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The mission team has been hit hard with the recent economy
and has had a hard time securing funds and people to commit to these trips. We would like to keep this going for the coming
year but without people willing to go and funds to send them we may not be able to make the trip next year. Please pray for
us and if you can help please let us know. As I said we need people that want to follow God’s word and go forth and
minister to the people in other countries. This might be just going and helping to talk with the children or work with the
construction side. Anything you can do will be a blessing to both the children and to you. I have found out that on these
trips that most of the time we are the ones that are blessed and we get more out of these trips than what we put in. No matter
what you can do there is a need for you in the mission field. Just ask anyone that has been on one before and they will tell
you that they received the most from the trip. It is not hard to go it just takes the will to let God lead.
If you would like to help please see one of the mission team
or contact the church office and we will come to talk to you. Also if you don’t feel like you can go please help the
other that can we need all the prayers we can get with the economy down it is hard for us to fund these trips without your
support.
Thank you!
Mission Team
It
is getting about time to set up the next trip to Honduras. This last year has brought many changes in this world. here at
home we have experienced hardships because of the loss of jobs and the economy going downhill. Many people have seen some
hard times but the whole world is affected especially the people in Honduras. As hard as it is in the United States where
we have plenty the people of Honduras had little to start with. Most did not have steady jobs. When they could find work they
worked for about $1 a day. Most of the families had to live in a one room house made of sticks and mud. These are the lucky
one. As for the children they are forced to work as soon as they get big enough to gather sticks and fruit from the trees.
Many families are composed of Grandfather, Grandmother, Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, and all their children
living in one12' X 12' house. Now with the political unrest in the Honduran Government the people need our help more than
ever. Reports from Faith Home tell the story of God's Mighty Works. He is with our help keeping the children safe and fed
at Faith Home.
They
need help with children sponsors as well as team members to come down and help rebuild the damage from the earth quake that
they had this year. While all the children and people that live at Faith Home are safe, the buildings did suffer some damage
that caused them to move one family out of their house. They need help rebuilding this as repairing other items that was damaged
during the quake.
I
know times are hard and most are just getting by here at home. But we all have something that we can give. Maybe we can spare
some money, help in fundraisers, sponsor a child, or lend a hand by going with the team. There is something everyone can do.
God will find work for everyone that will commit to help do His Work.
Pray to God that he will guide you in this matter of how you can help. If
you can give money or time to help with fundraisers or if he is calling you to do Mission Work Please see John Moore or Pastor
Joey to see how you can help.
Mission trip report
Thanks
to all that helped support us on this trip without your help we could not have gone on this trip. You are part of this team
also. The trip to Honduras is over and everyone is back at home. We had a great trip and accomplished a lot with God’s
Help. The children of Faith Home were glad to see us and they let us know every time we were around them. The house parents
were glad we were there also they all came by to thank us for coming. The weather was very mild this year the temperature
ranged between 75° and 85° for the week. This was great for working inside the new Chapel. The team was quite small this year
we only had six people total on the team. The team members this year was Susie and RJ Riddle, Jerry Stephens, Erik Summey,
John Moore, and Roger Stephens. Susie prepared the meals and kept the team house while the rest of us did the construction
work on the Chapel stage. We started on Monday morning by placing the baptistery in place and building the floor for the main
stage. Then we built the raised sections of the stage for the choirs to stand on. This consisted of two sections each raised
six inches higher than the other one. Then we laid out and framed up the walls for the change rooms on each side of the baptistery.
The last thing we did was to build the steps for the baptistery and the stage so the people could get up on the stage and
then into the baptistery. While we were doing all this there were some of the Hondurans digging the trenches for the waterlines
and drain lines to the Chapel. When we were through we had the stage built and the baptistery set and plumbed and ready to
fill. This now gives them the place to hold services and perform baptisms on the new Christians. We were all amazed at what
God was able to do with so few people. We know that without his hand on us we could not have finished this job.
So
if you would like to see what God can do with your life come join us for the next mission trip. Who know what God has in store
for you? Give him a chance and join the team. See John Moore for more information.
Thank
you all! The Honduras Team.
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| New Chapel at Faith Home Campus |
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Kenia is the first child that our church sponsored from Faith Home. On the first mission trip we fell in
love with her and decided to sponsor her. Every year we take her presents and spend some time with her. We let her know that
the people of Cliffside Baptist Church love her and all the children of Faith Home.
If you would like to sponsor a child at Faith Home please follow the link below to go to the Child
Sponsorship web site where you can learn more about how to sponsor a child. They need our Love and Support Thank you.
