August 2011
1 post
July 2011
27 posts
Two weeks ago I was blessed with the opportunity to translate for cute, spunky, red headed nurse practitioner named Dani. This medical brigade was put on by Crosspoint Community from Nashville, TN. They saw 901 medical patients and 831 eye patients in 4 days. Duyure (the town) that consists of about 1200 people, so this is a HUGE blessing for this community.
All of the patients that...
sacrifice.
I’ve heard it said that stories in the Bible can touch you in different ways depending on where you are in life’s journey. Last night, as I read through 1 Chronicles, I was struck by a passage that I had never before taken the time to really stop and think about. In the story, David has sinned before God. An angel of the Lord orders Gad to tell David to go and build an altar to God on...
The Power of Choice
I was recently reading a book that discussed poverty in ways new to me. He described poverty as the lack of being able to choose things. Whether that is an education, career, medicine and health, and even things like transportation and where we decide to live. People in poverty lack the ability to choose between things. Usually in their case, there is no decision that has to be made, the...
Clinic Time!
Last week I was working in the clinic at Cedeno. This city is located on the coast and is one of the poorest cities Mission Lazarus works with. I was doing my usual clinic job of taking and recording the weights of the patients as they came in before their consults. Each person is always warm and friendly and happy to finally be able to get to the clinic. One patient in particular really stood out...
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WatchLast week a group from the Conroe Church of Christ came down to Mission Lazarus for a week to construct a wall around the church building and the food program. Thanks goes out to them for their work and support of this ministry! - Michael Conatser
WatchPony Games 2011 featuring the children from the Refuge, some of the full-time missionaries, and the summer interns. Needless to say, we had a blast. This was a great time for the children to spotlight their talents and skills they have developed on horseback into some challenging, yet fun, relays. Special thanks to Katie Lippert for her work putting this all together! - Michael Conatser
June 2011
49 posts
Baptism in Namasigue
I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve as a translator for the Conroe group which is working at the “comedor”, or food ministry, in Namasigue. The group is running a VBS with the kids there and also working on constructing a wall around the entire compound, which includes the kitchens, church, preacher’s house, and courtyard. Small groups have also been going out...
Days On the Ranch
Monday and Tuesday Recap.
Our morning started bright and early trudging down the mountain at 5:15 am- for a 45 minute descent to the milking parlor of Mission Lazarus. We were greeted with the faces of anxious cows ready to be milked. After helping Samuel and Lazaro milk about 27 dairy cows we roped the cows in the corral, so Samuel could spray them with a disinfectant chemical spray. The...
Matthew 18:3-5
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.”
This week, a group from Conroe, Texas, is using the talents God blessed its members with in order...
4th Annual Fish & Fiddle →
If you don’t already know, God has allowed Mission Lazarus to touch many of the lives of southern Honduras through U.S. sponsored ministries. Whether that is through starting children’s homes, running medical clinics, opening vocational schools, managing primary education schools, supporting church congregational needs, developing cooperative-based agricultural projects, allocating...
Confidence in fear.
What can I say about the time that I’ve been here? So much has happened in these short three weeks. Waking up every day is a privilege just because I get to walk outside the cabin and see God’s beautiful creation. I really think living in the mountains anywhere is the best place to be. As I walked over to the office this morning, I stopped and looked at the amazing view of the valley from Pride...
The interns here have started somewhat of a book club. When one person finishes a book it gets passed to the next person who passes the book they just finished on to another person. Anyway, a couple of days ago I started reading a book called Radical. I won’t ruin anything about it, but the general jest of it is about getting past the American dream and living radically for Christ even if that...
