Honduras Mission Trip Report Sept, 2017
MEDICAL CLINIC: One of my favorite mission trips is to work with the Medical Ministry of Omega-Whitefields where we hold clinics in four different locations in one week. The one I participated with last month was held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The team members came from different parts of Florida and Georgia and from different churches. Regardless of where we came from, we were all there to serve and to share the Love of Jesus Christ.
We met some awesome church folks in the churches that hosted us and the pastors were very helpful in giving the Gospel message. It takes a team to minister this way and if you would like to participate in this effort, please let me know. There will be medical clinics held in Guatemala and Honduras next summer.
Over the four days, we treated 1761 babies, children, adults and the elderly. There were 98 salvations, we gave out 875 glasses and 200 Bibles. This was a record breaker for the total number of treated patients. Our team was awesome and did Herculean long days in incredible heat as we only had 16 team members and had two medical professionals from Honduras see all those folks.
We met some awesome church folks in the churches that hosted us and the pastors were very helpful in giving the Gospel message. It takes a team to minister this way and if you would like to participate in this effort, please let me know. There will be medical clinics held in Guatemala and Honduras next summer.
LaCEIBA, HONDURAS: After sending the medical team home, Allen Skelton and I picked up my husband, Bob, at the San Pedro Sula Airport. We then made the three hour journey that ended up much longer due to traffic, to LaCeiba which is situated on the Caribbean coast.
Our plan was to do some maintenance ministry at the compound that Allen and Vicky Skelton has established as a retreat, ministry training and mission team housing. There is a large training center with accommodations for sleeping, seven cabanas that can hold 2 to 7 people in each all placed in beautifully manicured gardens.
Bob and I have invested time, money and a lot of sweat at the Whitefields compound and love to visit either to minister with Vicky at the old folks home, the neighborhood school, the village or help with her Bible Club on the grounds. This trip, however, we wanted to paint the interior of the cabana called the Panama.
When we got there, two women from a large Atlanta church were there to help Vicky with her ministry. They had brought suitcases with a lot of stuff Vicky uses for all her ministry projects. Vicky had planned for a visit to the village to host a baby shower for the 13+ new mothers the day after we arrived. So, I helped sort and pack gift bags with clothes and baby items.
I did go with the ladies to the village to participate in the baby shower. The village ladies were very appreciative. They have so little and need so much. Their homes are made of cinder block which are usually one or two rooms. We Americans have no idea what it is like to live in below poverty levels. However, this is all these folks know and are living their lives using the resources they have and are happy.
We also had to buy paint for our project and then we got to work painting. It took two days, but the Panama House looks fresh and clean now. We also painted a long wall to finish someone’s project. Bob was able to pull termite damaged shelving and replace them in another cabana and also replace a door jamb that termites had destroyed.
I was also invited to speak for a women’s meeting at a church I had visited before. They were very receptive to my message about being the perfect individual to do the job God had destined them to do and not compare themselves to others. This can be a downfall to many who feel they are less or in some cases more important than others in the same church. My message was to be the person God destined them to be and be content with that.
We did get to take a break our last day in Honduras. Right down the road from Whitefields, is the Sambo Creek Zip Lines. There are 18 platforms that go right through the jungle with a view of Roatan Island, Utila and Cayos Cachinos Islands out in the Caribbean. Then when finished with the zip line, you can go to the hot springs and slip into pools of warm water. There are attendants that feed you fresh fruit while sitting in the water and also make available a massage and/or a mud rub. Great relaxation opportunity.
I left Honduras after two weeks of giving my all to those beautiful people. I will be back next summer in whatever capacity the Lord leads. If you are interested in joining me, please write me at lifeofvictoryint@gmail.com.
