There's No Place Like Home

It is wonderful to be back with the congregation after a trip outside of the country! When one travels abroad, one not only notices how well off even the poorest of us in the U.S. are but also how much one misses their home land. The food, the smells, the familiar sights, and the ENGLISH all welcome the traveler back with open arms. After many days of hard work, we have returned from our mission trip to Honduras with many stories and adventures to tell. The trip changed our lives as much as it changed the lives of the Hondurans we helped! Plans are already in progress for next years trip! The date should be set by next week and I pray you will consider going on the adventure and serving others with the love of Christ.

Although our part in the mission trip has been completed the mission is not finished. Journey Mission Camp is in need of many things. More groups are coming in over the next year and the camp is suffering from disrepair and broken down vehicles. Tires, new engines, fans, paint, and much more are needed in order to get the camp back on its feet and fully efficient. Three of us was not much of a strain, but after evaluation, a group of 20-30 will have trouble accomplishing their goals. Journey Mission does much more than build houses. It plants churches, clothes the poor, feeds the hungry, educates those who cannot afford schooling, and much more! The longer the camp is in disrepair the less the mission will be able to accomplish. We all know that a house in disrepair costs much more to run than a house that is kept up and run smoothly. Due to our economy and recent events, Journey Mission has lost some of its finances which would normally go towards camp upkeep. They have attempted to keep finances helping others, but unless the camp is brought up to par, it will eventually fall to self defeat! Returning JMC to complete working condition will enable more funds to be poured into the true mission of Journey—the people. If you or someone you know is interested in helping donate to the much needed repairs please let me (Josh) know!

Thanks to the Fairfax Church of Christ and Phil McKinney, we had the funds to build a house while in Honduras. Their group had to cancel their trip so we were graciously allowed to use those funds and build a house for a family in need. Thank you all for your prayers and support as we prepared and carried out this mission trip! I pray more of you will be able to go next summer and truly Live The Mission!

—Josh
“Try great things for God and expect great things from Him!”