10 of us packed up and headed to Honduras to continue the partnership between The Fields Church and a church in San Jeronimo, Honduras called The 1814 Project. You can read all about it here. Exactly 1814 miles away is a small town of 4,000 people who desperately need someone to come along side of them and help transform their [...]
You have the power to fight hunger, poverty and injustice. When you participate in the Famine, you make a difference in the lives of children and communities around the world. It’s only 30 hours. You can show your friends, parents and people in your community that committing a bit of time or making a donation can change lives. How does [...]
Mission Year is a radical opportunity for Christian young people to live out the simplest and most important commandment of Jesus: “Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself.” By living and working for a year in low-income, urban neighborhood, partnering with a local church, volunteering at a social service agency, and spending time with neighbors, our [...]
Last week, I tried to do a push to raise funds to provide food for the village of Ireland outside of San Jeronimo, Honduras. You can read about it here. It was a bust. So, here’s the deal. I leave for Honduras next Thursday night CST. I’d love to still take your ministry/non-profit/missions organizations with me in the form of [...]
Several artists from the Mattoon area provided music for a couple hours at Common Grounds. We raised $1019.69 for Convoy of Hope which is roughly 5098 meals for those in Haiti. Photos were taken by Perfect Picture Jo
A team from The Fields Church is in Honduras this week. It is a continueing relationship we have with a community there, called San Jeronimo; called The 1814 Project. The team has been restoring the bathrooms at their elementary school. Fixing toilets, getting them operational again. Repairing the bathroom roof. Fixing playground equipment. Also, we are helping one of their [...]
In January, a mission team from The Rock church at the University of Missouri will be taking 14 suitcases of donated shoes and school supplies to children in Choluteca, Honduras. Choluteca is a city of 100,00 people. Honduras is considered in the top 5 poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, so there is a tremendous need there. In years past, [...]
Today was our last day in San Jeronimo. We spent the day in the elementary school, doing book of hope distribution, building soccer goals and painting desk. Then in the evening we showed the Honduras/El Salvador soccer game on a projector screen in a park, were over 500 showed up.
Long day of travel, starting out driving to ChicagoThursday night, and arriving to our hotel in Comayagua, Honduras on Friday afternoon. I’m running on fumes. And I got high/sick from the fumes from the 2 hours van ride from the capital city Tegucigalpa to Comayagua. The1814Project
Today, I’m going barefoot. I’m going barefoot to raise awareness of those who go barefoot everyday, not by choice but by no other alternative. The Facts. Fact #1: In some developing nations, children must walk for miles to food, clean water and to seek medical help. Fact #2: Cuts and sores on feet can lead to serious infection Fact #3: [...]
