LOCATION: Honduras
MY TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT: My vision is to continue reaching teen girls, in Trujillo, Honduras, with the gospel while equipping them with marketable skills and Christian values for the future.
MY MINISTRY FOCUS: Many girls in rural areas of Honduras aren’t able to study beyond grade six for economic or other reasons. Girls, in particular, are often expected to work at home, with many becoming young mothers. In fact, the average age of first pregnancy in Honduras is 14.
In response to these needs, at the Mission of Truth and Life Residential Training Centre, our desire is to help break the cycle of poverty and abuse for young women, in order to provide them opportunities for a better future. As the director, I mentor and care for our amazing national staff, oversee our curriculum development, teach classes and devotions, and set the spiritual tone for our staff and students.
At our Centre, our students live on our residences while taking classes in sewing, cooking, computers, English, leadership, finances, business administration, biblical studies, and more. At the end of our two-year program, our graduates receive sewing machines to start their own home-based businesses in their villages!
YOUR PARTNERSHIP: You can help make a difference in the lives of young Honduran women living in poverty by providing them with life-changing entrepreneurial skills and discipleship.
MY MINISTRY HISTORY: For my entire Christian life, I have felt the call to evangelism and overseas missions. I attended Bible college, served on my home church pastoral staff, and then later enrolled at Trinity Western Seminary, where I earned a Master of Ministry degree and a TESL certificate. For 14 years, I served as an “undercover missionary,” working with international students in Vancouver, leading many of them to Jesus! In 2011, God called me to Trujillo where I have been ministering ever since.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
For God to remind each of our students, past and present, to embrace His Word and to put into practice what they have learned, and for God to fill our staff with His presence.
For God to give us favour in our plans to expand our ministry to these young women and their families.
For God to grant His wisdom, strength, and good health to me and also my family in Canada.
