Kid’s Christmas in Honduras ’10
This message is intended for anyone who has ever participated in, or offered their support to, any mission trip sponsored by the Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network.
Each year, AHMEN sends a “Fall Christmas Container” to Honduras. The primary purpose of this container is to deliver Christmas presents to the children and families that are sponsored by AHMEN members. In addition the container is used to send food, clothing and toys to the neediest people within the service area of the Cruzadas network. Cruzadas Del Evangelio is AHMEN’s host church in Honduras. It is an Evangelic Christian Church that was established over fifty years ago by an American missionary. Today the Church has over two hundred congregations spread all across the Northern Coast and Central Highlands of Honduras. According to Sister Eleanor Cooper, the National Co-Director for the Cruzadas Church in Honduras, the AHMEN Christmas Container has become the only means of providing food, clothing and toys for thousands of indigent Honduran families. We are sending a Christmas container down for general distribution through the Cruzadas Church in early November and we need your financial assistance. There are several ways in which you may help in this effort.
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Sponsors Needed At the Girlʼs Dorm in Shalom
While we were in La Cieba, Honduras we visited a place called Shalom. This is the girl’s dorm, this dorm is a place to keep the girls safe. In this place they are raised by a lady named Sister Eleanor, she is a Godly woman and she is bringing them up in a Christian home. There are 3 girls in the dorm who still do not have a sponsor. They need to have a sponsor in order to continue education. They can
be seen on the website under the “glimpse” article. Their names are Cicilia “Cesy”, Maribel, and Jenny. When we were at the dorm, Cesy sang a song about her father leaving her and being abandoned but finding a new father in Christ. She had a beautiful voice! It cost $150 a month. For further information you can e-mail
hunterschapel@gmail.com.
That is me with the purple ʻItʼs a God Thing” t shirt,
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Kidʼs Christmas In Honduras 2010
I am writing this letter to ask you all for your help. God has given me the opportunity to go serve in Honduras  and now that I am back home he has given me a passion and a vision. This vision is to gather people from
churches all over to come together and help the Honduran children this Christmas, and I am asking you to be a part and help provide Christmas shoeboxes and food for the children in Honduras. I have met Sister Eleanor,
who is coordinating the project in Honduras. Also, I have visited some of the places these Christmas shoeboxes and food will be distributed. Through working at the medical and eye glass clinics I have met and held some of
these children that are in need. I have personally seen the needs and that makes me even more passionate about this project. I know that it is early to think about Christmas, but the containers will be sent out of Curry, Alabama in October. That gives us less than 3 months to see this vision through. There are different ways we can help but the Christmas Shoebox Program Itʼs a God Thing Teamʼs approach to Christmas 2010
and food drive are the projects I am trying to get churches and youth groups to help with. It is a GREAT way to help the needy Honduran children have a good Christmas. I have attached some details of what kind of things can go in your shoeboxes. Also, I have enclosed some pictures of where your shoeboxes and food will go. Please consider helping to make it a special Christmas for the Honduran children. I believe that we can do anything with
God. All we have to do is step out on faith and God will use us. More than
likely the person reading this letter has all the information needed and a way
to contact me for any questions or concerns. Please let me know the name
and number to contact the person who will be collecting everything as soon
as possible. This person will be the one who collects all the boxes and food
by October 3rd and I will pick them up. Please pray about this project and if
you are led to help please let me know. I appreciate all the help!!
Thank you so much,
Kayla Cooper
(205) 622-3593
(205)
471-3406
Kayla, from
“Itʼs a God
Thing” team
learning to
sing like a
Honduran.
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Cross Is UP!
Yesterday was H O T, and a long day for those who waited patiently for the arrival of the Cross from Mississippi. Many of our folks came out and sat in the gazebo or under the shade tree to watch the unfolding of what is sure to be a landmark and message of Hope to the people of our community and to those who travel along I-22. The crew will return today to finish the lighting and capping. The erection of the Cross was reported on the morning news on 33/40 in Birmingham. The reporter came and stayed almost all day and did a wonderful job on his report. Thank you 33/40. It is also on today's front page for the Daily Mountain Eagle. You can view the report on mountaineagle.com Thank you for all your prayers and support in making this a truly wonderful experience.
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DATES:: FOR BOD Meeting for AHMEN:
Oct. 7, 2010, 3 p.m.
Jasper, Alabama
Preloading of Christmas
Container: Oct 23, 2010
Curry, Alabama
AHMEN Annual Meeting:
Oct 29 - 30, 2010
Sifat campus, Alabama.
