Good VERY early morning!
It's 3:45 AM and we're all awake getting packed and ready to head out around 4:15-4:30 to the airport! We all just ask for prayers for safe travel back to the US and that all of us won't feel too tired. Also prayers for the team as we all come back and might have things to process through and that it will go well.
We also hope and pray that all of you are doing well!
See you all soon!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Beuna Dia!
We are back from our time in Orica. Currently we're in Siguatepeque at the Hess's house. Today is kind of a rest day as well as explore more of Honduras. Some of the team members are going to Comayagua to explore the old colonial city as well as to do some shopping while others of us are going to one of the national parks here to go hiking in what is called "the forest in the clouds". Both should be fun as we try to "rest" for our long trek home tomorrow.
This week has been a great week to be ministers of Christ to the people in Orica. We were able to see more than 300 patients in our 3 and a half days of clinic, as well as be a part of what the church (Alpha y Omega) is trying to do there. Over the course of the week, I personally as well as others have been challenged to be the little lights in the world that has injustice and where people are suffering. But even throughout the week I also came to see much more than that. Even though we are lights on our own, there are many others around the world trying to do the same thing, and that is to lead and guide people to Christ, and through that, even though we went down here to be servants, we are called to be served as well. Whether it was through the efforts of the amazing women who cooked for us all week to provide us with meals to help us see the great cuisine of Honduras, or the nurses that were at the clinic already who were there to help us with the flow of people and with the understanding of common problems seen down here due to a lack of health care in some areas, to the church members waiting outside after the patients had received their medications to ask and pray with them so that God might be able to touch them in a more personal way as well as heal them, or even the translators that spent all day talking in both English and Spanish to help the doctors understand what was going on, I found that I was truly blessed to even be a witness to it.
To just witness the church services and the hymns and songs that were sung, just had me very much looking forward to what heaven will be like when we are all there. To give singing and praise our Creator in every tribe tongue and nation will be a sight to behold. I am often reminded of the song by Hillsong (Your Name High) where it talks about "we are living to make Your Name high" and how much I want that to be true of my life wherever I am. He gave to the world couldn't begin to offer us, and continues to do so each and every day.
From my own story I had been able to build relationships with some of the translators that came with us, and was just simply happy to get to know them because it helped me learn their culture (as this was my first time down to Honduras) and to just build friendships that I hope to keep even upon coming back to the US. I enjoyed getting to feel as if I was "one of them" and felt as if, for my part, that I just belonged there, and just loved and ministered to by them. From getting to know what types of music they liked, books they read, movies and tv shows they like to watch, and in many ways improving upon my own Spanish (because they talked in it most of the time I was just around them) I was just amazed and blessed to be a part of it. For me so often we as Americans go to places around the world being missionaries with the mind set that we are there to do everything for them, when we often forget that it's not about that, it's about building relationships, it's about being served instead of just doing all of the serving, it's about giving God all of the glory instead of keeping it for ourselves, it's about changing lives from it and through it, and through it all it's realizing that we are here for a fraction of eternity, we are here only to offer ourselves to be living sacrifices, holy and pleasing, to God. That means that we are only a part of God's plan for the people here in Honduras and especially in Orica, not the plan of God.
Anyways, I hope that all of our readers are doing well and that they have been having great weeks of their own! I'm sure that there are many other stories throughout the week, and I hope that when we all get back that you don't hesitate to ask us so that we can all share at least a part of what God has been doing in our lives for the past week.
Also we will update pictures when we get back as the internet here is a bit to slow to try and upload more of our pictures!
Dios le bendiga y va con Dios!
We are back from our time in Orica. Currently we're in Siguatepeque at the Hess's house. Today is kind of a rest day as well as explore more of Honduras. Some of the team members are going to Comayagua to explore the old colonial city as well as to do some shopping while others of us are going to one of the national parks here to go hiking in what is called "the forest in the clouds". Both should be fun as we try to "rest" for our long trek home tomorrow.
