Youth For Christ has been a part of our lives through our courtship, marriage and now our missionary careers. Much of what we learned of missions we learned as we served
YFC in Memphis, Tennessee. After 16+ years of volunteering, being on
YFC's ministry staff, and (Rick) serving as Executive Director for
Mid-South YFC... the Lord directed our lives to international missions. In 2002 we moved to Costa Rica for a year of language school. Then, we settled into Tegucigalpa to grow the existing
YFC ministry into the capitol city. Presently,
YFC in Central Honduras reaches youth through these venues:
- the prison
- the city-dump
- the high school campus
- the urban neighborhood
- the Mts. of Yoro - where the Tolupan Indians live
The ministry programs that we use to fall into 2 categories: intervention and prevention. Our intervention programs include: Bible studies, English classes, sports, and meeting physical needs (food, clothing, medical, dental, education). Our prevention program is a child-care center in a needy urban neighborhood. In addition to these ongoing programs, we have the opportunity to host short-term mission teams who are a great asset to our work in Honduras. It was through a short-term missionary trip in 1998 that God began to lead us to Honduras.
Youth For Christ has been a part of our lives through our courtship, marriage and now our missionary careers. Much of what we learned of missions we learned as we served YFC in Memphis, Tennessee. After 16+ years of volunteering, being on YFC's ministry staff, and (Rick) serving as Executive Director for Mid-South YFC... the Lord directed our lives to international missions. In 2002 we moved to Costa Rica for a year of language school. Then, we settled into Tegucigalpa to grow the existing YFC ministry into the capitol city. Presently, YFC in Central Honduras reaches youth through these venues:
Rick and Kim. You seem like you are having a great time ministering to the youth in Honduras. My name is Kyle Rice and from Atlanta, Georgia. I have worked with youth and childhood ministries for a few years now and I have heard the Lord say that I need to go to Honduras. I don't speak spanish and I don't know anyone down there, but I feel I need to go. I would love it if one of you could send me some information about where I could get plugged in and live for while. my email is kylewrice@hotmail.com. God Bless you both!
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