Thursday, November 17, 2011

Meet the Team: Vince Barker

Name: Vince Barker
Hometown: Mansfield, TX
Number of Years @ NACofC: 2.5
Years as a "Young Adult": 7
Times Visited Honduras: 0
Previous Mission Trips: Massena, NY; Biddeford, ME
What are you most looking forward to about this trip? Serving people in a foreign country and having the opportunity to share God's story in an environment that is very different from what I am accustomed to.
Prayer Request: My prayer request is that God will continue to prepare our mission team to fully engage with the people in Honduras, and that we will have the courage and boldness to take advantage of the opportunities that God provides to share His Word and show love to the Honduran people.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Meet the Team: Tim Tidwell


Name: Tim Tidwell
Hometown: Alexander City, AL
Number of Years @ NACofC: 11
Years as a "Young Adult": undetermined
Times Visited Honduras: zero
Previous Mission Trips: inner-city work in Miami, FL
What are you most looking forward to about this trip? Having God open my eyes to the needs of others, as well as being able to share the love and hope that I have found in Jesus. 
 Prayer Request: That God would remove the "me" focus (i.e. my first time out of the country, my first time in a third-world setting, my fears of landing at the Tegucigalpa airport, etc.) and replace it with a hunger to join Him in whatever He has in store for us during our week in Honduras.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Meet the Team: Kristin Kelley

Name: Kristin Kelley
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Number of Years @ NACofC: 1.5
Years as a "Young Adult": undetermined
Times Visited Honduras: 2
Previous Mission Trips: Ft. Worth, Texas; Catacamas, Honduras and Chichicastenango, Guatemala
What are you most looking forward to about this trip? Encouraging the Christians we encounter in Tegucigalpa and getting a brief glimpse into the lives of people who don't have much hope
Prayer Request: For meaningful connections with the people living in the dump