Dan Isbell Back From
Fact Finding Trip to Honduras
It is just as serious as you can imagine. I just returned
late Sunday from Honduras. I visited the earthquake damaged village
of Likigue. The spelling varies depending on whom you ask. There
are about twenty to twenty five homes that have serious damage.
Please continue to pray for these dear people. They met me in full
force at our little church in their village on Friday. All of them
expected me to have money with me to rebuild for them. I explained
that it takes many people giving to God to meet their needs. They
will have to pray and ask God to meet those needs because man can't
do it without His provision.
That is almost incomprehensible for them because ALL Americans have unlimited
resources!!!!!! (smile) David is now in SC visiting the college that Micah
(his son)will hopefully be attending next year. I believe he is planning
on visiting you folks while here.
Thanks again for the continued love, prayers and
generosity you show to our people in Honduras.
Dan
daninhonduras@yahoo.com
Dr. Dan Isbell
President of: Cruzadas Del Evangelio de Honduras/
The World Is The Field Inc.,5282 Williams Rd.
Tampa, FL 33610 Make all checks to: T.W.I.F
Remember this: Jesus loves you and so do I.
Home Phone: 813-740-0334 Cell: 813-732-4848 |
Emely Olivia in School in Honduras
Here is a special report on one of the girls at the dorm: Emely Oliva who
is 15 years of age. She is from the mountains of Colon, in an area called
El Guano approximately a half hour South of Las Icoteas. Emely, Nohemy, who
is now married, and Sandra are sisters and have all stayed together at
the dorm.
Emely thanks God for the opportunity to stay at the dorm because she has
always been welcome. Even though it has not always been easy for her to
leave her parents who she miss very much, she thinks it was worth it to
be hare.
What I liked the best she said, is the way the other girls welcomed me
and made me feel at home. Getting together and talking about the love of
the Lord, was very encouraging as well.
She is now in the seventh grade and hopes to continue on doing well.She
does not have any major plans for her life at this time, however, she is
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Utila, the "Forgotten Island" is a brand new
area the AHMEN is planning to send teams to in 2008
My Honduran born wife, Doris, and I recently retired to Utila, in the Bay
Islands of Honduras. Located in the western Caribbean Sea, eighteen miles
of the coast of Honduras, Utila is roughly eight miles long and three miles
wide and is the smallest of the Bay Islands. Surrounded by clear blue water
and beautiful coral reefs, it is also the poorest. The population of approximately
8000 people is a mixture of the white descendents of English pirates who
used to inhabit the island, blacks who settled here from other Caribbean
islands and Ladino (Spanish) who have migrated from the Honduran mainland.
The major industry is tourism, driven by scuba diving. Utila has a dozen
dive shops and is considered the cheapest place in the world to get certified
to dive. Property prices are also amongst the lowest in the Caribbean and
this has generated a building boom which in turn has attracted people from
the mainland looking for jobs in this industry.
When Doris and I moved here we did so with the desire to do more than
just grow old on this beautiful little island. We prayed that the Lord
would show us how we might best serve Him. In the years leading up to
our retirements we had made numerous trips here and had been made aware
of the many needs that existed on Utila. Principal among these is medical
care. Utila has only two doctors. One works out of a private clinic which
caters primarily to the diving crowd, doesn’t treat children and
has fees that are beyond the reach of most islanders. The other works
at the public clinic which is poorly equipped, offers limited hours and
services and also has fees that many cannot pay. There is no prenatal
care or birth care available on the island. Those islanders who can afford
it seek medical care on the mainland while many more just do without.
When we met Larry Pitts here and he told us about AHMEN we felt that
the Lord was answering our prayers. While we will continue to pray for
and work toward a fully staffed, equipped and affordable medical facility
for Utila, an AHMEN team visit would be a huge blessing to the island.
Having had the privilege of working recently as translators with the
AHMEN Exploratory Team I know that a medical team visit here would serve
this community in innumerable ways. Located less than an hour from La
Ceiba by ferry, Utila has several sites that would support a medical
team. The majority of islanders live within walking distance of the center
of town so a visiting team would not need to set up in more than one
location to be accessible to nearly everyone. The majority of the Spanish
speaking population, most of whom are recent arrivals seeking better
paying jobs, live in slum like conditions as bad as any you will find
on the mainland. Many of the health issues they face are a result of
where and how they live. Virtually all of the medical conditions treated
by the AHMEN team we served with exist here in Utila. The educational
element that AHMEN brings with them could really bless these people.