It was great seeing the children that we sponsor
at Faith Home. Some time ago when my Mother and Father had gone on to be with God. All of our family decided to use the money
that we were giving for the gifts that we would exchange at Christmas to better use. We decided to sponsor a Child at Faith
Home. This Year we got to meet him and play with him on our trip to Honduras. This was a special time for my brother Jerry, his wife Judy, and me. We were blessed to be part
of the team that went to Honduras this year. The first child that we had been assigned was the son of one of the House parents. They
get 4 days off each month and every year before when we went down they were gone on their leave. Last Year this family had
to leave Faith Home because of personal reasons and we need to choose a different child. This year when we went down we picked
a little boy named Olvin to be the one we sponsored. Here he is with Jerry (in the hat), Olvin (center) and Roger
(on Left).
| Olvin is the child that my family sponsors |
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Faith Home
Faith Home is an orphanage setup in Honduras to give a good
Christian family home environment to the abandoned or orphaned children of Honduras. The government of Honduras
places the children in the home when the courts find abused, orphaned, or abandoned children living on the streets. These
children have no way of support or to get a good education. Faith Home gives them the things that are needed to become a useful
part if the community. They also teach them the meaning of Christian Love and Family. Each child is placed in home settings
that have good Christian parents to see that the children are cared for and the needs are met. Faith Home also provides a
school and the Christian teaching to help develop their faith and love for the Lord. After they reach the age of 14 they go
into a transition house where they have to start doing all the work of the house. They wash their own clothes and fix their
meals. They still have to attend school both public and the private school of Faith Home. These children have a house parent
that makes sure they do their work and that they go to school. This program gets them ready to go out into the world and make
a difference. At age 17 they have to leave Faith Home but some come back to attend the Bible College that was built and opened last year. Here is where the children learn to become Pastors and Teachers
to help give others a chance to hear God’s Word.
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Our Mission Trips
On our trips to Faith Home we have been blessed
by God. He has used us to do the following work while we praised his name. We have put roofs on houses, built schools, laid
block, run pipe for water lines, dug trenches for footing, mixed and poured concrete, built a medical building, added rooms
on to some of the homes, built walls and ran plumbing. This year we were able to construct a bridge for the families at Faith
Home. This bridge will allow the children to access the lunch room and school with out walking a long way in the rain to get
around the water running through the valley during the rainy season.
Faith Home is a wonderful place and when you
arrive you can feel God’s presence there. From the minuet we arrived it was just like we were on Holy Ground. The quiet
peace that you feel when you are alone with God and just want to sit for hours just to be with him. Although the work is hard
you do not notice. The temperature is hot but you do not feel it. The days seem like they go by so quickly and it is time
to leave before you know it. You wish it could go on for much longer but it is time to say good-by to everyone and come home.
But you find yourself dreaming of next Year.
The
best part of the trip is having time with God and getting to witness to the children, and we always go out into the community
and pass out food to the families who live in the area. They always are very thankful for any gifts of food they receive.
This gives us a chance to pass on the Word of God to these people who may not hear it without our efforts. Enjoy the pictures
and links to Faith Home’s web site.
Please
consider becoming one of the team and go with us. Every team member needs at least $1,000 to fund their trip. Most of the
members fund their own trip. We have many good people in our church which help support the team but we still have to raise
some of the money ourselves.
If
you would like to help support the teams please contact the church office. We need at least 16 people to go down to have
a team of our own. We are already thinking about the next trip and you have plenty of time to get ready. First contact John Moore or Roger Stephens we can give you all the information you need. As for the trip
you will need a passport to enter Honduras and to return to the United States, and a Love of Christ. We will work hard, Praise
God, and play with the children. This is the best trip that you will ever take. Just knowing that you will be helping spread
the Word of GOD is enough, but here you get the added blessing of seeing GOD at Work first hand. Just think, one of these
children might grow up to be the leader of the Honduras people, or a great Pastor for the Spanish speaking people, or the
Mother or Father of one of the greatest people of all times. Just to know that GOD has used you to bring his plan to life
is the best feeling you could ever have. So start making plans on going on the next trip to Honduras and get involved early. Start saving a little along and before you know
it you too will be going with us and you can see first hand GOD's Love at Work.
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Contact the church or John Moore if you are interested in becoming a part of our mission team.
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220 Old Main Street
P.O. Box 336
Cliffside, NC 28024
Phone: 828-657-6044
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