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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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