Monday, July 12, 2010

What's Next?

Dear Mas Vida Followers,

On behalf of everyone on the team, I want to say thank you for following our journey and being with us in prayer and support. We could have not done it without you. After the trip, we were able to share many great stories of what God did in each of us with our families and friends at church. All of us have had our eyes opened to the amazing need in Honduras and the rest of the world. As I have written, we started planning our next trip before the last one was over. There are still many needs in Honduras.
The first need that has to be fulfilled before the others is a large water purification unit for the HVTI building. We need this unit before the next two needs are even possible, because they cannot take place without clean water.
The next plan is the industrial kitchen, which will teach students culinary skills and baking, and will ultimately support the mission by funds raised by the baked goods from the kitchen. After the water purification unit and the kitchen is the awesome opportunity to build an area for a medical clinic. This is a huge need, seeing that most of the Honduran people have never seen the inside of a hospital. All three of these opportunities are deep in each of our hearts and can use many prayers.
For the first opportunity of the water purification unit, we found that it would cost us about $3,200 for the unit and supplies to build it. Along with another $3,000 to send a team of three missionaries to Honduras to build it. As you and I both know, God is awesome! As of Sunday, we have raised enough for the unit and supplies to build it. We still need the money to send the team to build it however. Please pray for this need and the team that is chosen by God to go and do his work.

Thanks again for following our blog, and please continue to support us with your prayers!

Matthew Reece for Team Mas Vida