Last year we introduced the plan for a new workshop that will allow us more parking and storage space as well as an area for vehicle and hospital maintenance. We broke ground on the workshop in June 2024 and it has come a long way since then.
This past week the workshop was completely painted and just about ready to move in, all due to our incredible paint cr...
Read More
Jungle Post
Tropical Storm Sara
Tropical storm Sara hit the northern coast of Honduras on November 14, 2024 dropping 41 inches of rain in two days! The river overflowed its banks and came rushing through the village of Rio Viejo causing extensive damage to our infrastructure as land eroded and fences fell. One of the duplexes at our new family housing collapsed into the rushing water along with our bridge as...
Read More
Healing Place and Celebration Church Medical Team
Our 2024 team season ended with a bang as we hosted a combined medical group from Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge, LA) and Celebration Church (Shreveport, LA). Monday and Tuesday we saw patients at the hospital and Wednesday and Thursday we were out in the communities of El Naranjo and El Paraiso. The providers and team members gave consults, prayed with patients, and our w...
Read More
City Hope Church & City Life Church Medical Team
After the team’s traveling perseverance and a late arrival, they gathered Sunday morning for church. As the internet connection was out, we made a last minute schedule change and ended up doing introductions instead. As we went around the circle, sharing backgrounds and what had brought each of us to be in Honduras this week, it became clear that God gave us this time for his...
Read More
Lee University Medical Team 2024
Each year we have the honor of hosting a group from our Alma Mater, Lee University. These groups are comprised of aspiring medical professionals with a desire to learn more about medicine and missions. We had so much fun this June with our team from Lee! They brought us totes full of medications to help stock our pharmacy shelves for the year as well as eye glasses.
This ...
Read More
City Hope Construction
If you've been following our progress over the last few years, you know that we have been working steadily on the expansion project which includes new houses, a children's center, and a much needed hospital remodel. These projects have been ongoing and made possible through the help of many incredible teams who have sacrificed their time, talents, and efforts. City Hope Church...
Read More
Teachers Conference 2024
This April we were blessed to be able to host another conference for the teachers in our area. A combined group from City Hope Church (Daphne, AL) and the Church at Addis (Addis, LA) came to help us host the conference that benefitted nearly 100 teachers. The team sent down so many school supplies and items before the conference to prepare gift bags and door prizes. Our long t...
Read More
River Valley Medical Team 2024
Here we go again! Our first team of the season was a medical group from River Valley along with two dentists and their families. River Valley Church always sends an amazing group with so many different specialties represented: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Urology, Dentistry, and Nursing. With these powers combined, we are able to provide much needed...
Read More
February Volunteers
February was filled with some incredible work around the Jungle Hospital, and we were able to host many visitors that came prepared to serve. Since the expansion project dream began years ago, we have long awaited families to live in the newly constructed houses, and this February, Caleb and Lauren arrived along with their two children, Randi and Beckham, as the first long-ter...
Read More
Hospital Remodel Crew
If you have been following the expansion project progress over the last few years, then you know we have had so many awesome things going on in Rio Viejo! Last April we began the huge task of changing the leaky, termite-eaten hospital roof, adding a second story to the building, and renovating the current hospital space. This project is nearing the end (can I get an AMEN) tha...
Read More