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San Marcos de Colon, Honduras Mission Trip

The ELCA Middle School mission trip is April 2-9, 2011. Students will visit San Marcos de Colon, Honduras and serve through Good Samaritan Baptist Mission (www.goodsamaritan.ms) there. They will participate in activities with the Christian grammar and high schools, visit the Elderly Center, and attend the Good Samaritan Baptist churches planted in that area of Honduras. Students will go into the mountain villages to deliver food bags, clothing, and candy to homes and serve children in the Feed the Hungry Kitchens. The trip coordinators are Jami Covone, ELCA middle school teacher, and Phil Covone, pastor of ELFBC’s Spanish church plant, Luz y Verdad.

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4-2-11 @ 11:45 A.M. EST

Team Honduras lands in Miami, FL. Our trip is off to a great start. We are awaiting our connecting flight to Tegucigalpa and enjoying some lunch. Amazed at God's provisions, we are looking forward to all of the exciting opportunitiess that God has in store for us this week.

4-3-11 @ 10:44 A.M. EST

Team Honduras arrived safely at the Good Samaritan Baptist Mission last night. We enjoyed a nice dinner complete with good southern cooking. Today we are headed to a morning and evening church service. Phil Covone will be preaching both services. Several students and adults will be sharing their testimonies. During the morning service, Parker and Matthew Pinholster and Eric Johnson will share. Palmer Pinholster and Kaitlyn Yancey will be sharing their testimonies in the evening service. Please continue to pray for all of us that our purpose will be fulfilled.

4-4-11 @ 11:43 P.M. EST

Team Honduras had such a full day today. Our day began by loading up the truck with food bags, candy, clothes, and toys. Then we all piled in the truck and made our way through the backroads of Honduras to four different villages. Along the way we handed out clothes and food bags. We stopped and visited several kitchens and churches where we met children, sang songs, served the children lunch, and passed out candy and food bags. Within the four villages, twenty-six children were sponsored. In the afternoon we visited the boys' dormitory and tabernacle. Then we finished our day with a visit to the high school where the Honduran students performed various songs and talent. Several of our students and adults, Jami Covone, Trent Johnson, and Kaitlyn Yancey, shared their testimonies to 600 Honduran students. The ELCA students also performed a phenomenal drama interpretation to the Casting Crowns song "Set Me Free" in Spanish.

4-5-11 @ 9:37 A.M. EST

Team Honduras had an extraordinary day. Our day began by loading up the bus and heading to the Grammar School. At the school the students performed several songs and a drama interpretation. Our students performed the drama interpretation while Eliu and Stephany of Samaritans Revival sang "Set Me Free" live. After the special program, we split into two groups and made crafts in the classrooms with the school children. Next, we visited the Elderly Kitchen and sang songs together. In the afternoon, the sponsored children visited with the sponsors at the Mission Center. During the afternoon we talked, played, and connected with the sponsored children. At the conclusion of our day, several families were able to take the children back to their homes. This was an AMAZING day for all involved.

4-6-11 @ 12:38 A.M. EST

Team Honduras traveled Wednesday to Duyure, a village that was two hours away from San Marcos de Colon. We enjoyed traveling in the flat-bed truck through the mountains on dirt roads. Along the way we passed out food bags, candy, and toys. One group of school children was very excited to see us. They came running to the truck in anticipation of what we had for them. As we continued around the mountain, we came to several houses of which we were able to go inside and visit. One of the houses was on the side of a cliff. The other had a spectacular view of the mountains. We all realized what kind of conditions these people live in. The houses were very neat, but built and maintained with very limited resources. During our journey, we saw some breathtaking mountain views and met some wonderful people. At the kitchen the children sang, ate lunch, and visited with our students. When we returned to the Mission Center, we enjoyed some free time before we headed out to the Wednesday night church service in San Francisco. At the service we all sang songs together, Jena Pinder and Tony Yancey shared their testimonies, the students performed their drama, and Phil Covone preached. It was a day full of thanksgiving and joy.

4-7-11

Team Honduras loaded the bus this morning and headed for Nicaragua. We crossed the border about twenty minutes into our trip. However, we drove for another hour into Nicaragua. This is where it all began more than forty years ago for Bob and Joan Tyson. We visited the Grammar school which was taken over in the seventies by the Sandanistas. They performed a program for us and then our students sang and performed their drama. We split into two small groups and went into the fifth and sixth grade classrooms. There we taught the students about the JOY Journal and how to have a personal quiet time each day. After leaving the school we walked down to the local radio station and church. We learned lots about the Tyson's ministry history. After a couple of hours we loaded the bus to head back to Honduras. As we approached the border, the road was blocked by a transfer truck that was unloading automobiles. Some of us unloaded and watched as they unloaded into someone's yard. After about twenty minutes we were able to continue our trip. We crossed back into Honduras with no problems. About five minutes later the police stopped our bus to search for illegals. That was a little nerveracking, but we were quickly cleared. After lunch we visited the girls' dormitory and classrooms in San Marcos. While there we learned that the girls do everything for themselves except cook their meals. The adults were impressed to learn that they wash their own clothes and dishes. The students were not as impressed. Tomorrow is our last day in Honduras. Our time seems to have been too short.