Sponsor a Child

The Honduran Mission has grown in the last few years. What started out a medical mission has developed into a holistic approach to helping the people of Honduras. A visit to the "Teams" pages gives one an idea of the various projects undertaken by mission workers. One effort undertaken recently is a girls dormatory built to house young girls under the careful watch of Sister Eleanor. The dorm was built because young girls were routinely being kidnapped and subjected to unthinkable horrors. Sister Eleanor was approaced by families with young girls begging for her help. Law enforcement in some of these areas is sparse and the only solution seemed to be to get the girls who were at risk away from the area. This type of intervention is not cheap.

Sister Eleanor decided to use an approach pioneered by other aid agencies and encourage those who want to help to "adopt" a child. For $100 a month, a young girl can be housed, fed, clothed and schooled. This sum also provides basic medical services. A hundred dollars is less than many of us spend on soft drinks in a month's time. A few of the children are being sponsored by Sunday School classes.

If you are interested in make a profound difference in the lives of one of these children, please click on the "Contact Us" button above.

Contact Dr. Tom Camp
llamacamp@me.com

Why I Love Being a Methodist by Dr. Tom Camp

Hey!!!. Wait a minute!!! I thought this was a Methodist Medical Mission
(or Why I love being a member of Christ United Methodist Church).
On a resent mission to Honduras, ostensibly to practice medicine in a
Rural fishing village on the coast, I experienced the wonders of
inter-denominationalism (how do you like that word) and the expanded
roles of Christians. Our main missionary and director of the protestant church
known as Cruzado de Evangelio, Sister Eleanor Cooper, ask several of the
doctors to see a lady dying of aids. She has maybe 6 - 12 mos. to live and
there was nothing we had to offer her for her aids problem. This lady comes
to Eleanor's compound every mouth for a little food for her three children: one
boy and two girls ages 7, 9, and 11. Each month she ask Eleanor if she will
promise to take care of her children when she dies and each month Eleanor
tells her she cannot promise this. Eleanor's solution, have someone "adopt"
each child, to the tune of $100/mo and put them in the "Girl's Dorm" project
that has been taken on and is being built and supported by a Nazarene
group headquartered here in Jasper. The kids are cute and relatively
healthy and the solution is available. What does this have to do with a Methodist
Medical Mission?
Another medical problem: a one-year old child who had lost 3/4th of
his blood volume due to Hookworms. The Diagnosis was made and
treatment initiated by an Episcopal physician who jointed Christ Church's
team in Honduras. Would the child have died if he hadn't been there,
I don't know but there's certainly a good chance. What does this have to
do with Methodism?
Everything! As Methodists we are willing to reach out to others in the
name of Christ to help do the work of Christ and His church.
Our team in May consisted of 4 Methodist, 2 Church of Nazarene, 1
Presbyterian, 1 Church of God, 5 Baptist, and 1 Episcopalian. We are
also coordinating with two other UMC's from Weaver and Columbiana
and have three other teams leaving Jasper during July. These are some
of the reason's I love being a member of our church.

Vaya con Dios,
Tom Camp, M.D.
Christ UMC, Jasper AL

If you or members of your church would like to know more about what we
are doing in Honduras and how you could be on one of our teams contact us
at Christ church.