece of equipment. If you don’t have a good one, I highly recommend getting one. I have seen some that are monsters with wheels and those just don’t work as well as the traditional ones designed to be carried on your back.
3) You still have plenty of time to learn a few words of Spanish before you leave. We will have interpreters but, the Hondurans would like to hear you stumble a few words in their own language......especially if you are from the south. There is nothing that can describe how funny it is to hear “donde esta el bano” with a southern accent.
4) While you are out and about, pick up some of the trial size Purel at the dollar store. This is really good stuff that can keep you from getting sick. Remember what your mama always told you about keeping your hands clean and away from your mouth and you are about 98% there on keeping the bad bugs away.
5) I’ll send a list of all the things that you’ll need so don’t worry too much about that. Just make sure that you are able to travel by keeping up with your passport and making sure it has at least 90 days of validity after our scheduled return of July 30th. You will not be allowed to leave if you don’t have the required days of a valid passport. This isn’t my rule, it is the airlines interpretation.
6) Are you working to raise some of the benevolent funds that we’ll need?
7) Try to find a English / Spanish version of the Bible.
8) Don’t plan to bring an I-Pod, a CD Player, a portable DVD, or any other distractions. We will sing together and I promise you won’t miss any of these things.
9) We will open a bank and keep your money safe while you are in Honduras.
As always, feel free to give me a call or an email any time that you have questions.
My email is marclt2003@yahoo.com and my cell is 901-598-0356.
Thanks,
Marc
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Noel Aragon Update
Last week I posted this -
Noel Aragon
If you were in Honduras last summer - with this TORCH Team, you would have met my friend Noel Aragon. Noel was the guy in Santa Ana that was always smiling. He is the preacher in the new church that was planted in that community.Noel is married and has two beautiful children.This past week, Noel emailed to let me know of some difficulties that he and his family have encountered. They have a 2 year old daughter and over the Christmas holidays, she fell down a flight of stairs at the apartment complex where they live. She landed hard on her face and the initial consultation with Dr's made them think she would be okay - no eye or brain damage. Now, after almost 3 months, there appears to be continuing problems and the Dr's are thinking that little Karina has broken 3 bones in her face and will require surgery. We won't know till she is able to secure more scans and see's a couple more Doctor types.Noel doesn't have the money to pay for surgery and our TORCH Team is going to do whatever it takes to take care of this child. I will keep everyone posted on what is happening and will post some pictures of little Karina as soon as possible. In the mean time, pray for her healing.I am travelling to Honduras this week and will be scouting areas for our work this summer. Please keep me in your prayers as we are planning for our mission this summer.
Marc
Here is the update -
Karina was able to go to the Doctor on Monday of this week. I will hear back from Noel shortly and know if she is going to have surgery. It appears from seeing Karina this weekend that she has recovered well from her injury and we all need to pray that she will get a great report.
Noel Aragon
If you were in Honduras last summer - with this TORCH Team, you would have met my friend Noel Aragon. Noel was the guy in Santa Ana that was always smiling. He is the preacher in the new church that was planted in that community.Noel is married and has two beautiful children.This past week, Noel emailed to let me know of some difficulties that he and his family have encountered. They have a 2 year old daughter and over the Christmas holidays, she fell down a flight of stairs at the apartment complex where they live. She landed hard on her face and the initial consultation with Dr's made them think she would be okay - no eye or brain damage. Now, after almost 3 months, there appears to be continuing problems and the Dr's are thinking that little Karina has broken 3 bones in her face and will require surgery. We won't know till she is able to secure more scans and see's a couple more Doctor types.Noel doesn't have the money to pay for surgery and our TORCH Team is going to do whatever it takes to take care of this child. I will keep everyone posted on what is happening and will post some pictures of little Karina as soon as possible. In the mean time, pray for her healing.I am travelling to Honduras this week and will be scouting areas for our work this summer. Please keep me in your prayers as we are planning for our mission this summer.
Marc
Here is the update -
Karina was able to go to the Doctor on Monday of this week. I will hear back from Noel shortly and know if she is going to have surgery. It appears from seeing Karina this weekend that she has recovered well from her injury and we all need to pray that she will get a great report.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
March Is Here
Well, March 1 has come and gone and that means two things - first, if you haven't sent an application, you are late. Let's get 'em in as soon as you can. If you plan to be a part of the July group and you haven't contacted me - DO IT NOW. The second thing that March means is that we are only 41/2 months away from our mission. WOW - this year is rapid!