Christmas Container
Loading: Nov. 6, 2010
Curry, Alabama
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La Esperanza, Honduras
The March '10 AHMEN team from Christ United Methodist Church of Jasper, Al visited a new area this year. Under the guidance of Doris and Brent Brady, we traveled to delightful area called La Esperanza. A lot like the dusty streets of western movies from my youth, we found new friends and lots of challenges.
Wallie, our contact person for the villages we are considering working with next year has already started a program working with the youth of the schools. For anyone interested in "putting their toe in to test the waters of sponsorships" here is an opportunity to try it out without big commitments.
Take look at her program and consider changing the life of a kid without a major investment.
For references you can contact:
Caden Camp: cadencamp1@comcast.net
Doris Brady: bradyhouse@verizon.net
Wallie: wruizbetancourt@yahoo.com
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Columbiana
UMC makes plans for their 2010 trip
Here
we go!! Time to get started planning for Honduras. The dates
for the trip this year are July 28th through August 6th.
I would like to have a meeting @ the church on January 10th
but I will be willing to have a meeting @ the Hospital for
all of the clinical people that can't make to the church
on that Sunday. As of right now , we have a fundraiser on
the 21st of January . This is for the Midstate Farmers Co-OP.
We will do roast, potatoes, salad, Desert - stuff like that.
My # is 948-7216 if you need me. much Love Shane |
Free Trip to Honduras for Doctors
A friend of mine, Dr. Hamiltn - oncology/hematology Jaser/B'hma - called today with a golden opportunity.
There is a flight, private jet, leaving B'ham this Thursday July 1 thru next Thursday July 8.
You will be driven right to the door of your clinic. What is provided?
food, clothes washing, security, free housing, medicine, transportation, on and on
all you need is your passport, your medical degree, and one free week.
Too good to be true?
e-mail Dr. Hamilton for all the details:
Hurry, space is limited.
Good Luck,
Vaya con Dios,
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Summer in Honduras
I am making some excellent contacts here in Yoro and Yorito. As of now we only have this team coming into the area is that right? There are volunteers from NGOs and Peace Corps everywhere. There is also a very exciting  success story out of Pennsylvania from Lafayette College. I have them thinking about sponsoring a couple students to send to the seminar in September. They are a group of four students and two professors who have been developing a project in La Gunitas, near Yoro. They have helped bring a community of relatively little to a community that is producing coffee to sell to the coffee company around here called En Cafe. They are also setting up a citrus farm and a poultry farm. Within a year they will be building a community center that holds a meeting room, kitchen, and medical examining room. They are very excited about getting someone in the community trained with public health knowledge. They will be working to send up to three people to the Cosuna seminar.
They are also looking into sending someone from a town nearby (El Comento I think) with similar environmental capital but little educational capital.
The prospects in Yoro itself look slimmer. Yorito looks better. We will be there tomorrow, and I will try to set up a meeting with the pastor, doctors, and others to talk about prospects and possibilities.
I have been getting a lot of questions about what the September seminar will cover.
Check out this website to read more about the Lafayette project eeglp.lafayette.edu
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 The Joys of Sponsorship
On a recent mission trip to Honduras with "It's a God Thing" team from Livingston Chapel UMC, Janet and Bill Coons took the bold step to sponsor one of the young ladies from Shalom, a home in La Ceiba that gives young girls a chance for a new life.
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Supplies Needed for New
School for the Deaf in Plan de Flores
The Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network
(AHMEN) will be opening the first school for the deaf in the area of
Plan de Flores, Honduras this summer. This will be a first for this part
of the world. A while back, you may have seen the picture of the deaf child
who was living in his parent's chicken coop. The other children lived in
their house. Listed below is a list of supplies that will help get the
school off to a good start.
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News Updates
To: AHMEN Teams
The Thach Neighborhood Watch will be having a Spring Fling on April 24th from 10 am until 3 pm. We have spots available for information tables or yard sale items. If anyone would like to set up a table for AHMEN to give out information about the missions we do, or have yard sale items to sell, etc. please let me know.
My email address is jerry_norris@bellsouth.net
Would you get the word out.
Thanks, Linda Norris
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Hello to everyone interested in the School for the Deaf in Plan de Flores--
The dates for the Hearing Team going to Honduras this summer are July 17 through July 24. We will have teachers, audiologists, and speech therapists in addition to graduate students who will work part of the time in Plan de Flores and part of the time in La Ceiba. We will be evaluating and fitting students with hearing aides, in addition to working with the teachers in both schools. We will also be taking teaching materials. Supplies not placed in the Spring container will be carried with us.
