Thursday, February 23, 2006

Clinic in Honduras

Majken Broby, my father's cousin, worked with the Congregational Churches to establish a holistic work in Rivera Hernandez, near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. This building is the clinic she built. It is led by Josue Hernandez, whom she helped send through medical school.
I was there together with John Carson, the missions coordinator for the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, and Johannes Alsbo, the leader of the Swedish mission, Barn i Nod.
We are grateful for the great work that Majken did. The church is also moving along very well, and there were about 300 people there on the Sunday evening that John spoke.
My nephew, Joel Mattsson-Boze was with me on the trip. We were in Olanchito, La Ceiba, and then on the Miskito coast in Cusuna with the Garifuna pastors. After that we were in several churches in the San Pedro Sula area. Joel is pastor of an Alliance church in Fremont, California.
Bob Kallem, from the Minneapolis area, was also with me on the latter part of the trip. He is an experienced teacher and pastor, and spent 18 years in Brazil as a missionary with the Alliance. He had been with a group led by Dave Seehusen that worked on several construction projects.