Our Honduran Home


Propelled and motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, we live and work alongside the Miskito Indian people in Puerto Lempira, Honduras.   We are proudly from the US of A, but have no desire or intention to impose Americanism or the American brand of Christianity on this area of Honduras.    Instead, we pray for real friendships and a recognition of equality and value in every single person.   We share the love of Christ through meeting emergency needs, encouraging literacy and quality education through scholarships, discipleship, feeding programs and brainstorming sustainable solutions for problems. Wherever we work, our prayer is that our small efforts will be used by God to heal and strengthen relationships with Him and with one another; not from a position of superiority, but one of complete equality.

For more information on what we do, visit Reach Out Honduras.

Puerto Lempira is located in the La Mosquitia region and the Gracias a Dios (Thanks be to God) department.  (See map above) Gracias a Dios is the eastern-most department of Honduras. Though it is the second largest department in the country making up about 15% of the land mass, it is sparsely populated, and contains extensive pine savannas, swamps, and rain forests.

In 2005, the estimated population of 76,278 only accounted for 1% of the total population of Honduras. The sparcity and ethnic make-up of the region result in it being undervalued and overlooked by Honduran society and government. This region is also known as ‘La Mosquitia’ due to the indigenous Miskito people that inhabit it, even though the Miskito span an almost equal distance into bordering Nicaragua. Even with several key “municipalities,” La Mosquitia is considered poor and remote even by Honduran standards. The standard of living, income, and access to healthcare is far lower than the national averages—all of which are already among the lowest in Central America.

In 2000, the World Health Organization ranked the Honduran healthcare system at 131 (of 190) in the entire world – the lowest ranking of all Central American countries.  With few exceptions, the government provides little or no health services in the Mosquitia region, leaving the vast majority of care to be supplied by charity and missionary organizations.   The lack of infrastructure (roads) in the region makes healthcare delivery virtually impossible without the use of aircraft.

La Mosquitia is our Honduran home.

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