I just need to start getting the names of people who may be interested in going this July. I'll need to contact the Limon clinic people and also look at the size van or vans we will need to rent.
Input from anybody and everybody is welcome.
Thank you, Beth
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Honduran Missions
has a New Mailing Address
Honduran
Missions has a new mailing address for
donations or other communications requiring
U.S. Mail.
Mail
check to: AHMEN
c/o Sharon Bowie
516 Ridgeview Dr.
Jasper, AL 35504
Next: call or e-mail Sharon to remind her you are sending the check: aumomuna2@aol.com Phone:
205- (205) 221-6024 cell (205)275-3237
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We are looking for
a GRANT WRITER:
 Good
News: we have a location for a PERMANAT WAREHOUSE.
Great location. “just what we need”.
There is only one problem. We need someone to write a grant for AHMEN
for the money for the warehouse.
How can you help?
Ask everybody in your church, your teams, and all of your connections
if they know of a person who writes grants. Yep, believe it or not, there
are regular people just like you and me who are called “grant writers”.
So, between all of our teams and connections, we have a grant writer,
we just need to find that person.
Our hero, a grant writer
When you find her/him, please let Ivan Green know and let’s get
started on this permanent solution to our warehouse problem.Vaya con Dios,
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Clowning
Around in Honduras
Why is the world would a clown go to Honduras? Ask Butterfly:
2009 Mary, a.k.a. Butterfly, joined a team from Christ United
Methodist Church, Jasper, Al. in 2009 as “the team
clown”. Boy was she busy. Take a look at some of
her activities.
This was the first time Butterfly had participated in
a foreign mission and wasn’t sure of her role.
As you can see, she not only fit into the total mission
work, but began some new mission areas as well.
More Photos
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La Ceiba Dump Mission
In the City of La Ceiba, Honduras
the city dump
has become the home for many of the poorer people of
La Ceiba. AHMEN helps Cruzada del Evangelica
supply Christmas thru their work that includes a church,
feeding kitchen, and medical clinics on site at the
dump.
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Hooks
Need Another Provider for March Mission
Ken & Peggy Hook also need another provider for
their mission trip to our clinic in Limon, Honduras. When
time permits, this team is very active with the
children at Leonarda's orphanage. If there is even
a slight chance you or a colleague might be available
or know of a provide who might be interested, please
email Ken & Peggy at hookkp@cox.net or
call them at 757-234-0073.
for March 20-28, 2010
Thanks Ken Hook
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 The
following AHMEM teams are planning to conduct eye glasses
ministries in Honduras for 2010. These are:
· February
11 – 21 TEAM
BELAIRE Clinica
de los Angeles, Belaire
· May
22 - 29 Baptist
Connection CHHF
, Limon
· May 28-June
5 316
fellowship La
Union & Moskita
· June
4 – 13 Livingston
Chapel Utila
· June
12 – 20 Wesley
UMC Yorito,
Yoro
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2010
Mission Dates Posted
VACANT 2010 DATE AVAILABLE TO ALL TEAMS
May
5-15, 2010 is open at our clinic in Limon. Any
team can have this week. This
is NOT a change but an addition to your already
scheduled week. Even a small medical team
would be great. It will be filled on
a first come, first serve basis. CHHF
TEAM LEADER MEETING – SATURDAY, JANUARY
9, 2010TIME – 10
am until?PLACE -
USC School of Medicine, 6311 Garners Ferry Rd,
Columbia SC Room
B1ACOST – Minimal
lunch charge Please
mark your calendars! This is a
great time to share ideas and concerns with other
teams. All past, present or possible
future team members or support persons are invited. If
anyone has any questions about the above information,
please let me know. I will be sending a reminder
email in December about the Team Leader Meeting. I
hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving with family
and friends.
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FreeRice
Submitted by Linda Tripp
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations
World Food Program. Our partner is the Berkman Center
for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
FreeRice has two goals:
1. Provide education to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people
for free.
This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors
who advertise on this site.
Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street
child in a poor country, improving your education can improve
your life. It is a great investment in yourself.
Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice
makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function
and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is
eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.
This is an extraordinary way to improve your skills while
helping to donate rice to those in need. Please visit the
site to see for yourselves: Free Rice
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Update: Utila and Livingston
Chapel’s ’2009 Trip
Wed,night
- getting ready for Church. Dale is preaching 2night. 2
saved Monday, 1 saved yesterday, and 8 men & women saved
today! Many rededications!
A young
boy with polio and lazy eye was treated at clinic and was fitted
with his 1st pair of glasses. All children who needed
glasses were matched with perfect pair.
