NEWS & EVENTS
Follow the posts of the FOB Mission Teams as they report on their travels and experiences. If you would like to receive these posts (eJournals) by email, please contact Ashleigh at ashleigh@fobf.org.
NEWS: Barnabas Blog e-Journals
January 21, 2020
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Today we visited El Carrizal in Gualala, Santa Barbara. This was FOB’s first clinic visit to this community. It is also the community that is partnered with Trinity UMC. The community has 400 people living in 120 houses. Half of...
November 25, 2019
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
Thursday’s village is set high in the mountains, a two hour drive up winding switchbacks. The school and a few public buildings are in better shape than one might expect, so remote from civilization. The people work the field...
November 21, 2019
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
We start our morning with another sumptuous breakfast. Foods that are new to our palates. And foods that are familiar…ish. This meal is special, as the square feet of tabletops attests to. Surely every table in the compound h...
November 19, 2019
Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Different reasons. Different backgrounds. Different talents. One motivating common personality trait: Compassion. One heart. One purpose: to heal.
For some, the Avianca check-in desk at Dulles airport was the first time we woul...
November 9, 2019
Friday, November 8th, 2019
Friday morning began with heavy rain, welcome winds and an unimaginable mass of tiny, disagreeable visitors. In the village of La Isla, we were greeted by a small community with a huge personality, as well as thousands, and thous...
November 8, 2019
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Today’s mission took us only a short distance to La Aguita, in the municipality of Pena Blanca. Many of us expected there to be fewer health disparities in a more populated area such as this; however, we found that the populati...
November 7, 2019
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
This morning began with a wonderful breakfast shared between the team and our colleagues here in Honduras. Though we’ve been working together for a few days now, it was the first day that we got to sit down, share a meal and g...
November 6, 2019
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
Tuesday’s mission took the Dinwiddie team to a remote village, Corinto Meambar, in the municipality of Comayagua. From the general health of the community, water resources, to education, there were many differences in this villa...
November 5, 2019
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Monday morning began with an hour-long bus ride to the village of El Sauce San Luis, located in the municipality of Santa Barbara. The trip along the narrow mountain roads was bumpy and even a bit unnerving at times.
Our time was...
November 4, 2019
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019
As the team members headed to the airport for the four o’clock am meetup, we couldn’t help but experience a high level of nervous excitement at the thought of the trip ahead. Thirteen members, including 5 first timers, met in Ric...
