Honduras - notes from last night's meeting

You MUST get your deposit of $100 to Anita Pannell at FBC as soon as possible. We had a GREAT turnout last night and Dr. Lowe expects a waiting list this year. The deposit helps secure you a spot on the team. The cost for this year's trip is $1,700

Pam needs everybody's paperwork as soon as possible, this includes a photocopy of your passport. We had problems last year with incomplete and incorrect paperwork and the team was punished with $500 in penalties. We can't afford to let these fines happen this year, so your paperwork needs to be sent in now. Even if you don't have your passport yet, still get your paperwork in. Otherwise you might be responsible for paying your own fine for wrong or missing documents.

06/20/09 - 06/27/09
Erandique, Honduras (http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/southamerica/erandique.shtml)
"fairly long drive" to this village
The town has a plaza (with a statue) and 2 Catholic Churches along with cobblestone streets. There are also power lines and poles with transformers, so hopefully we will have electricity for the entire week. :-)

Our flights are from New Orleans to Houston to San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa

There won't be a construction crew this year. It is cost-prohibitive to have a construction crew this year. Plus this village really doesn't have a construction need at this time.

Our shipping date is Friday April 17th.
If you are sending clothes to give away, each item needs to be
(1) new or gently used
(2) washed
(3) folded
(4) placed in a zip lock bag
(5) the size written on the zip lock bag
(6) placed in a box to be shipped out Friday April 17th

Clothes that don't meet this criteria will not be taken. We simply don't have the manpower and time to go through the clothing items once we arrive in Honduras. And we don't want to give away clothes that are obviously second hand. Let's be practical here.

We are also encouraging people to ship their belongings down ahead of time. You can ship your clothes, bedding, fans, etc in boxes ahead of time. But you are responsible for making your own list of what is in your box and keeping up with it. That way you know you have shipped down enough underwear.

Cloth diapers
Linda Lowe and her group are going to be putting together cloth diapers for this year's trip. If you want to contribute to that endeavor, contact her.

Our next meeting will probably be in about a month. And once the pills arrive, you will be invited to help with pill-packing parties.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Getting geared up,

Tammy

Hattiesburg, MS 39402
tmatlock@aultmantyner.com
www.ourmissionteam.com/

****************************Terry Lowe / Pam Rouse Mission Team****************************

Baptist Medical & Dental Mission International is a Christian, non-profit organization that spreads the gospel of Jesus Christ and serves the poor of Central America by sending out teams of volunteers on short-term mission trips as well as commissioning and sending out fulltime missionaries.

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