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Posts Tagged ‘Orphan Camps’
Louder Than Words Ministries Fall 2010 Newsletter
September 2, 2010Blogging in Reverse . . .
July 21, 2010
I have been in Honduras for six weeks today and haven’t blogged one time! There are so many stories to tell and photos to share that I will have to blog in reverse. Today I’m sitting here in the Toncontin Airport in Tegucigalpa with Marlon. Our summer missions season in Honduras has come to an end, but I’m already thinking about the summer of 2011.
Today I’m thinking about our orphan camps for 2011. Our plans are to do a month of camp in the summer of 2011. The kids from the orphanages will come to camp on Monday and return to their orphanage on Friday. They will get a week of camp and our camp staff will get the weekends off to rest and get their clothes washed.
I know it seems early to be talking about 2011 summer missions in Honduras when the summer of 2010 isn’t over, but I believe these camp weeks are going to fill up fast. If you are interested in bringing a mission team for camp or if you know of someone who may be interested please contact me through our website (www.louderthanwords.org). Check back soon for stories from our 2010 orphan camps.
Headed to Honduras . . .
March 22, 2010In less that 24 hours all seven of us will be in Honduras again. I am excited about the opportunity to provide a camp for two orphanages in Honduras. I’m not at all excited about our TACA adventure on the way down to Honduras, but I’m never excited about traveling on airplanes with 5 children!
For those of you who pray and are reading this blog post please say a prayer for our travels tomorrow. I know Daniel is a little nervous because the last leg of our trip is on a turbo prop jet! I’m a little concerned that all our luggage gets there with us. We do, however, have a few days before the first team arrives so as long as we make it we’ll be fine! I’ll write more this week from Honduras on our upcoming camps for orphans until then enjoy a picture from last year’s camp.
Video – Honduras Orphan Camps 2010
February 24, 2010I admit it’s not the greatest promo video, but when all you have is iMovie HD it works! I made this video to promo a special project for the children’s small groups at our church (Bethlehem Church). If you have questions about this year’s camps or would like to sponsor and orphan to go to camp you can email me (info (at) louderthanwords(dot)org). You can sponsor an orphan’s trip to camp by giving securely online here: SEND AN ORPHAN TO CAMP.
Orphan Camps 2010
February 10, 2010One of my favorite times of the year is coming . . . Orphan Camps 2010. I get excited about it because these children rarely ever leave their “compound” to run and play out in wide-open spaces. Several years ago God gave me a vision for taking these children to camp like many Christian children in the States go to camp. We rent out a “real camp” just outside of Tegucigalpa and put on a 5 day camp full of fun and learning more about Jesus. I’m sure over the next few weeks I’ll be writing more about our upcoming camps . . . stay tuned for more.
James 1:27 – Orphans and Widows
February 7, 2010Some of you know that a pastor friend of mine from Guinope, Honduras recently passed away unexpectedly. He was a young man. Younger than I am. For several years now we’ve been working with orphans in Honduras (and here in NC). James 1:27 says that pure and faultless religion is to “look after orphans and widows in their distress”. Since the passing of my friend Nery it’s renewed my thinking about “looking after widows”.
I’ve been contemplating why God connected orphans and widows together in this verse. I can figure out that orphans and widows have both experienced loss. Yet, one of the things I’m perplexed by is why has “the church” renewed its vision and response to orphans and rarely mentions widows? Do you have any thoughts on why God connected “orphans and widows” in this verse? Do you have any thoughts on why “the church” has often neglected widow care?
I’m excited about the possibility of several widows joining us for our orphan camps this spring. Doña Marina (widow of Pastor Nery) wants to join us at camp with all three of her children. I looking forward to what God is going to do during that week. If you would like more information on our orphan camps write a comment to this post and I’ll get you more information.
Pastor Nery and his Daughter – July 2009