Baseball instead of Soccer this year

John B. brought bats, balls, and gloves for the inaugural Monte Horeb baseball game. 

Lunch time devotion

Sopa de Frijoles con Huevos

Jose y las tres amigas

Interior walls going up

And another set of twins

Sorry Mike.

Ron extending the rebar columns

So we can extend the blocks above 10 courses.

Twins

Tom and Kristen, aka Kristal, Chris, Chuck, ...
sporting one of our Honduras T-shirts.

Group photo - end of work day #2

Water brings life to the ministry

The well drillers began the process of digging a well on the Mount Horeb site today.  There is a beautiful stream that runs through the back of the camp and we prayed that the well drillers would find water to provide life to the ministries at Mount Horeb.
(video coming)

Captions please...

Work Day #2

Beginning...

and end, of Work Day #2

10 courses on all the perimeter walls plus we started on the interior walls.

Dudley Neal and Steve Paschall

Dudley's friend and retired Army Chaplain Steve Paschall is our rookie of the year.

Site Manager

Budd keeps us on target with the building plans and keeps the special orders for the block saw department running smoothly.

Tom is fired up

We are all just trying to keep up with Tom's energy level this week.

Starting the interior hallway walls

John, Keith, and Joel working on the interior hallway walls.

Tommy and Ron with "Oso"

Tommy and Ron finally get to take a break at the end of the day, after Oso, the bear, has been resting in the shade

all day.

Progress: Kristen driving and we used the mezcla mixer

After 11 years, Kristen finally gets to drive the Kia truck and we get to use the mixer for mezcla.

http://youtu.be/qhsQv_7yGg8

Nightly devotion - Blessed Assurance

For those of you that have been to Honduras before, you know how special our nightly devotions are. And if you've had the pleasure of traveling with Bobo then you really know how special he makes our trip. Enjoy a little bit of Honduras with us...

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCxCRWxs-7c

Long Day's Work

A long day's work after day 1 leads to a little nap time on the way back to the house.  

Campemento Bautista de Monte Horeb

This is the entrance gate to the new Mount Horeb Baptist Camp.

Sopa de Iguana for lunch

Maida and Kristen list the ingredients in our soup of the day at the mission site...

or use this YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScoHXIYS7JQ

End of Work Day 1

7 courses on three of the outer walls, plus 1 course on the front.

Laying the First Block

Ginger lead us in a Bible message about this new home being a place for missionaries to serve for years to come, then Mike laid "el primer bloque".

Getting started

Start of Work Day #1

Missionary House floor plan

Here is the floor plan of the house we are building: 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, kitchen and living area. This is a bit larger than what we normally build, plus has interior walls, and we are running electrical wires and plumbing pipes as we go up.

Arrival in Tegucigalpa

We aren't all present for this photo, but I can assure you that we all landed safely in Tegucigalpa, the start of our 2015 Mission Trip to Honduras.

How do you cap off a long travel day?

in the hammock inside they dining facility.

The new Dining Facility

Bob and Kristen pose on the large porch of the beautiful new dining facility at Mont Horeb.

Is it too late...

to move this toilet drain?

Hey Jeremy, this is the good part

Departing RDU

12 of us are departing RDU this morning, joining up with Kristen and Mike in Atlanta

Commissioning Service

The Commissioning of the Honduras Mission Team (responsive)

LEADER: Genuine faith is revealed in acts of service and love, a willingness to be vulnerable and walk in the way of the cross. Tomorrow members of our church family will travel to Honduras to reveal this kind of faith.

 PEOPLE: We pray God’s blessings upon John Baldwin, Joel Brown, Steve Brown, Tom Childrey, Dennis Ellis, Kristen Ellis, Bud Hipp, Bob Kimball, Keith Lewis, Ron McCollum, Dudley Neal, Steve Paschall, Mike Satterfield, and Tommy Stone. May they go in the power of God’s Spirit, may the people among whom they serve see Jesus in them, and may they discover something new about God’s purpose in their lives.

LEADER: Not all of us will go on this journey but those who do represent not only Jesus but this community as well. They serve as an extension of this church family.

PEOPLE: Therefore, we pray for their work and witness, for the relationships they will build, for the ways in which our extended family will be enlarged and enriched.

LEADER: May those who go realize that you are not alone on this journey. God is with you and so are we. May you also recognize your true identity as God’s hands and feet.

MISSIONARIES: In the words of Mother Teresa, we will be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in our faces,

kindness in our eyes, kindness in our smiles, kindness in our warm greetings. In places of great need we will be the light of God’s kindness to the poor. To children, to the poor, to all who suffer and are lonely, we will always give a happy smile. We will give not only our care, but also our hearts. 

Monte Horeb Mission Site

Honduras Mission Trip - Year 11

Our 11th year of mission trips to Honduras begins on Monday morning, Jan 26, 2015.  Our project this year will be to build the missionary house at the new Monte Horeb site outside of Choluteca, Honduras.  Our team this year includes Bob Kimball, John Baldwin, Joel Brown, Steve Brown, Tom Childrey, Dennis Ellis, Kristen Ellis, Bud Hipp, Keith Lewis, Ron McCollum, Dudley Neal, Steve Paschall, Mike Satterfield, and Tommy Stone.  

From our leader, Steve Brown, "Please spend some special time in prayer this week for our team and trip:  pray for health and safety, our Honduran support team, Mike and Ginger, success for our project, the presence and power of the Holy Spirit with us throughout our trip (a must for any true success), and our families at home."

Buenos dias Honduras!