Monday, December 20, 2010

Limited Time Opportunity!!!

Since January the mission team in Honduras which we will be joining has been constructing a two-acre ministry center in the super poor community of Armenia Bonito. On this property we are building a high school, a medical clinic, a church and a covered soccer field.

We are asking you to prayerfully consider giving a one-time financial gift to help us meet the construction costs. Here are two exciting reasons why we are asking now:

1) For a limited time MTW strategic funds has agreed to match every gift received 1:1. If you give $100, $200 will go to our project.

2) Any gift you give is tax-deductible. Giving before December 31st will help your 2010 taxes.

Honduras has the 2nd poorest economy in Latin America. The average Honduran makes only $3,000 a year and the unemployment rate is above 30%. The people of Armenia Bonito cannot afford to take a bus into town for medical care and only 1/3rd of the kids attend school beyond the sixth grade. This ministry center will greatly address the physical and spiritual needs of this 3,000-person community.

There are two ways you can make a onetime contribution:

1) On-line:
Use your credit or debit card at this address:
https://www2.mtw.org/donations/donate/default.aspx

Please make sure you enter  92410  as the designation.

2) Check:
Mail your check to:

Mission to the World
P.O. Box 116284
Atlanta, GA 30368-6284
 Attn: #92410

Make sure you write "#92410" in the memo of the check.

If you would like to learn more about this ministry center you can watch this 3 minute 20 second video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rVhcsf-yYs

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Travels

It has been a busy last few weeks.  Here is a quick recap of some of our adventures:

Nov. 21. - Share at New Valley Church
Nov. 21-26 - Thanksgiving and vacation with Ashley's family in northern AZ
Dec. 4-5 - Sierra Vista, AZ - share with Grace Church
Dec. 11-12 - Las Cruces, NM - share with Grace Covenant Church & University Presbyterian Church

In between these events we have been meeting with individuals, saying good-bye to friends, enjoying our home church's annual progressive dinner Christmas party, and preparing to move to Costa Rica for language school.

We will be traveling to PA between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve to spend with Mike's family.  After that we will have just a few days back in AZ before heading to language school.