Why Support a Mission to Honduras?

Are you spoiled? I like to think that I'm not, but in reality I am. Have you ever heard yourself spouting that your house wasn't big enough, you want new carpet, you need a new car, and you don't have enough money? Some of these things have been classified by our American lifestyle as a need instead of just something desired. That's spoiled. For most of us the basic needs of shelter, clothing, food, and clean water, has expanded to the best and biggest house, designer clothing, gourmet food, and the best brand name bottled water.

In contrast, the Honduran people have struggles to just have the basic needs. They have to be concerned whether their little shack of a home will withstand the next tropical storm, or flash flood. Sanitation isn't always easy when your floor is dirt. The color or designer of clothing are given no thought. What to have for dinner is a basic need question, rather than "I don't know what I feel like eating." Which bottled water to choose isn't a question. Any clean water is a luxury.

A mission team of ordinary people are going to San Pedro Sula, Honduras,on July 11 - 18, 2009. This group is made up of people of all ages from Kennesaw First Baptist Church, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Why do they want to go? It is the desire to help people. It is the desire to give to the Honduran people the extra help they need to just have a comfortable, healthy life. It is the desire to show them and teach them of God's love. A general list of things the group will be doing, follows:

Working with local feeding centers Ministering in daycare centers Working with our partnering church, Jerusalem Baptist Crusades in local schools and at the new church site Construction project with Jerusalem Baptist and their daughter church (possible) VBS at day care centers and churches (possible)

Will this mission experience be entirely a one way sharing? Absolutely not! We will have some very important life lessons to learn. The Honduran people are known for their happy, friendly disposition. Is this because they have so much? No. They have so little in material blessings. Yet many have discovered the real source of peace and satisfaction in life. They have discovered Jesus Christ.

You may not be able to go to Honduras on a mission trip, but you can support the mission team, and help the Honduran people. In this time of a tough economy, you may be thinking you don't have any extra to give. We have set up a web site in support of this mission project to explain more about the needs of the Honduran people, and the needs of the mission team to be able to make this trip a reality. Through this site you will be able to do your Christmas shopping, not paying any more than the retailer normally charges, but have a percentage given back to the group for the Honduras mission project. Using the information below, click through to "My Heart For Honduras."