Family and friends,
As a Youth Pastor… I have gotten to lead and experience many short-term mission trips over the years. Other cultures have always felt warm and welcome to me…like going home to a childhood place or a familiar memory.
As a dad…I have always returned to a smiling wife who wraps me in hugs and loud little voices and running feet as my kids throw themselves upon me and demand to hear all about the world across the seas.
So I have described my time away. The colors. The people. The smells. The food. The way God was there long before any of us. The way life unfolded in the world far from theirs.
But we all know that the best description is only a glimpse…and I have waited for the day that my closest can be a closer part of a trip into a different land. I have wished for the day that my family would join with me in some of these travels.
In just over a month… Lindsay, Riley, and I have the opportunity to be part of life and work and mission in Honduras but we need your help to get there. We will be leaving on October 10th and return on the 18th.
We are partnering with a family who has lived and done ministry in Honduras for years. The majority of our time will go towards a daily breakfast program. This is an all day deal that feeds, mentors, teaches, plays with, and just shows love to local kids from the city. For most of the kids there, it will be the only meal of the day.
We will also be doing everything that we can to build and support the local church of Los Pinos. We believe that Gods heart is to grow, equip, and send the local church and we are excited about being a part of that in any way that we can.
We need your help… We have to raise $5,400 in less than a month in order for all three of us to go and are asking that friends and supporters would help make this a reality. Would you consider supporting us financially?
The area that we are going to is spiritually needy and physically dangerous and we feel that we really need your prayers during this time. Would you pray that the gospel goes with us and that God would be near at all times?
If you choose to contribute to our trip please send your donation to:
K2 The Church
Attn: Honduras Mission
PO Box 521138
Salt Lake City, UT 84152-1138
All checks should be make payable to K2 the Church
Please write Shackelford Honduras Trip on the memo line.
Thank-you for your prayers and support.
From Lindsay:
As we thought and prayed about this trip, we were a bit daunted by the amount of money we would have to raise in such a short amount of time. But the thought and hope of the three of us going wouldn't leave my mind. I know HE is faithful and will provide for us.
Riley is 11 now, and as I see signs of young adulthood happening within him, I have a great desire to have him start off his teen years with a new perspective and love for other people prominent in his mind. For years, I have watched youth come home from trips like this "all in" for Christ. And that is what my hope and prayer for this trip is. I have already seen his heart begin to soften towards others as we begin to plan. He has started working to learn Spanish with me and has begun to make Lego sets with his toys to pass out to the kids. And what an amazing springboard for important conversations for Eli and I, as his main influence, to have with him for the next couple of years.
We need your support, but I know even more than that, we need your prayers. Not only for saftey, but for teachable hearts, for boldness in sharing love with those who don't speak the same language, and for compassion and grace for others. Thank-you!
The Shack Pack
