Board Meeting Update | Prayer Request and more!!!

Since deciding to move to Honduras three months ago, my faith in the Lord has increased traumatically. God has shown me to rely solely on him, and showing me that he is faithful thru and thru. God has shown us as a group our mission and our purpose for being here, while also showing us our own personal missions. Below you will find a summary of our Board Meeting the other day and ways you can help! We plan on working with each other, to help achieve higher and more effective ways to serve the people of Honduras, while showing them the face of Christ.
Sam plans on working with the people in the dump more effectively. God has given her aspersions to help take the people out of that situation. In previous discussions Jen, Sam and I have talked about creating a community where people can come and live for a period of time. The people would be able to attend a Church, have three meals a day, children will be educated and more importantly the parents or adults living in the community will be taught a trade of some sort, that way they can go out and provide for their families. I say all that, to say, we feel as if God wants us to take small amounts of people, about ten families every eight to nine months and bring them into our “compound” and allow them the opportunity to better themselves and the future of their family, while serving and learning about the Lord we all serve.
God has placed hurting people in my heart. He has given me the heart to care for the sick, needy and abandoned. My plan is to create something like a store or supply center inside the state run hospital, Hospital Escuela. The poor and needy of Honduras travel for hours to come to this horrible hospital to receive the worst of the worst medical care. Please do not miss understand me, most of the doctors and nurses there are caring and loving, but the hospital itself does not have the means of supplying medications, surgical supplies or even just basic necessities a hospital should have such as IV tape. Within the supply center I want to be able to offer people all the necessary items that their family members would need for free or at a reduced low cost rate; from everything such as tape, to medications, to surgical supplies for the doctors. Along with helping people with material items, I believe that this is a great way to introduce people to Christ. We will offer spiritual guidance to families and information about churches in their area.
Jennifer plans on working with the kids at Casistis Kennedy. These kids are taken off of the streets and put here, before they are placed into a child’s home. God has placed the kids of Honduras on Jennifer’s heart, and she yearns to form relationships and bonds with the teenage girls at Casistis. God has also placed a community in Santa Ana on her heart. She has aspirations to dig wells that would supply clean drinking water to the community there. If these wells are successful, we will start implementing them in our TORCH homes that we build during the summers. They are very affordable, only costing about $50 total.
As a group we will be working with other organizations throughout Honduras, helping the street children. Currently, we are working on establishing a relationship with USAID and UNICEF to help in an effort to help the street kids of Honduras. The children of this country break all our hearts and we hope and pray that God opens more doors to help in better ways.God has blessed us with enough money to feed at the dump two times already, send some medical supplies to Hospital Escuela, donate 50 blankets to a clinic for street kids, work with other missionary families, join a church that preaches in English on Sunday evenings and learn the ropes about starting a new ministry. We have been able to help at a children’s home in a remote part of Honduras and serve in the mountain communities. God has allowed us to donate two computers to Cadena De Amor and we are anticipating on donating ten more to a local public school! God has shown us each our own personal missions as well as our mission(s) as a whole.
God is working in our ministry. He is opening doors left and right to serve the people here!!! Thank you for continuing to support me in serving the people of Honduras!
Currently our plans are costing more than expected. Also, our car stopped going in reverse. We need a new transmission and it is more costly than in the states. Since we know it will take months to get the parts in and things like that from the states, and our ministries are going to start exploding soon, we are in need of another car. For a decent reliable vehicle, we project that we would need somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000. We plan on purchasing a more cost effective vehicle; that will serve dual purposes. We have looked into purchasing a Toyota FJ Land Cruiser (an older model) for $5,000 from some friends here. Purchasing a Toyota or something similar would be best, so that we have the opportunity to have it fix faster and cheaper.
Please take the time to pray and ask God how you can help. We are praying that God opens doors within the next couple of weeks, because we need to take our Suburban into the shop before it gets worse and creates more problems.
Thank you for your prayers, support and love for the people of this country.

