Barnabas Blog

Saturday, May 18, 2019 Our day began very early as we gathered at the Richmond Airport at 5:00 a.m. for our 7:00 a.m. flight. Two...

April 24-27, 2019 This past week, we were honored to host our fourth Rotary Trip to Honduras with a small group of Rotarians representing...

Friday, April 25, 2019 Today was our last clinical day in the hospitals here. Because of this, all of us had many goals to meet during...

Thursday, April 25, 2019 The NICU team has made it through another very meaningful day. Today was our first clinical day in hospitals...

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 The NICU team is off to a wonderful start. A team of 5 neonatal and pediatric respiratory therapists arrived...

We had a great day in our last community on Friday. Each community we visited this week had a strong bond and much love for one another....

There is a moment when you forget that you are volunteering to help change lives because it’s changing yours. A good night’s sleep always...

Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts; it even breaks your heart, but that’s okay. The journey...

Breakfast was an even bigger affair than usual as the entire Honduran Team dined with us. Our seating arrangement alternated Honduran...

Today was our first trip of the week to a Friends of Barnabas Community. We departed at 7:30 this morning for Agua Zarca. As our bus...

Saturday, March 30th, 2019 Greetings from Honduras! After a 15-hour day of car, plane, and van travel, we’ve settled into the Alfredo...

The Friends of Barnabas Honduran medical staff strive every day to provide the best care possible to our communities and our pediatric...

What are your simple pleasures? What makes your heart happy? Where is it that you find healing and a sense of purpose? If you were in...

What do Itsy Bitsy Spider, an empty Coke bottle, pebbles, a Ritz cracker and Baby Shark (da do do do do do) have in common? They are all...

Dr. Loretta Holder-Brown had a dream for two countries; providing access to early intervention and needed therapies to children with...

Friday, March 8th, 2019 In the Bible, Barnabas was known as the Encourager. He was also known for being a servant who went out to serve...

Thursday, March 7th, 2019 "In Honduras, many believe that there is 'magic'...well not 'magic,' but the almost magical power of God...

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his...

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 "The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all." (1 Corinthians 12:7) Yesterday...

Monday, March 4th, 2019 "Sit down and buckle your seat belts, please, because we're expecting some turbulence." These are the first words...