Honduras Mission Trip

Mission Team to Honduras 2007

DID YOU KNOW?

Honduras has a population of over 7.3 million people:

• 50% are registered to vote
• 63,000 have HIV or AIDS
• 28% are unemployed
• 45% live in extreme poverty

AND…

• Gasoline is $4 / gallon
• Minimum wage is $3.15 a day
• The national debt is $5.6 billion

For this and many more reasons St John’s Church is spending a week in Honduras his summer!  

Honduras Mission Trip
Information Sheet

The Church of Incarnation has been doing mission work in Honduras for 7 years, and works very closely with Bishop Allen and Padre Luis to ensure that they are providing services to the Honduran community that are NECESARRY and SUSTAINABLE.

St. Johns has been invited to join the Church of Incarnation on their June 2007 mission trip toHonduras.  Ally Perry and Christine Tokarz are creating a team of 3-5 people from St. John’s to go on this trip in order to “learn the ropes” of a typical mission.  Upon completion of this fact finding event the “Missionary Team” will present their experiences, findings, and recommendations to the St. John’sCommunity.

This trip presents St. John’s with a unique opportunity to explore mission work.  This will help us see more clearly the path that God wants us to take in this important area.

Important Information:

Location: Tegucigalpa (the capital) will be the main site and work location is 40 minute drive each morning / afternoon

Dates: Saturday, June 23rd – -Saturday, June 30^th 2007

Missionaries: Church of Incarnation reserves 35 spots (we have been guaranteed three of these)

Trip Leaders: John and Sandra Cude

Incarnation Mission Leader: Martha Lang, mlang@incarnation.org

Cost: $1350 per person, raised through letter writing and general fundraising.

St. John’s would prefer to pool the money for the entire team to ensure all participants are able to go.

Board: Double occupancy at Clarion Hotel in Tegucigalpa.  Running water and electricity available.

Mission Work:  There are several work teams (formed before departure) with very specific objectives:

• Construction Team: build an additional room to the existing one room school.
• School Team: Train and assist teachers at school.  Currently two teachers service 125 students
• Meal Team: Organizes, prepares, and serves lunch to approximately 200 people each day (missionaries and students)
• Medical Team: Provide basic dental, medical care to community members
• Translator Team:  All of the above teams will need translators from time to time
• Sewing Team: Visits various communities in which sewing / knitting groups make crafts to sell

Still Interested?

Each missionary must have:

• Completed Application Form
• Completed Health History Form
• Deposit $150 by March 1^st, 2007
• Full payment of $1350 by: _______________
• Medical approval
• Passport valid until December 2007

Each Missionary must be:

• 21 + years old (no exceptions)
• Physically fit and able to perform hard tasks at altitude
• Be flexible and ready to “Do God’s Will” without preconceived notions as to the work you will be doing
• Malaria Medication is highly recommended

Visions Of Sugarplums

During extended school breaks, Visions of Sugarplums provides pre-
packaged, nutritious foods to students in the Pottsboro Independent
School District who qualify for the free- or reduced-cost meal
program in the school.

VOS also provides snack packs on weekends to students whose families
are experiencing financial or other crisis.

For more information about how to help feed hungry children in
Pottsboro, please contact Rev. Virgie Holbrook, president of the VOS
Board of Directors, at holbrook@totalnet.us.

Thanks to contributions of community members, Visions of
Sugarplums World Headquarters overflowed with enough food to provide
breakfast and lunch to 114 children and teens during winter break 2006.