Good yet Sad Day

On Tuesday morning Sam Ashley and Mike got up early and prepared over 200 peanut butter sandwiches to hand out in the Landfill. We left our house at about 12:00 to head out to buy some bags of water then to the dump. We purchased over 210 bags of water, because that is all the stores along the way had. We arrived at the dump, and people surrounded our car. Men, Women, Children of all ages, faces dirty with God only knows what. Normally, when we visit the dump, there are a lot of people. Today for some reason, the amount of people seemed to had doubled or even tripled. There was a lot more women and children!
Please keep the people living and working in this area in your prayers. Sam, Jen and I have been working on a plan to get some of these people out of this environment and into a program that we wish to start. Pray that some doors start to open and that we will be able to effect people lives positively.

Thanks

On Thursday Sam, Jen and I celebrated Thanksgiving at Casa de Esperanza. It was probably the best thanksgiving I have ever been to. Marc Tindal had each of the children say what they were thankful for. Starting with the oldest children to the youngest, to brought tears to my eyes hearing that they were thankful for their new families their at Casa and the new friends that they had made.
After lots and lots of food, we went to unload a container that Jen shipped from Nashville. Jen received a phone call at about 4:30is pm. to be at Baxter Institute to unpack the container. Ashley and I were heading to San Pedro to pick up our friend Mike, so we turned around and went to unload the container. After about waiting for an hour or so, the people called and said that they would not be there until 8:00am the next day! Jen had already organized about five other people to be there; WELCOME TO HONDURAS!
Ashley and I went to San Pedro and back on Thursday - early Friday morning. I was at Baxter after only 3 hours of sleep, fully awake and ready to start unpacking. I should have known that the people needed to inspect the contents of the container wouldn't show up until at least 11am. Thus being the case, we didn't finish until 5 pm. unloading and trucking the items to their proper places. But God is good and faithful; he supplied us with more things to serve the people of Honduras!!!

Giving Blood :-)

We went and donated blood! It was a great thing! We were able to try and help save Dr. Gomez's life by donating blood but unfortunately Dr. Gomez passed away late Sunday Night. Here are some pictures of us donating!!! :)

Helping Others...

Well, since I have been able to, I donate blood on a regular basis in the states. Its one of my favorite things to do. After being in Honduras, by law, you are not allowed to give blood for one year. I was always frustrated when the blood mobile would could to the church or school because I would never be able to give.
Yesterday, after getting back into Tegucigalpa, we met up with Gina Larios and her family. Both of her parents are doctors and at her fathers office they had set up a projector to watch the soccer game against Honduras and Mexico. Gina's mom went and talked with a close, family friend in the hospital there.
After the game, we went to visit the man as well. He is losing lots of blood among many other problems. I left the room for a minute to use the bathroom and when I returned Ashley looked at me and asked, "David, want to donate blood for Mr. Gomez " Without even thinking, my automatic response was yes! I was excited about it!! I asked if I was the right blood type. They said that it didn't matter because the blood bank told the family that if they got people to donate, they would give him blood first. So they have recruited the four of us and more are expected to be there! We are all anticipating what and how the process here works!
We are leaving now, to go and donate!!! I'll you know how it goes!!
ps. Honduras won the soccer game last night, therefore, they can now go to Africa to start preparing for the World Cup. The people of Honduras spirits are lifted today.

Made It!!!!!!!!!

Well, after staying up all night Friday and traveling all day Saturday, I finally made it here to Honduras!! I love this country. After arriving in the San Pedro Sula Airport and standing in the passport line for about an hour, I found both of my bags and went to catch the bus. Since I had stood in the passport line for so long I missed the bus to the Grand Centeral Station. So I found a taxi driver to tax me there, which actually cost less then taxing the bus :). After finding the right bus station to go to, I met a lady by the name of Danielle, she was a older Honduran lady, but she spoke perfect english.

