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En Sus Pasos Serves El Chaguiton
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 “I arise today through the strength of heaven. . . I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me. God’s eye to look before me; God’s wisdom to guide me; God’s way to lie before me; God’s shield to protect me. . .Christ with me; Christ before me; Christ behind me; … Read more

Agua Blanquita Graduates
Monday, August 8, 2022 Team En Sus Pasos began clinics today. The first visit of the week was to the Agua Blanquita, Santa Rita, Yoro community, home to approximately 720 residents and 90 families. As is usually the case, we set up the clinics in the community school – which has a kindergarten class of … Read more

En Sus Pasos Team is in Honduras!
Sunday, August 7, 2022 The En Sus Pasos (“In His Steps”) team arrived in Honduras Saturday afternoon. It took a little time for us to get 14 large duffel bags filled with essential medical supplies through Customs at the new Comayagua airport, but we were finally off and on our way to the Friends of … Read more

Same Time Next Year?
Friday, July 15, 2022 Is there any easy way to say goodbye? How should we tell others we must depart? Where do you go to see your new friends and family off? Today was our last mission day in Honduras. We got the opportunity to visit our final community and serve alongside our new friends. … Read more

Honduran Laughter is the Best Medicine
Thursday, July 14, 2022 Our Honduran adventures thus far have been helpful, unexpected, and varied. There is no way to ever fully capture all the stories of community engagement, improvement to children’s wellbeing, or health education. Ernest Hemingway has been attributed to creating six-word stories, attempting to summarize experiences of life. Following his example, below … Read more

Finding Our Rhythm
Monday, October 17, 2022 We joined the Honduran medical staff and translation team today, traveling about an hour and a half through the beautiful mountains and valleys to reach Aguas de la Reina. About 50 families live together in this community. Many of them greeted us upon arrival and listened respectfully to the instructions for … Read more

A Community in the Clouds
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 We started the day by taking our team photo, encapsulating all of our Reveille members and Friends of Barnabas staff. Afterwards, we traveled to the community of La Masica. La Masica is perched atop a mountain about an hour away. We climbed almost to the clouds, finally reaching the town of … Read more

Team Harrisonburg is in Honduras!
Sunday, October 16, 2022 Some of our nine person Harrisonburg team started our day at 5:30 am. With a cup of coffee and a glance at the fog around the mountains, I felt the excitement that often accompanies anticipation. Three of our group have made various trips to Honduras with Friends of Barnabas. Six of … Read more

Rainbow Travels
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Today’s mission day started by waking to the sound of Honduran bird songs. We enjoyed a tasty breakfast prepared by the Barnabas house staff, Karen and Albita. As we were getting on the bus to leave, we were blessed with a rainbow over the mountain view. We then traveled over two … Read more

Reflections from our Time in Honduras
Friday, September 23, 2022 Well…all good things must come to an end. It was very bittersweet as we were unable to visit our last community today due to the storms and flooding, which washed out key roads needed to get there. So, with the change in plans we packed up and headed to Comayagua to … Read more

Rockbridge’s Final Day of Clinics
Rockbridge’s Final Day of Clinics Friday, June 25th, 2022 El Hobo. The last village for the week. I’m still unable to believe that this is our last day here at the Alfredo House and visiting villages in the mountains of Honduras. After a short drive passing several fresh pineapple stands and elaborate chicken farms, we … Read more

Semper Gumby
Thursday, September 22, 2022 We’d been through every kind of rain there is: little bitty stinging rain, and big old fat rain, rain that flew in sideways– Forest Gump Next time I come back to Honduras I’m bringing rainboots! It’s rained every day we have been here which has created some..well..we’ll call it “interesting navigating … Read more
