Leaving Minnesota in January when it was -20 degrees below zero and arriving in Villa de
San Antonio,
Comayagua,
Honduras where it was 74 degrees and sunny, was a bonus, but not what keeps motivating the Mission Honduras team members from King of Kings Lutheran church in
Woodbury,
MN.
As we greet our familiar friends and meet the newer residents, it feels like we are “home”.
After 13 years, we still get excited to see “our family” at Tierra Santa.
The smiling faces of the beautiful children at the Hogar and our desire for them to know Jesus, keeps us returning year after year.
Each year the King of Kings team partners with the Villa’s church, Linaje Escogido, to teach a 4-day Vacation Bible School (VBS) to the children ages 6-12 and present a teen program for teens ages 13-18. The VBS is taught in stations and includes a bible lesson/drama, music with a bible verse, snacks, and this year a science related station. The children are taught and showed the love of Jesus Christ. This year’s theme was ‘Adventures of the Rainforest’ in which we taught about Sharing, Giving, Loving, and Praising. The teen program included two teachings this year. One day was on Attitude, Education, and Resilience; the next day we taught about Dignity and Respect. Each teaching was followed by watching part of a movie which demonstrated these important topics. Popcorn and lemonade were a hit at the end of the movie! On the third day, the team and some of the teens participated in a community service project to teach about giving back and helping others. On the fourth day, the teen girls were treated with a SPA day where they had their hair washed and styled, nails manicured and indulged in facials. The teen boys were busy doing chores, so the men from our team played futbol with the younger boys.
This year some women on our team taught a week long sewing and quilting class to women from the Linaje Escogido church. Prior to our mission, 13 used sewing machines were collected along with mounds of beautiful fabric and sewing equipment to help start a community sewing center. All this was shipped in October on the Christmas container to Honduras. The class was a huge success. Some students had never sewn on a machine before. Several baby quilts were completed. These women will now teach others in the Villa how to sew and quilt. We hope the children of Tierra Santa will take advantage of this sewing opportunity.
The people on Mission Honduras 2009 thank all our supporters for their prayers and donations for our mission. We also extend hearty thanks to Santiago, Iris, Jeff and the rest of the staff at Tierra Santa for their hospitality and help in carrying out our various activities.
2009 King of Kings Mission
Honduras Team Members:
Ruth Edlund Jane Neuman Jane Ricklefs
Vicki Anderson Louise Sonnenburg Robyn Moravetz
Shirley Brenner Sheila Anderson Jay & Barb Keller
Dick and Nancy Gozola