Planning for this year is well under way and we - as usual are going to be right in the middle of some pretty amazing work. Our group will be a little smaller - about 75 or so - so we won't be going to 3 mountains at the same time but, that doesn't mean that the work will be any less rewarding. Our plans are to build - several houses as well as a Sunday School building in Santa Ana, we'll pack tons of food and distribute it to very hungry people, we'll be working in several days of medical clinics, the children's home- Casa de Esperanza will be open and we will have teams working there every day, Hospital Esquala will be part of our ministry, and every day we will send teams of people out to teach the Good News to the people in the communities where we are working.
I have had several questions about our work and how everything will be done - well, the best way to describe it is to outline a typical day -
We'll all get up to a beautiful morning- some of us have coffee about 6:00 and talk till breakfast at 7:00. At about 7:45 we meet for devotional and following that I make announcements about the ministry opportunities for the day. Most days we will have a construction crew that will be working on the Sunday School building and one person will be in charge of that. We'll probably average 2 houses per day and there will be crew leaders for those teams. We will have a VBS program and one or more evangelism teams. We'll send people to the hospital for ministry with the kids and we'll send a small team to Casa de Esperanza to work. There will be a food distribution team as well as medical teams. Once you know all the opportunities, you choose your work, meet up with your team leader and we all leave the mission house about 9:00 for our work. After a day of service, we all return to the mission house at about 6:00 for showers & dinner. At about 7:30 we have devotional and then we are off to bed so we can go & do it again the next day.
It always seems to come together.
If you are wondering about what shots to get - here is my answer - the most important shot is tetnis - make sure that you are up to date. Some folks get Hep A&B all good - if you plan to travel in your life, it wouldn't hurt to get those anyway. We have never encountered Maleria so I wouldn't go out and pay for those pills unless you just want to go and blow away extra money.
Please feel free to call or email anytime you have a question - and send your stuff to me ASAP.
(Pics of work from last year- the church in Santa Ana where we will build classrooms.)
Now that we are getting close, I will be updating this BLOG more often. Feel free to post comments and let everyone know about your plans, etc. Let's challenge each other to raise the bar. We all need to work together to raise the dollars that we will need to do the work that God has planned for our team. Never be afraid to ask people to join the team by supplying the funds to build a house, buy food, or send out a missionary.
Get ready for a great day in Honduras!
Marc
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
TORCH 2006
The time is here for moving beyond planning and taking action to be a part of TORCH 2006. As you know, we are big enough that we are taking 2 teams this summer. The first team will depart on June 20th and return on July 1 and the second team will be in Tegucigalpa from July 20 till July 30.
Each mission will continue the work of previous summers – building, feeding, healing, teaching, caring, loving, and growing. Jesus said to “Go and make disciples” and that is exactly what happens. You can find an application right here – on the December 1 post – it’s easy to cut & past to a word document and fill in the blanks. Attach your check and mail it as soon as possible. There are only going to be about 75 slots on the June trip so you will need to get your application to me as soon as you possibly can if you are going to go in June. The July trip will probably be more like 100 however, you can’t wait too long or you will be faced with the uncertainty of rising airfares. Get me an application before the end of February (with a deposit) and you can lock your trip in at $1250. Wait till March and I can’t promise you a fixed price.
Here is the payment timeline for June –
Applications & deposits due in my hands by February 28th.
Airfare of $650 due in my hands by May 1.
Balance due by June 1 – (including the $200 pledge for benevolent work)
The deadlines for July are the same except for the final payment & benevolent dollars – the July trip deadline for those are on July 1st.
All checks need to be made out to TORCH and mailed to the address on the application. Please understand that all payments are non-refundable – if you change your mind at the last moment – tough! The money is spent and we can’t get it back.
Get ready for “another great day in Honduras”
Marc
Each mission will continue the work of previous summers – building, feeding, healing, teaching, caring, loving, and growing. Jesus said to “Go and make disciples” and that is exactly what happens. You can find an application right here – on the December 1 post – it’s easy to cut & past to a word document and fill in the blanks. Attach your check and mail it as soon as possible. There are only going to be about 75 slots on the June trip so you will need to get your application to me as soon as you possibly can if you are going to go in June. The July trip will probably be more like 100 however, you can’t wait too long or you will be faced with the uncertainty of rising airfares. Get me an application before the end of February (with a deposit) and you can lock your trip in at $1250. Wait till March and I can’t promise you a fixed price.
Here is the payment timeline for June –
Applications & deposits due in my hands by February 28th.
Airfare of $650 due in my hands by May 1.
Balance due by June 1 – (including the $200 pledge for benevolent work)
The deadlines for July are the same except for the final payment & benevolent dollars – the July trip deadline for those are on July 1st.
All checks need to be made out to TORCH and mailed to the address on the application. Please understand that all payments are non-refundable – if you change your mind at the last moment – tough! The money is spent and we can’t get it back.
Get ready for “another great day in Honduras”
Marc
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