2005 WPC Mission Trip To Hondurus

Location: Los Patios, Hondurus
Dates: September 17-25, 2005

Read the report written by Ron and Sandra Elliott, members of the 2005 Mission Team, on behalf of the Team and shared with the congregation following the mission trip. Report on 2005 Mission Trip

The view that we admire each evening from our “bunk house” on the ranch.

Our mission teams pose for a traditional photo at the cross in the
courtyard at Rancho El Paraiso where we stay for a week.

David Manning posing with Gumercindo, the Mayor on Conquire,
On our last visit before leaving for our new village, Los Patios.

Bright smiles of our students at Conquire school.

The school children and families waving goodbye as we leave Conquire for the last time.

The welcome we received on arrival on the first day at Los Patios.

Playing with a parachute on the playground.

The children singing in their classroom.

The schoolgirls perform a skit for us on the last day at the
fiesta on top of the mountain above Los Patios.

David Manning and Jon Christie displaying their proud creation, a latrine.

All construction in Honduras starts with a “volcano”.

Typical ox cart transportation.

A typical kitchen with mud stove.

Ox carts and bicycles are everywhere in Honduras.

Jon & Joel are always popular with bubble blowers.

Lucas, our guide from HOI, reading the work assignments to the
Villagers and missionaries before a new day of cement mixing.

Many homes have a store or restaurant in front.

The kids love to pose for photos.

Anne Kilpatrick, Celeste & Laurel Archangeli with another student we sponsor.

Our Honduran friends love to have their photos made with us.

Preparing the piñata for the Los Patios fiesta.

A sign in the Valley of The Angels, where we shop on the last day.
“Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no-one comes
to the Father except through me.” John 14:6