Beginning the Journey

Hello to all my friends and family! This is Allie speaking. For those who may not know, Matt and I found out about a mission trip going to Honduras with CAM International (www.caminternational.org) through Breakaway Ministries at Texas A&M University. Since I heard about this trip, I've been seeking God to know if this is something He might want us doing this summer, and we both believe the answer is yes. The trip will be six weeks long beginning on May 27 and ending July 9. 

"Honduras was devasted by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, but in the years that followed, God used the catastrophe to recharge the church. Nonetheless the country remains among the most economically depressed in the Western Hemisphere. 

"Honduras is the second largest and the most mountainous of the five Central American republics. Rain forest covers 45 percent of the country. CAM Ministries are centered primarily in the cities of Tegucigalpa (capital), Siguatepeque and San Pedro Sula.

"There is a desperate need for leadership training, construction and evangelism teams, AIDS crisis intervention, microenterprise development, technology, communications and media, and ESL (English as a Second Language), to support the overall need and strategy for church growth and development." --Taken from CAM's website

To start off, we are working on finishing the application for CAM, and hopefully get accepted into the organization in about two weeks. Then begins the fund raising. The mission will cost a little over $3,000 per person including airfare. Matt and I are hoping to raise the money by selling t-shirts. So I will definately be contacting all of you about supporting our mission. 

Hopefully this will all be in full swing within the next few weeks.

Thanks for tuning in and love you all.

~Allie