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Not Even A Hurricane Can Stop This Team
AL/CA/MD/VA Team Journal 1 Saturday This FOB team - a mix of volunteers from all over - arrived with no problems caused by Hurricane...
Sep 6, 20163 min read


A Little Piece Left Behind
Los Robles Journal 6 Clinic Day 5 Day 5 arrives. As the daily breakfast bell chimes at 6:30, everyone can feel the ache and exhaustion...
Aug 14, 20164 min read


Too Many Stories to Fit in A Journal!
Los Robles Journal 5 Clinic Day 4 The alarm was set earlier today, but didn’t get a chance to chime, as the anticipation of another...
Aug 12, 20164 min read


An Unexpected Day for All of Us
Los Robles Journal 4 Clinic Day 3 - An Unexpected Emergency in Clinic Day 3 started at 7am, as we left Alfredo House and started our...
Aug 11, 20164 min read


What You Can't Pack in a Duffle
Los Robles Journal 3 Clinic Day 2 - A New Village for FOB On day two, the FOB team rode on bumpy, windy mountain roads to reach the...
Aug 10, 20162 min read


Puzzle Pieces Coming Together
Los Robles Journal 2 Clinic Day 1 The morning of the first day of clinic is always filled with excited anticipation and the uncertainty...
Aug 9, 20163 min read


One Body in Motion
Los Robles Journal 1 Saturday There has been great anticipation for this mission trip to Honduras this year as 18 members of the...
Aug 8, 20162 min read


Almost There!
After months of hiking the Appalachian Trail, believe it or not, our intrepid hiker friend Steve Claxton is finally nearing the northern...
Aug 4, 20161 min read


Everyone Gets to Play
Youth Journal 4 Wednesday We started today like all days with breakfast at 7:30. We enjoyed a delicious meal of omelets, beans, papayas,...
Jul 29, 20163 min read


Choices and Promises
Youth Journal 3 This morning, the youth group arrived in the small village of El Palmar where we were welcomed by a happy group of kids,...
Jul 27, 20162 min read


Bienvenidos a Honduras
Youth Team Journal 2 Día dos (Day 2). We started our day with another amazing meal prepared by Albeta and Virginia. No doubt they altered...
Jul 26, 20163 min read


The Youth Team!
Youth Team Journal 1 This month Friends of Barnabas is so excited to send a team of youth and adults to Honduras, to do special Bible...
Jul 25, 20163 min read


The Family Circle
Reveille Journal 6 The Reveille Mountain Medical Team made it home safe and had a wonderful week. Here is their final journal, by their...
Jul 18, 20163 min read


Little Heaven
Reveille Team Journal #5 The country song "Jesus, Take the Wheel" kept running through my head as Marco tried again and again the coax...
Jul 16, 20162 min read


Deep Waters
Reveille Team Journal #4 Nury’s niece and nephew have been with us this week. Andrea is a college graduate and has medical translation...
Jul 15, 20163 min read


Meet People Where They Are
Reveille Team Journal #3 During our devotional on Monday night, the topic was suffering and how we can help without pitying or insulting...
Jul 14, 20164 min read


Love in Action
Reveille UMC Team Journal #2 The wheels on the bus go round and round.... We had a special breakfast with all of the FOB staff this...
Jul 13, 20162 min read


A Long Anticipated Mission
Reveille UMC Team Journal #1 The alarm needled us awake at 2:30 a.m., signaling the beginning of our long anticipated trip to Honduras. ...
Jul 12, 20163 min read


So Many Helpers!
Today we started the day sharing breakfast with the amazing Friends of Barnabas staff in Honduras who make this trip possible. We all...
Jun 22, 20162 min read


Many Gifts
Before we left for our first clinic day, Kelley exemplified fellowship by becoming our resident braider, putting half the teams’ hair in...
Jun 21, 20162 min read

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