More Action in Honduras

Many of you may not be aware that our mission has several sites.  Fortunately Scott Pursley, one of the missionaries, sends me pictures from different sites.  Also, you may remember yesterday's picture of the washed up road.  Later in the day our team from Santa Fe got stuck because of heavy rains.Fortunately they were eventually able to cross the waters and get back home safely. Later today we will be blessing a refurbished Church and visiting the Finca De Los Ninos orphange, celebrating Mass there.


Once again let the pictures tell the story.

People lining up at Carney clinic

Testing blood sugar.  Diabetes is rampant here

Wonderful Honduran children with one of our school team members

Working with children is an important part of the mission

Scott and some local "delegados"

Praying at Los Leones clinic with waiting patients

Mother with child getting help

Encuentro Mass

A Great Day in Santa Fe

Getting Ready for the Encuentro

 After overcoming the obstacles on the road we had a great day in Santa Fe

Missionaries at the clinic in Santa Fe

Taking Blood Pressure

A Selfie at the new pier in Santa FE

Obstacles on the Road to Santa Fe

Our Evangelization Team rode out to Santa Fe with that clinic's team and encounted various obstacles along the way

A bit of a traffic jam

Road is washed out--detour

Rebuilding the washed out road.

First of 3 Postings for today

This first entry of the day actually goes to yesterday when we did the Encuentro at Guadaloupe/Carney after visiting the hospital in Trujillo

Joe Franzetti and his 3 sons worked on the pharmacy team. Friends made this banner

Mass at the end of the Encuento in Guadalupe/Carney

Work at the eye clinic

Patients gather at the hospital clinic in Trujillo

Ending A Busy Day

Some of our Honduran missionaries

 Here at the Honduras mission Sunday is in many ways our busiest day.  Setting up gets finished and patients begin to be seen.  the day ends with Mass as the Cathedral with the Garifuna people. I did an article on them last year.  A trip to Google ad Wikipedian will give you all the info you need. Once again, let the pictures tell the story.

The children are always with us

Things get stuck in ears here

Joe Franzetti and his sons work together on the pharmacy team

Patients waiting at Hospital clinic

Testing blood sugar. Diabetes is rampant here

Entrance of the Garifuna Mass

Fr John preaching

Deacon Martin Seibold and Fr. John

Getting to Work in Honduras

At Mass in Maranones Seminarian Martin Seibold is serenaded for his 26th birthday

In the days ahead I will not be writing much.  I will let the pictures speak for themselves.Everyone arrived last night and we celebrated Mass and had a nice dinner followed by much needed rest to get ready for Sunday. On Sunday work began in full at the various clinic and hospital sites.

Leadership Team Meeting

Exploring the beach by our hotel

Missionary choir

Celebrating Eucharist at Hotel

Deacon don Greenway, Fr. John Anglin, Martin (seminarian)

Arriving at Los Maranones to Celebrate Mass

Sylvia, leadeer at Los Leones Clinic.

Signing in at Dental Clinic in Los Leones

Dentists getting instruments ready

A brave boy getting teeth removed

Gathering for Corpus Christi Mass Los Maranones

Back in Honduras

Looking out to Trujillo Bay from Hotel (2013)

 For the fourth year in a row I am participating in the mission trip sponsored by Christ the King Parish in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The journey here began yesterday morning in Tampa with flights to Houston and then to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, followed by a six hour bus ride to Trujillo.

 As I traveled I was aware that I was coming to familiar territory.  I know many of the missionaries and I know many of the Honduran people.It is much different than the first time I came here.  This experience is now something that I am committed to for as long as I am able to do so.
 The missionaries are a wonderful group--doctors,nurses, dentists, eye-doctors, construction team and teenage volunteers, as well me and the other members of the evangelization team. We have no illusions about changing everything in this very poor country, but we do know that we are making  a difference.
 
   One half of the team arrived last night and the rest will come tonight and be welcomed with a Mass and a fine dinner here at the Christopher Columbus Hotel.

   Today's a day for setting up and getting ready to go full steam ahead tomorrow.  Below are some pictures from this first day:

The Long Bus Ride

A hungry crowd after a long journey

This donkey left us a "gift."

 

Los Leones team preparing to set up clinic