As we departed on our four our bus ride to La Esperanza, we got to know eachother very well. I found that she moved to the United States about thirty years ago. She had traveled the world baisicly. She told me about her career as a real estate agent in California, about her children in Ohio and New Mexico. I learned of her family here in Honduras. The best part about talking to her was when we started discussing our religions. She is a Jehova Witness and it was really good to sit and listen to what her beliefes were. It was a total God thing, because we got to discuss my faith as well. For about two hours of the trip we had our bibles open, discussing differences in our faiths. It was very uplifting.

Sunday morning was very excitting for me. Church was supposed to start at 1 pm. At about 1:15 the substatute preacher still wasn´t there. Ashley and Sam both begged me to do a short lesson. Good thing Joe had made me teach his class a few weeks ago. I was already prepared!!! As I got up to start my lesson, I was reading from Ephesians 6:13-15, when the preacher came running in. He was very apologetic about being late, he was picking up about 20 more people for the service. He went ahead and preached and did a very good job.

After being here for only a day and a half, I have already been able to witness and talk about God´s love several times. Thank you, my family, for giving me this oportunity to serve the people of Honduras.

Fund raising…

For years I have heard, watched and witnessed missionaries coming and going into my home church speaking about their ministries in third world countries. The thing I didn’t realize is how hard they seek to earn their support; the support that they need to live on, to work with and to show people the love of Christ with.

I am seeking your prayers as I continue to seek support for the ministry God has placed before me in Honduras. I am more then one third of the way there. I still need over $1300 monthly to fulfill God’s work in Honduras.

-DEL

It gives me great joy and pleasure to know that even in Honduras we serve the same mighty and powerful God. The God that allows us to see poverty in its worst times, yet at the same time, the God that allows us to see his beauty and gentleness in a child. A child sitting in a puddle of parasite infested waters.

Matthew 5:14-16 calls us to be a light to the entire world. Matthew 25:31-46 tells us to serve those who need to be served, in the name of Christ. Since 2002, I have been coming here to Honduras serving the Lord, showing people my light for Christ. I knew at the end of my trip in 2002, that this day would come, I just didn’t realize God’s plan until now. Until I have seen it unfolding before my eyes.

After spending my winter, spring and now summer breaks here in Honduras; I know that God is calling me to complete His ministry here, through me. God is the master craftsman, and He has been molding my skills and knowledge and now He is ready for me to be a light to the people here in Honduras. He has moved my heart to see the vast need here in this country.

The children on the mountains are constantly in need of medical help. Most families cannot even afford simple Tylenol for a fever. Our TORCH teams come in during the summers and give out medicines, but what they get when they see the doctor, last only for a few months. I want to be able to create a system that would allow me to go into a community and allow me to give people the medication they need, year round. Once I get well established in the mountain communities, I want people to be able to contact me, if there is an emergency, or a dire need of some type. Almost all of the communities that TORCH works in, are not accessible to emergency vehicles. I feel as if God wants me to be there for these people, when they need help the most. During my trip to Honduras in December, I was in Nuevo Oriental where I have lots of families that I have grown to love. One family has five children and a mother. Their father was active in the children’s lives, but two weeks prior to me coming he was killed in an accident. The family was not able to go to see the father, have a funeral or get closer, because they didn’t have any way of obtaining the body. I want to be able to help in circumstances like these. I feel as is God is calling me to be there, when they need physical help the most.

Something else that God has placed on my heart, are the children that walk around the streets of Tegucigalpa, begging for money and food each night. Once or twice a month, I want to be able to have a street party for the children. I want to be able to buy 100 pizzas and give every child two slices of pizza and a coke. Since we would most likely be seeing the same children on a regular basis my hope and prayer, would be that they wouldn’t need to “work the streets” as much. Moreover, I would like to have a doctor, once every month or so, come out with us and examine the children. Check them for parasites and just make sure that they are physically healthy. Once you bond with a person and learn more about them, you seem to be able to find more ways to help them.