This week has been a great week to be ministers of Christ to the people in Orica. We were able to see more than 300 patients in our 3 and a half days of clinic, as well as be a part of what the church (Alpha y Omega) is trying to do there. Over the course of the week, I personally as well as others have been challenged to be the little lights in the world that has injustice and where people are suffering. But even throughout the week I also came to see much more than that. Even though we are lights on our own, there are many others around the world trying to do the same thing, and that is to lead and guide people to Christ, and through that, even though we went down here to be servants, we are called to be served as well. Whether it was through the efforts of the amazing women who cooked for us all week to provide us with meals to help us see the great cuisine of Honduras, or the nurses that were at the clinic already who were there to help us with the flow of people and with the understanding of common problems seen down here due to a lack of health care in some areas, to the church members waiting outside after the patients had received their medications to ask and pray with them so that God might be able to touch them in a more personal way as well as heal them, or even the translators that spent all day talking in both English and Spanish to help the doctors understand what was going on, I found that I was truly blessed to even be a witness to it.
To just witness the church services and the hymns and songs that were sung, just had me very much looking forward to what heaven will be like when we are all there. To give singing and praise our Creator in every tribe tongue and nation will be a sight to behold. I am often reminded of the song by Hillsong (Your Name High) where it talks about "we are living to make Your Name high" and how much I want that to be true of my life wherever I am. He gave to the world couldn't begin to offer us, and continues to do so each and every day.
From my own story I had been able to build relationships with some of the translators that came with us, and was just simply happy to get to know them because it helped me learn their culture (as this was my first time down to Honduras) and to just build friendships that I hope to keep even upon coming back to the US. I enjoyed getting to feel as if I was "one of them" and felt as if, for my part, that I just belonged there, and just loved and ministered to by them. From getting to know what types of music they liked, books they read, movies and tv shows they like to watch, and in many ways improving upon my own Spanish (because they talked in it most of the time I was just around them) I was just amazed and blessed to be a part of it. For me so often we as Americans go to places around the world being missionaries with the mind set that we are there to do everything for them, when we often forget that it's not about that, it's about building relationships, it's about being served instead of just doing all of the serving, it's about giving God all of the glory instead of keeping it for ourselves, it's about changing lives from it and through it, and through it all it's realizing that we are here for a fraction of eternity, we are here only to offer ourselves to be living sacrifices, holy and pleasing, to God. That means that we are only a part of God's plan for the people here in Honduras and especially in Orica, not the plan of God.
Anyways, I hope that all of our readers are doing well and that they have been having great weeks of their own! I'm sure that there are many other stories throughout the week, and I hope that when we all get back that you don't hesitate to ask us so that we can all share at least a part of what God has been doing in our lives for the past week.
Also we will update pictures when we get back as the internet here is a bit to slow to try and upload more of our pictures!
Dios le bendiga y va con Dios!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Good Morning Everyone!
I hope that everyone is doing well back in the US. We are all well rested and all ready to go to Orica. This morning most of us had Honduran coffee grown by Luis. and have had a slow morning so far.
A few of us went on a walk around the area and met some people along the way.
As always continued prayers are a need!
And If you didn't get a link the the pictures here it is:
Pictures
We added a picture of our walk this morning.
Dios le bendiga!
I hope that everyone is doing well back in the US. We are all well rested and all ready to go to Orica. This morning most of us had Honduran coffee grown by Luis. and have had a slow morning so far.
A few of us went on a walk around the area and met some people along the way.
As always continued prayers are a need!
And If you didn't get a link the the pictures here it is:
Pictures
We added a picture of our walk this morning.
Dios le bendiga!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Bienvenidos
Bienvenidos!
We are writing this from the Hess' house here in Siguatapeque, we all arrived safely and with all of our luggage! After a long night of driving, going through O'Hare, Miami and finally San Pedro Sula, we, for those who were new to the area, were able to start learning about the people that live here in Honduras. We also were able to meet with Luis and Josh, two Hondurans who have been helping North American Missions Teams since 1982.
One of the fun places we went for dinner was called "power chicken". It had over 40 different types of combos to choose from, and a good variety of sides. I ended up going with the cubano combo with fried plantains. It ended up being very good, and many of the others mentioned the same of their meals.
We are all now settling in for the night to get rested from our long day of traveling! Please continue to pray for us that we will be able to keep our focus and that we can continue to learn and meet more Hondurans as we travel to Orica tomorrow morning.