If it is decided that an AHMEN team is to visit Utila, as we pray it
will, rest assured that, with God’s grace, we will do everything
necessary to make it a success. Those seeking more information and pictures
of the island of Utila should see www.aboututila.com .
To Schedule a Medical/Evangelism/Vacation Bible School team or for more
information contact"
Brent and Doris Brady:bradyhouse@verizon.net
Larry Pitts: lpahmen2@gmail.com
Mary and Hugh Guffey: hjguffey@earthlink.net
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Ciriboya/CHIMES
Adds “In Country” Road Manager to Facilitate Teams
for 2008
CHIMES has decided to hire Jesus Cacho between May and August of 2008 to
actually stay in Honduras to serve as road manager for teams going to Ciriboya,
Tocomachu, Battaya, Pueblo Nuevo, and beyond.
CHIMES feels like having a Honduran/American actually “in country” will
make facilitating teams, food, sleeping arrangements, clinic, schedules,
and working arrangements easier on the teams coming in from the USA.
Many of you already know Jesus. She was born in Honduras and has lots of
family still there. She actually lives in California with her son. She
speaks fluent Spanish, Garrifina, and, of course, English. The teams that
were lucky enough to have her with them know her personal contacts, way
with people, and knowledge of both Honduran and American ways is exactly
what CHIMES needs.
There will still be opportunities for teams at other times also.
Don’t worry, Bill, Bud, and Luther will still be around to “keep
the pot stirred”.
For more information or to schedule a team, contact
Teresa Villasenor: teresa@sacramentolabor.org
Or,Just to talk to Jesus, contact: jesusfcacho@yahoo.com
Or, just to talk call
Bill Camp 916-612-9999
Bud McKinney: 916-607-0649
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Jasper Team Getting
Ready for Mission Trip
 Jasper's
#3 AHMEN Team gets ready for the trip to Ciriboya, Honduras
July 6 - 15. This is some reminiscences from Sherry Poole
on one of her early trips. Sherry, from Alabama and Gloria,
from Limon Honduras partnered to supply the lab needed for
the team to the remote mountain Village of La Fortuna about
2 hours via 4 wheel drive up the side of a mountain from
Carolina Health Clinic in Limon.
" I've attached a picture of me & Gloria working the lab in, I believe,
LaFortuna. From when I went, we would arrive at the site figure out the flow
of the triage, worming, doctors, lab, and pharmacy and set up accordingly. Microscope
and hairdryer , for drying malaria slides, would plug into the extension cord
to the generator. Doctors would order teats to assist with diagnosis. About 70%
of the malaria bloodsmears were positive. Sometimes, Gloria would analyze one
smear for five minutes before she found the infected red blood cells. All the
while, I was sticking, drying, staining, drying the next slide. The children
are amazing. Only one child in the two years I went wanted to resist the finger
stick. All the others know you are there to help and are actually grateful to
be stuck. Quite a contrast from the children I see here. " |
Prayer
Request:
VIM team to Mozambique
Bucket, form Livingston
Chapel UMC has asked for prayer request for the team from
North Ala. UMC that is now in Mozambique.
The team includes Linda Guthrie, The pastor and his wife of Livingston
Chapel, Paulette West of VIM, and Dr. Thomas Mohumba.
They return the first of September lets keep all of them in our prayers.
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Soup
Kitchen Update from Tina McCrory
The attached are pictures of the Soup Kitchen in Limon taken this month.
This was my third year to go to Honduras and my passion has been the  soup
kitchen. To watch these precious children eat together on the second floor
of the church is so heart warming. We have hired a wonderful lady (Christine)
to feed between 50-100 orphan children one meal a day. She has three other
ladies that help her prepare the food. Most of these children have lost
their parents to aids. Every year my father (Bill Bryant) and I sell boston
butts to raise money to help fund this worth while cause. Christine and
her husband also take food to the home bound in this small fishing village.
They are truly gifts from God. They have devoted their time and efforts
to see that their people are taken care of. To help raise money for the
soup kitchen has brought so much joy to my life and there is not a day
that goes by that I don’t think about these little ones and how fortunate
I am. We need to raise more money to send to the soup kitchen so that they
will be able to purchase fruit as they need more nutrition. Most of their
menus consist of rice, chicken and spaghetti. We hope that soon we will
have the funds to see that they get the proper nourishment that they desperately
need. I hope that you can use some of these pictures and if you need any
more information just let me know. Thanks for all your help! Tina McCrory
Click
here for more pictures of the kids at the soup kitchen. |
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