Honduras Mission
May 26th - June 2nd 2007

Our next Mission Trip to Honduras is the week of May 26th - June 2nd 2007. We are going to the Pech Indian village called Agua Amarilla. Information about the Pech Indians is available at Northway's Welcome Center. There are some 90 people living in the village: 18 families in 12 houses. There is also a school in the village. There is much work to be done, so please consider prayerfully if you can be part of this mission.

If you are interested in going or if you would like more information, please attend one of our informational meetings on either February 11 or February 25. Gather in Northway's Fellowship Hall (F-101) at noon to travel together to a local restaurant for a dutch-treat lunch. If you cannot attend either meeting but would still like more information, please email Rev. Jack Arrington at jack@northwaychristian.org.

June 3-10, 2006

On June 3rd members of The Way and Northway Christian Church left for a mission to the village of Concepcion de Maria, Honduras in Central America. This continues The Way and Northway Christian Church's commitment to aid and minister to the people of Honduras. Northway Christian Church made seven trips to the village of San Carlos, Honduras between 1998-2002. This is the third trip to Concepcion de Maria and the second mission members of The Way community have participated in.

Mission Trip Report
Our missionary teams to Honduras have learned numerous things through the years. We have learned to be flexible and ready for change. When our mission team arrived in Honduras, we were greeted with the information that there were only about 5 families who had moved back up the mountain into the village of Concepcion de Maria. Last November, the village received 11 straight days of rain and then Hurricane Gamma struck. Needless to say, the people were very frightened and evacuated their homes. Most of them are afraid to go back up the mountain and rebuild in the same area. Due to the small number of children living in the village, the state has closed the school. So following the instructions from our Honduran leader, Lucas, we were prepared to tell the people that we would not be coming back to work in their village. Well, things do change. When we arrived at the village, we found 6 new homes right beside the road under various stages of construction. There are 6 other families who have also expressed an interest in new homes.
The people of the village were not sure we were coming back due to their living situation, and thus they greeted us very warmly upon our return. there were between 35 and 40 children each day in Vacation Bible School. We now realize that there is a tremendous amount of work to do including digging trenches for foundations, making and transporting cinder blocks for walls, digging latrines, pouring concrete floors, and installing chimneys. The work load can easily fill two mission trip each year in 2007 and 2008. As always the people of Honduras inspire us with their determination and their love for each other and us.
During our closing fiesta, we told the people that we were part of over 900 people in Northway Christian Church. We passed out several pictorial directories and told them to look at your pictures because you love them in the same way that we do.

We thank you for your continuing support of our mission teams in Honduras. Thanks for all the cookies, medical and dental supplies, as well as the financial support that you provide to help our mission teams minister to these wonderful people.

June 2006 Mission Team
Judd A.
Gene R.
Kathy A.
Bill R.
Andrew A.
Tim R.
Chrissy B.
Seth R.
Aubrey J.
Shari S.
Kara J.
Sarah S.
David M.
Craig S.
Betty Jo M.
Emily S.
Griffin P.
Frank T.
Celeste R.
Christy T.
Jack A.