We also had 2 new people join our trip. Jim and Steven Long have come along with us as some late additions to our team. We're happy to have them here and look forward to getting to know them better as the week continues!
Here are a few pictures from throughout the day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73827530@N08/
And from all of us, Good Night!
We are writing this from the Hess' house here in Siguatapeque, we all arrived safely and with all of our luggage! After a long night of driving, going through O'Hare, Miami and finally San Pedro Sula, we, for those who were new to the area, were able to start learning about the people that live here in Honduras. We also were able to meet with Luis and Josh, two Hondurans who have been helping North American Missions Teams since 1982.
One of the fun places we went for dinner was called "power chicken". It had over 40 different types of combos to choose from, and a good variety of sides. I ended up going with the cubano combo with fried plantains. It ended up being very good, and many of the others mentioned the same of their meals.
We are all now settling in for the night to get rested from our long day of traveling! Please continue to pray for us that we will be able to keep our focus and that we can continue to learn and meet more Hondurans as we travel to Orica tomorrow morning.
We also had 2 new people join our trip. Jim and Steven Long have come along with us as some late additions to our team. We're happy to have them here and look forward to getting to know them better as the week continues!
Here are a few pictures from throughout the day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73827530@N08/
And from all of us, Good Night!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Welcome to Blackhawk's Medical Missions Trip Blog
Hi everyone!
We're glad you stopped by to get to know more about our upcoming trip to Orica, Honduras! Blackhawk Church has been sending short term missions trips to Alfa y Omega Church since 2002, and they have been going at least twice a year since then. We have developed a long term relationship with both the church and the community. Past missions teams have included other medical missions teams, architectural teams to build playgrounds, and through advent conspiracy, Orica was also able to have a clean water well built in their town.
Our goal is to again be able to provide medical assistance to the community through dentists, pediatricians, and internal medicine doctors. We also are looking at working with the community on public health issues as well.
Our trip dates are January 6 - 15, 2012. We have a great and diverse group of people going, and we hope to be introducing you to all of us soon! But below you can find who is going on this trip.
James Self (Orthopedic Surgeon), Steve Barczi (Internal Medicine), Rebecca Zechariah (Internal Medicine), Anne Means (Pediatrician), Sue Nondahl (Pediatrician), Peggy Zingler (Respiratory Therapist), Dian McHugh (Public Health nurse), Natalie Kampa (Peds Heme Oncology Nurse), Lizze Salgado, Devin Roen, John Hoopes (pre med students), Kelly McClain (Dentist), Felicitas henderson (Dental Assistant), Susan Linden (Dental Hygienist), Steve Rogers, Barry Hess (Pharmacist), Barb Hess, Luis, Becky, Josh, and Nancy Vega.
We're glad you stopped by to get to know more about our upcoming trip to Orica, Honduras! Blackhawk Church has been sending short term missions trips to Alfa y Omega Church since 2002, and they have been going at least twice a year since then. We have developed a long term relationship with both the church and the community. Past missions teams have included other medical missions teams, architectural teams to build playgrounds, and through advent conspiracy, Orica was also able to have a clean water well built in their town.
Our goal is to again be able to provide medical assistance to the community through dentists, pediatricians, and internal medicine doctors. We also are looking at working with the community on public health issues as well.
Our trip dates are January 6 - 15, 2012. We have a great and diverse group of people going, and we hope to be introducing you to all of us soon! But below you can find who is going on this trip.
James Self (Orthopedic Surgeon), Steve Barczi (Internal Medicine), Rebecca Zechariah (Internal Medicine), Anne Means (Pediatrician), Sue Nondahl (Pediatrician), Peggy Zingler (Respiratory Therapist), Dian McHugh (Public Health nurse), Natalie Kampa (Peds Heme Oncology Nurse), Lizze Salgado, Devin Roen, John Hoopes (pre med students), Kelly McClain (Dentist), Felicitas henderson (Dental Assistant), Susan Linden (Dental Hygienist), Steve Rogers, Barry Hess (Pharmacist), Barb Hess, Luis, Becky, Josh, and Nancy Vega.
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