J2A's Mission Trip to El Hogar, Honduras
At the end of July, members of Grace Church's Journey to Adulthood program will travel to El Hogar Agricultural School in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Want to help them get there? Visit a GoFundMe campaign created by Lauren Reid, one of the aldut volunteer directors of J2A.
Hola All!
We apologize for being out of contact. Part of life in Honduras,
especially in a rural region like the agricultural school, is dealing
with uncertain public services. We had no access to internet for
about two days. Even now it is painfully slow. That...
Hola familia de La Gracia,
We are doing God's work! Everyday, we are bonding with the
students, staff, and each other through work projects, meals,
and playing futbol (soccer). Oh yes, Lauren and I are pushing
ourselves to use the Spanish skills we recently went to class
for in the spring...
We had planned to do a little more with the blog, but the computer resources are not the best, and we have been pretty busy!
This morning we left early to visit two homes of the boys. They live in a village called Corralitos, which is in the mountains. We spent about 45 minutes on...
We have arrived, and are in our first full day!
The flights were a little behind, but uneventful. We got
through immigration and customs, and were met by Yony,
director of the Agricultural school, and by Raul, who works
with volunteers. We changed money (getting a much...
Friday morning at 4:00 AM our group will be leaving
for La Guardia to fly to Tegucigalpa. If American Airlines
is cooperative, we will arrive in Honduras by 11:30 AM
their time. (They are two hours earlier there.) We will be
met at the airport by El Hogar staff, and taken...
At the Sunday service on July 21, Fr. Rich, rector of Grace Episcopal Church,
blessed the youth who will be traveling to El Hogar mission in Honduras.
Everyone in the congregation was asked to join in the blessing,
as the young travelers, and the adults traveling with them, were
reminded that...