We are very excited about the opportunity to reach out to the Honduran People. These people are so
often forgotten and broken,even among the poorest of the poor they are overshadowed by the looming
problems elsewhere. The youth are filled with potential and with the proper tools could change the future
of their country. We have seen lives turned from hopeless to empowered by simple yet sincere love
and encouragement. Click on 'Honduras Info' to learn more about these wonderful people.
The process of returning, long term, to Honduras is continuing, we have the Community Center and Director's
Housing in place. Our goal is to be on our way as soon as possible this summer.
It has been, and continues to be a challenging task - we can not complete alone. We are
preparing to set up the Community Center and the long term projects we are anticipating;
while, saying Goodbye to Friends and Family.
We would love to share our plans with you before leaving. Please contact us to find out when we will be in
your area. It is so good to have friends, new and old, sharing our Vision for the Honduran People.
Without the love and support of friends and family, this task would be unbearable. Thank you to all of you
who have encouraged us thus far.
Don't forget to check out the photos from past trips by clicking here or on the photo tab.
Prayer Requests
Please Share in this vision and in sharing you are a part of the Hope.
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Pray – to prepare our hearts for what is ahead. And to have the strength and ability to complete all that needs to done here in the states before going.
Pray – to prepare our hearts for what is ahead. And to have the strength and ability to complete all that needs to done here in the states before going.•Pray – to prepare the hearts of those we will be reaching out to, and those with whom we will be working and living.
Pray – to prepare the hearts of those we will be reaching out to, and those with whom we will be working and living. •Partner - We will need financial partners. We can not undertake this mission alone. It has been requested that we have 3 months of donations before we leave for the field. Please consider joining us in this amazing mission.
Partner - We will need financial partners. We can not undertake this mission alone. It has been requested that we have 3 months of donations before we leave for the field. Please consider joining us in this amazing mission. Our Hearts for Honduras thus far.
Check out the other Tabs for photos and more information.
Starting in 2000 – God created in us a deep passion for the Central American people, through short term trips and fellowship within a Spanish Speaking Church here in San Jose - this passion has never dimmed but continued to grow. We never imagined where it would lead.
Tim visited Honduras in ‘03, and saw people, who were tired and beat up by their day to day lives, and a harvest – just waiting for them. It’s like they were climbing a hill, and were too tired to reach the top and see all that God had for them – just waiting over the crest, and we knew we needed to go and
encourage them. The Old Testament tells a story of Moses, standing on the top of a hill – leading his
army from that vantage point, and as long as his hands were raised, they fought and were winning,
but he became very tired, and his hands began to drop, and they began to lose. Then two men came
along side of him, and held up his arms – and the battle was won. In that same way we need to
go and encourage the people Honduras, they are good people, but they are tired. We don’t need to go
take over, but to encourage them, and at times equip them, to do the task before them.
We lived in Honduras during 2004-2005, Tim mentored Natan, a young gifted pastor and many young men, encouraging the men to stand firm in their faith and make a difference in their community. Jaclyn's favorite activity was working with the young girls and women. The girls in Honduras are so sweet, but have been battered about by a culture that gives them no value. They joyfully drank in the understanding that God loves them, and sees them as pure and blameless. There were 7 girls in November, we had 36 for their first ever retreat in February, and by the end of the year there were 75. Other areas we worked in are outlined under Student Aide and Photos. We share their photos on the photo page.
God has extraordinary work, ready to be done, by ordinary, not so perfect people.
We have returned to Honduras twice for 6 weeks renewing those wonderful relationships and visiting over 20 different people groups - to access the retention of what we had shared and where God would have us return. The lessons taught, the growth we saw during our first term, was maintained at unbelievably high levels. Everything is now in place for our
permanent return this coming April 2009.
Seminar Opportunities
Jaclyn has developed an Interactive Children's program, helping children learn about Honduras, the struggles of Third World Countries and Missions, all in a fun way. Complete with stories, songs, crafts and taste testing, age appropriate for 1st - 5th grade.
Both Tim and Jaclyn are also available to share with either Men's or Women's groups the interesting 'Life Lessons' learned
along the way in Honduras. Not specifically a Missions Presentation, but general reflections on life's day to day moments and the changes to your perspective that come with spending time in a different culture.
And yes, we would love to share with you and/or your group our Multi-Media Presentation on the StepUp Honduras Program, Life in Honduras and our plans to positively impact the people we so dearly love. There are mini presentations of 15 minutes to a full presentation of one hour.
Call or E mail us with any questions you might have. Our information is on the Contact page. Or, use the Web Site Contact Page for comments and to inquire about available dates for your location.
Take a look around the rest of the Web Site, if you have any other question call Tim or Jaclyn Horan at 408-578-4208
or fill in your information under contacts
and we will get back to you as soon as we can..
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You can't take the Horans out of Honduras
All you are left with is 'du' :)
Why Bother? Because this is the generation that can make a difference.
Why Bother? Because this is the generation can learn new ways to better use their land, and their resources. StepUp Honduras also helps feed the poorest of the poor, but we want to take it to the next step. Tim worked with some men during the summer on a project to get more water to a town with only 1 hour of water everyday, and many don’t even have that. We have been aware of the need, but now God is showing us how – way beyond our expectations – to connect the people with the answers with those in the greatest need.
We are not perfect people, we have made many mistakes in our lives; but, we know God can take all our mistakes, and our ordinary lives - and make something extraordinary happen in Honduras.
Honduras is a study in contrast, the stunningly beautiful alongside the devastating needs of the people. Pictured here the Cataratas above Rio Lindo.
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StepUp Honduras
The Community Center/Director's Housing in Ocatel
is being completed - contact us to join in on the project.
Eventually it will also become the Community Medical Clinic!
The Center will be used to support a learning center
and skills training center. (More pics on 2008-9)
The unfinished kitchen, now has a floor - counters and maybe even electricity and plumbing would be nice to add!
And our outside doors have been ordered too!
We only need $500 more to complete it all.
It is a wonderful investment in the future of Ocatel.
We are making our final plans for the long term move to Ocatel, Honduras. We are thrilled that most of our housing/community center is being finished now and we have almost completely closed down our business and home here in the States. Once sufficient funds are regularly coming in - we will be on our way.
Check out our Update 2008-9 for pictures of our Winter Vision Trip. Thank you Proyecto de la Restoracion, Jim Gordon and our supporters for making it all possible.