I suppose the most impacting thing that God has opened my eyes to this summer, is the dump. Could you imagine living in the dump in Melbourne? The dump of Tegucigalpa is hideous. People are digging through trash, trash that has already been gone through by dogs, mice, rats, maggots. Just imagine a dump truck pulls up, full of trash and see people flock to it like its money. They run and as the trash is being dumped, they start digging through, as to not miss a thing. They are picking through the trash, separating plastic from paper, rotten vegetables from rotten fruit. Most of the men walking around are high off of glue that they have been huffing. It has been said, that once you start huffing glue, you have about four years until you kill most of the brain cells inside your head, and become a vegetable. I want the other people of Honduras to realize what is happening, right in their own country.

My love for medical help to the poor hasn’t died. God has given me a great respect for treating and working with children that need medical assistance. God has allowed me to meet a lady here in Honduras that runs an organization that sends children born with hydrocephalus to the states to have shunts implanted to help the fluid drain off the brain. Also, children in Honduras get burned more easily due to the fact that most families cook with an open flame. This organization helps the burn patients as well. God has allowed me to meet with this organization and I hope to continue finding resources in the states to help the children that need it the most.

God has allowed Jennifer Wright, Samantha Butterfield, and I to foresee something that could be so great. We envision a community of people who cannot afford food, clothes, shelter, or an education; God has instilled in us something great for the least of his people. We want to create a community where people can live, eat in a common dining hall, and during the day be learning a trade of some type. We want to have an automobile shop that teaches the fathers and young men how to work on cars. A place where women can learn to sew, cook, and possibly even a hair solon. We will have a bi-lingual school on the property as well, so that their children can be educated, thus hopefully, breaking the cycle of poverty in the lives of that family. Along with this vision, God has given us aspiration to operate a children’s home on the property as well in the future. The children from the home would attend the same school as the children from the community, as well as eat in the same common area. God has given me a special place in my heart for children that have been abused, so we would accept the worst of the worst, to help change them. After working with children at Casa De Esperanza, we haves all realized that most Children’s homes don’t want to deal with the children who have special needs. We believe God wants us to be that Home for those children.

Overall, God has showed me that if we as humans form bonds and connections, we can impact more people, at the same time. There are several organizations that I want to connect with each other, so that in the long run, we can all work together and become untied and help the poor and needy of Honduras.

God has placed Honduras on my heart for the past seven years. I have served both state side and in the country itself, and now I am ready to serve full time within the country. The time is now; God is calling me here to serve the least of his people, here in Honduras. Will you help me in this endeavor? Attached you will find my budget report for my first year starting August 1^st, 2008.

I pray that you can see the flame that burns deep within my heart for the people of Honduras. I pray that God moves your heart, and that you see my passion, and how great it is for His kingdom!

In Him,

-David

Budget

Ministry Money : $500.00 (money to spend on the poor and needy, when the need arises)

Transportation: $500.00 (car payment, insurance, gasoline/diesel)

Housing: $300.00 (Room and board, and utilities)

Medication: $300.00 (Medication for the poor and need on the mountains)

Living Expenses $300.00 (Food, and misc.)

Subtotal: $2,000

Total monthly expenses: $2,100 ($100 for overhead expenses because people always need help)

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If I can get 100 people to sponsor me monthly for only $21 a month, ($252 for a year), I will be able to serve the people in Honduras more effectively for the next year.

Please detach the bottom piece of this paper and indicate if you are willing to sponsor me finically through my journey in Christ, serving the people of Honduras.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me:

E-mail: david-logue@hotmail.com or dljesusfreak@hotmail.com

Phone: (US) (321)-403-3173 or Honduras 011-504-3296-7444

Blogg Spot: http://www.takeyourcandlegolightyourworld.bloggspot.com

Go light your world...

Go Light Your World,
Chris Rice

There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a Spirit who brings a fire
Ignites a candle and makes His home

So carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world

Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now your sister, she's been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle without a flame

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world

Cause We are a family whose hearts are blazing
So let's raise our candles and light up the sky
Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world

Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the hepeless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world