On to Honduras!

We have been in language school for the last two weeks, studying Spanish. This really helped me and it is exciting to learn a new language, but I’m still not very good. I can understand twice as much as I can speak. This week we have some more orientation in the office as well as preparation for our project trips. Allison and I along with Tim Clem, the project trip leader, will be leaving on Saturday for Honduras, Lord willing. We will be meeting up with the rest of the project team at the airport there. There are 10 design professionals coming from the US, the UK, and Canada. We will be working with a missionary couple there: Marlon and Trisha Muñoz. Here are the details of the trip that Allison and I wrote:

The Mission: The Muñoz family has graciously opened their home for years as a base camp for visiting international mission teams. Together, they travel into remote villages in southern Honduras along the Patuca River. By hosting about 15 short-term mission teams per year, they have been able to build relationships with remote indigenous people. They share Christ with them, learn their physical, spiritual, and social needs and connect others to serve with them meeting these needs. Many of the indigenous people have said “You have come and shared such news with us and we have believed. We want to know more and learn how to walk the path of the Lord.” Marlon and Trisha have a vision to continue being effective and expand their ministry to these people. Because they have slowly outgrown the capacity of the home, they need a more dedicated space to host mission teams. 

The Vision: The Muñoz family has acquired a 63-acre parcel of land about 25 minutes outside of Danli, Honduras. They are hoping to develop this land into a missions base and training center. Their passion is to grow new believers and church leaders, especially those from the communities off of the Patuca River. This center will also provide a much needed place for baptisms, church events and conferences for local churches. In addition, they have a vision to use this ministry base to teach preventative medicine, teach pastors a trade so they can support themselves since most of the time their congregation doesn’t have the financial capabilities to do so. They plan to build a home on the new property and raise their family there so they can continue being intimately involved with the ministry work. 

Our Work: The EMI team will design a master plan for the site, providing a detailed design for a multi-purpose facility that will house mission teams and serve the community. We will also design a new well to provide water and design the connections of power lines on the adjacent property to provide electricity. We

also hope to use solar energy for sustainability. The Muñoz family is excited to see the design God will provide through the EMI team.

We crave your prayers for health, unity, and the ability to design a facility that will help to further His kingdom.