Matt has
become a street evangelist and is bringing some men he is witnessing
to, to church2night! We felt a couple trimmers
yesterday. None today. There was a 4.8 on Monday. We
are safe, well fed, good place to sleep - doing great. Many
stories for when we get home.
Love you
all - your prayers are being answered - YOU have a big part
in what is happening here.
:) Brenda & Dale
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Dale & Brenda Hyche
www.hunterschapel.org
www.honduranmissions.com
In God We Trust
"And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7
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Helena United Methodst Chruch's Team back from La Ceiba and
Shalom in Honduras..
Two reports re. the Helena team:
Brent
Brady, AHMEN's Coordinator in Honduras, reports the Helena
Team completed the re-roofing of the girl's dorm. The
project looks great and there are no more leaks. this
was a much needed job.
From Joe Jones, Team Leader:
Helena
UMC had a great mission trip. The
other two servants that went, are already talking about the next
project. We see our role construction and repair. We
may also join with Discovery in well drilling.
Joe Jones 205 987-9995
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Raining Babies
The Baptist Connection, woriding in May
in Limon reported the delivery of a baby. This is the team that
had  wonderful support from Ciriboya Clinic with the loan of two
docs, one from Cuba and one from Honduras. While there, Cindy
delivered a baby and somebody had the good medical acumen to
order malaria on both the mom and the new baby. Both were positive.
The team sent both on to Toccoa for the special treatment necessary
for newborns with Malaria. As of last report, baby is doing well.Now, Jane Cox and Guf called this week with report of two more
deliveries by the Columbiana team – both moms and babies
doing well and no sign of malaria.
Richard and Sharon Bowie reported 60% pos. malaria in some villages
this year.
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Limon
Aid Team?
What did they do this year?
Where are they from?
Submitted by Dr. Tom Camp
 I
just received a delightful report from Janet Mahoney, Limon Aid
Treasurer send and team member from Lansing, Mi. This is the team
that has taken on the Orphanage in Limon that everyone is so enamored
with. In addition to sending money to finish the new building project
of the Limon Sewing School, they report a great week in Limon -
seeing over 500 pts in Limon, Icotea, and Honey River. Here was
a unique idea: they took down a back pack for each orphan in the
orphanage stuffed with tooth brushes, shoes, notebook, school supplies,
shoes, school uniform, and treats. While there they did repair work
on the orphanage, school, and library.
The kids from the orphanage attended the Grand Opening of the Limon
Library that was dedicated this summer. The kids were the main entertainment
with dancing and drum music supplied by goat skin covered tree trunks.
If you haven’t see a Garifina dance, you are missing something.
What next for this team? They are shooting to build a new orphanage
in Limon. For more about this team and their projects, take a look
at limonaidhonduras.org.
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AHMEN is able to accomplish it's goals is thru sponsorships. This
is a system in which an individual or groups make regular contributions
to support a particular project or person.
Thanks to the folks listed below for their support of the AHMEN
projects and kids in sponsorship:
Dr. Tom and Deborah Arnold North Ala. Conf. of
the United Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Adult Sunday School Class
(3 different classes support girls @ dorm) Jasper, Al
Larry Whitehead Warehouse Fabrics Inc. Winfield,
Al
Larry Pitts
Larry Pitts Ministries - Yvonne Seaman
J.T. Ray and Company Florence, Al
Yvonne Seaman C.D. and Linda Tripp
Dr. Jerry & Jean Boshell
Christ United Methodist Church, Adult Sunday School Class
Rick and Jilda Watson - The Overalls
Civitan Club of Jasper
Bobby and Sherry Granada
New Vision Community Church
Richard and Sharon Bowie
Bowie Pharmacy
Judy Camp
Ellis Wade, Houston Woods, Arley, Al
C.D. and Linda Tripp
Jane Cox |
D.J. Simonetti, Baker, Donelson
Law Firm,
Birmingham, Alabama
John L. Beauchamp
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch Birmingham, Al O.H. Brown,
CPA Jasper, AlGeorge E. Deavors,
CPA Jasper, Al
Skip Tucker Montgomery, AlRodney Redmill
Redmill Plumbing Jasper, AlTony Sparks
Walker County Bank Jasper, AlJohn Paul Mitchell
John Mitchell Realty Jasper, AlRussell Colvin
Blackwater Forge, Jasper, AlTerry Gurganus
First National Bank Jasper, AlPat Gustin,
Gustin & Robinson Law Firm,
Jasper, AlWalker Baptist Hospital,
Jasper, AlWinfield Fabrics
Winfield, AlabamaWalker Recovery Center,
Jasper, Al
Rotary Club of Jasper |
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