This is the update for the 2021 mission trip for Honduras, promised in the recent post to the www.frankforthondurasmission.org blog. Notice I said “for” Honduras, not “to” Honduras. As I mentioned in the last post, the mission team is not able to go to Honduras due to Covid 19 concerns. That does not mean, however, that a mission is not taking place. We were fortunate to have had an outstanding result from the Frosty 5K fundraiser in early December. Kudos to Debbie Brown for an outstanding job organizing that! The mission got about $9000 thanks to many dedicated contributions; the Mission Clinic Frankfort and Water With Blessings both got close to $5000. With the $9000 from the 5K plus funds we already had, a generous donation from Jack Brewer, and a contribution from The Least of the Brethren Fund, we have been able to plan a three-day mission to Tierra Blanca, an extremely poor neighborhood in Tegucigalpa. The mission will take place at the Solid Rock Church (Iglesia de Roca Solidi) in this neighborhood. A very dedicated and energetic Christian, Pastor Wilmer at the Solid Rock Church has made major improvements to his church since our team first talked last year of doing a mission there beginning last year. Our plans for this year’s mission had been to go to the Solid Rock Church if we had been able to go in person so it only made sense for us to have the Hondurans we have worked with in the past do a mission of their own for this area at about the time we usually go. Our Honduran mission partners are now extremely excited and enthusiastic about the pending mission to help their neighbors. Karla Larios, who has been assisting us for years with the logistics of our missions, has helped us put together a budget, a list of supplies, and a team of missioners to make this work. The mission will include a medical clinic with four doctors, a dental clinic with six dentists, a pharmacy with a Honduran pharmacist, patient education by a college trained nutritionist, help with clean water by Water With Blessings (https://waterwithblessings.org), many support staff, and, of course, the sharing of the Good News of Jesus. This will all happen later this week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 25, 26, and 27, 2021. The total budget for the mission is a little over $12,000; the funds been transferred, and the plans are in place for this mission to happen. I will update you in a week or so about how the mission went, and, hopefully, will also have some photos to show you.
Below are three photos. The first shows the new water filtration system installed at the Solid Rock Church in Honduras at the direction of our mission partner, Bill Drury; Bill has also donated 100 family size water filters from his Pura Vida Agua organization to be distributed at the time of the mission. These filters can be shared by 2-4 families. Thanks, Bill! The second image shows lower level of the church where the medical clinic and pharmacy will likely be. In this image you see Pastor Wilmer on the right, and Daulton Hines, the water system installer, on the left. The church is built on a hillside and sits back further with each level it goes up as you can see in the schematic below (third image) by Jim Burris. Blessings to all, Roger
