http://www.the1814project.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:41:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last 30 days I've served in both San Jeronimo, Honduras and Mattoon, Illinois (USA).Each time I'm amazed at the willingness from the kids to jump in and help.Painting desks in HondurasWashing cars at West Park Plaza in Mattoon, IL.We need to empower, equip and train our children and ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=58 Thursday, June 11, was our day off in Honduras. We ended the evening with a meal with the pastor's family and our entire team at Pizza Hut in Comyagua, Honduras.We were really looking forward to the pizza after a week of some home-cooked authentic food. Our team gathered in the ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=57 The power went out on my side of town this morning as a thunderstorm rolled through East Central Illinois.It was inconvenient ...for about 45 minutes.I had to get a flashlight to find my clothes in the basement.I wondered if I was going to shave today with my electric shaver.My wireless ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=56 Food+Water+Toys+Jesus=The Good NewsWe need to love our neighbor, even if she's 1814 miles away. http://www.the1814project.com/?p=55 After an all-night travel day we arrived in Honduras safe and sound, landing in Tegucigalpa Airport... known to be one of the more dangerous airports to land in because of the nearby mountains and landscape.Since then we have:Been interviewed on Honduras Channel 28 for coming to Honduras to help in ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=54 RespectKindnessCourageForgivenessWisdomLovePurposefulnessServiceTrustHonestyThankfulnessSelf-disciplineWe're developing curriculum and practical ideas for how these virtues can be instilled in the youth and children of San Jeronimo, Honduras. We'll be using God's Word as the platform to teach these virtues.Got ideas? http://www.the1814project.com/?p=53 Friday, June 5 Travel Day Dinner with San Jeronimo pastor Saturday Project Hope Market Day Work Project prep Planing meeting with local Project Hope team Sunday Church ministry Project Hope Kick-Off Festival Monday School Assemblies all day Evening teacher appreciation dessert Tuesday Serve and connect in the Village of ireland (A village of 100 homes with no electricity.) Evening gathering with all the Ireland families Wednesday Service ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=50 Last week in Honduras was amazing.In less than 48 hours in San Jeronimo, Honduras, we were able to meet several key leaders and rally together the support and coalition needed to bring about transformation in the small Honduran community.The lead transformation team will be Pastor Olman from a local church ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=49 I'll have a bit of a climate change as I travel to San Jeronimo, Honduras this week.Makes packing kind of interesting. http://www.the1814project.com/?p=48 I leave for Honduras next week to begin this amazing journey of partnering with a small community in Honduras to help bring about community transformation.The1814Project blog is here.Here is the purpose and agenda for this trip:Meeting with the Surveyors: research teams have been going to homes and asking a lot ... http://www.the1814project.com/?p=24