Agalta Valley - Honduras 2012
Welcome to the 2012 Agalta Valley Honduras Mission Trip update. Our team includes 19 missionaries that are serving to show the love of Christ to our brothers and sisters in La Fuente Village. Our mission includes fellowship, VBS, and home improvements to our families in the village. We ask for your prayers as we prepare for our trip which extends from June 2 - June 9, 2012.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Mission to Honduras 2012 " Through God's Heart"
The path is full of bumps in the
road, the journey is long, the mountain is steep, the valley is dry, and the
land is thirsty. It is full of discomfort, pains in the stomach- like
labor pains about to birth. The new beginning, a new path it will be joyous,
all the pain forgotten. It may seem small but it will be big. The
road less traveled will be muddy, I will carry you across the river to my
cross set on a hill; you will kneel. Although the land is foreign and the
language is not familiar, I will show you a new way to communicate with the
heart, with a language that is familiar my love. See the common struggles
man suffers, what seems cursed in blessed. Don't judge the circumstance,
I have a plan that you don't understand. I will light your path in the
dark. You are my salt and light n the world set apart. I will set
you on top of the mountain, beckoning to those who will see. A city on a
hill, hear the angels sing, Alleluia. Glory to God! I have made this
place a Holy Ground that will yield good fruit from all around.
Hear the cheers as you approach La Fuentes, the angels are singing in heaven. You have arrived let the mission begin! Blessed are the floors you are laying the foundation is stronger, blessed are the chimneys you make, the smoke will not choke the heart, blessed are the latrines you are providing relief and belief, no more grief. Blessed are the crafts the children made and the bible stories you tell- I will be hailed. Blessed is the journey you take- I will teach your soul not to forsake. I will teach you to stretch beyond your boundaries not just in miles but with smiles. My love will abound on this ground!
This is what God revealed to me after the trip-Stacy
Hear the cheers as you approach La Fuentes, the angels are singing in heaven. You have arrived let the mission begin! Blessed are the floors you are laying the foundation is stronger, blessed are the chimneys you make, the smoke will not choke the heart, blessed are the latrines you are providing relief and belief, no more grief. Blessed are the crafts the children made and the bible stories you tell- I will be hailed. Blessed is the journey you take- I will teach your soul not to forsake. I will teach you to stretch beyond your boundaries not just in miles but with smiles. My love will abound on this ground!
This is what God revealed to me after the trip-Stacy
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Honduras Misssion Trip Memories
Welcome Banner from Hondurans |
Before concrete floors |
After concrete floors poured |
Inside kitchen of home in village |
School in La Fuente village |
children wait for soccer balls to be thrown from our Landrover each day |
First time listening to music headphones |
Doug and Steven singing with children in village during bible studies |
Kids singing loving music |
learned how to catch tennis ball |
Village church |
family waiting for Latrene to be built |
Hillside mission group |
Latrene almost complete |
Fiesta last day we provide food for the community |
kids posing with sunglasses 1st time they have ever worn glasses |
Tom and Marta HOI team leader |
Children singing at Fiesta |
Cross at Ranch where we prayed and had fellowshipwith others |
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Saturday our flight landed and we took a 3-4 hour bus ride to juticaltpa where we stayed in a nice hotel in city. We all got a nice sleep in our last night of air conditioning! After breakfast we took a tour in the city. I must say I was amazed at the living conditions in town. We walked through a dark alley where the locals bought meat and let's just say I was thinking that I may become a vegetarian on this trip until I saw the vegetables in the market. Wow it is amazing how much we take for granted in u.s. the highlight of the walk was that we got to visit a cathedral during a service. The church was beautiful but not like catholic churches at home but it was very cool to see the service in another culture. The people in this country are very friendly and take pride in their country.
Sunday we stayed our first night at the ranch the country side is absolutely beautiful the mountains magificant and had had a feeling as we pulled into this place that this is God's country. We had a great fellowship Sunday night as we all got to know each other better.
Monday morning at 5 am we woke up to slight overcast and after a great breakfast headed to the village 2 hour drive. The village of La Fuentes joyfully greeted us with all the families and children. The children welcomed us with songs. At first some of the kids seemed at little shy and timid towards us not really knowing who we are or what to expect from us. However, we sung back our songs to them which seemed to break the ice a little.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
God's Call and How We Respond

"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hillside UMC 2012 Trip to Honduras
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Agalta Valley Honduras Outreach - Hillside UMC 2012 |
In preparation for our journey, we will be commissioned this Sunday May27th 2012 at the 11am celebration service. Please join us and pray for us as we spend our last Sunday with our church family before departing June 2nd.
Prayer for the day: "Walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another with love, diligently keeping the unity with the spirit with the peace that binds us. There is one body and one spirit- just as you were called to one hope at your calling."Eph4:2-5 "For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, "You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land." Dt15:11
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