Heading To Honduras

We're at 13 days and counting till Summer and I leave for a medical and evangelistic missions trip to Tegucigalpa,  Honduras. For those of you who have received our letter via snail mail, THANK YOU for supporting us through prayer and financially!  We are blessed beyond words to have so many faithful family and friends in so many places supporting us in this outreach to the Honduran people.  


For those who haven't heard about our upcoming outreach trip, here's the scoop: 

World Gospel Outreach has been developing numerous ministries to the Honduran people, including a medical brigade ministry, providing medical, dental, and optical care over the last decade. Through the brigade, hundreds of people are helped and also hear the message of Christ shared. Many come to  faith in Jesus Christ. Our mission team will be involved with the medical brigade while in Honduras and we expect to touch the lives of close to 2000 people. 

We will be traveling with a team of over 30 people from our church and neighboring churches. We leave July 24, flying to Atlanta and then on to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. We will spend a week ministering primarily in the area surrounding Tegucigalpa and will return on July 31.

This will mark the first time in our (almost!) 10 years of marriage in which Summer and I will be on a missions trip together. We are excited at the opportunity to grow spiritually together as we make ourselves available for God's work in Honduras. 

Our goal for this trip was to raise approximately $2800. Praise the Lord that more than half of this has been raised!  Another point of praise is that our childcare for while we are gone has been answered and we praise the Lord for the loving hands that our children will be in while we are gone.  

We ask for those prayer warriors out there to continue in prayer for us. The enemy hates it when God's people step up and get out of their comfort zone to minister and be involved in Kingdom work. At times it seems like he is working overtime. One of our team members has had to drop out because of health issues.Additionally, the distractions of the busyness of the summer has been an issue in our home, causing miscommunication. To minimize distraction, Summer and I will be fasting from Facebook and other media outlets for these next two weeks leading up to the trip.  We desire to be strong in our relationship with God and in our relationship with each other in preparation for this ministry. Please pray for us to that end and for the team as whole - for good health, attitudes and fellowship with each other and God. 

In addition to praying for us, if God so moves you to also contribute financially to help us meet our goal, you can still do this by mailing a check to Cary Grove EFC, 525 W Ada St., Cary, IL 60013. In order to conform with IRS procedures, on the memo of your check please write: Honduras July 2010 Team. However, do not write our names anywhere on the check. All gifts are tax deductible and you will be issued a tax deductible receipt.

We are expecting great things for the Honduran people - healing, both physically and spiritually!  Thank for your continued prayer.  We will be sending out an update soon after our trip.

~ Rick and Summer