National & Global Missions

Honduras Mission

Ways to Help the Honduras Mission by Shawn Plowman

There are three ways to help the Honduras Mission Team prepare for their next mission trip:

1. Pray for the health of the missionaries, that they get all the supplies and monetary donations they need, for the doctors, nurses and patients in the hospital and for the people living in the village
2. Give by purchasing supplies for the hospital and the village. Pick up a shopping list on the large donation box in the Fellowship Hall or check the PLC Headlines on our website, www.plc-church.org. Monetary donations are also appreciated.
3. Serve, decide to go to Honduras July 8-17 to serve and love the people! There is something for everyone to do.

I deeply appreciate all of you who have supported this ministry! Go in peace! And Serve the Lord! E-mail Shawn Plowman, or call 858-484-6396.

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World Mission Prayer League

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Wycliffe Bible Translators

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United Evangelical Mission International

Currently we participate in this India-based mission through 46 PLC families sponsoring orphans, 4 families sponsoring women in Talitha Cumi home and the sponsorship of CTC training for local leaders. Through PLC, thousands of dollars have been given to help build the Christian orphanage/school in Bangalore.

Cambodia - 2010 Pastor Greg has been in Cambodia on two occasions (November 2009 and 2010) to assist Agape International Missions (AIM4ASIA) whose mission is "to prevent child sex trafficking and restore hope to its victims by providing holistic aftercare to rescued victims; equipping and mobilizing the church to take action; and building community centers like Rahab's House II – (see picture 1) in sex trafficking hot spots." He went with a team of people which included a dentist and medical personnel. The purpose was to provide medical and dental care to impoverished villages where the church is making inroads in the fight against human trafficking. In addition to participating in the clinics Pastor Greg had the opportunity to work with AIM4ASIA's Moses Seth (see picture 2) who has been instrumental in planting over 800 churches in Cambodia in the last 10 years. Pastor Greg also worked with Don and Bridget Brewster (see picture 3). Don is the Executive Director of AIM4ASIA and Bridget is the Administrator of AIM4ASIA in Cambodia. They spearhead not only a courageous and compassionate ministry to girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking, but work to develop community transformation centers like Rahab's House II in Svay Pak.

Rahab's House II Pastor Greg and Moses Seth

From Pastor Greg: "These trips have impacted me in a significant way. Upon my return in 2009 I met with some individuals involved in fighting human trafficking locally. This is not just a problem in Cambodia; it is a global and local problem. Of cities in the US, San Diego is #13 on the list of those involved in child sex trafficking. Connections are being made to address this issue locally. God's heart is grieved and the church cannot remain silent."

Don & Bridget Brewster

Honduras The Honduras Ministry focuses on two groups of children in San Pedro Sula, Honduras: 1) We work with the children at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital, the largest public hospital in Honduras. The sickest children in the country are treated there. We support the hospital by supplying snacks twice daily, doing facility repairs, collecting medicines and medical supplies, making beanie and blankets, and teaching the parents and children about Jesus. Vacation Bible School is taught in a small school room inside the hospital to children who are well enough to get out of bed. Bedside VBS is also offered for those who are room-bound.

We have also started teaching VBS to children in an AIDS out-patient clinic. 2) We work with children who live in a cardboard village in the center town. We run medical brigades at each mission and are always looking for medical and dental professionals to help. We are installing water filters and treating the kids for parasites. In the nearby village of Nueva Florida we will build a church, start beekeeping, and teach the people how to build brick ovens and make bread. Also, during some mission trips professionals can come to Honduras and teach at local universities. This provides an opportunity to evangelize to college students, the next leaders of Honduras. For further information, please contact Shawn Plowman.

Beirut, Lebanon (Note: this missionary's identity must be kept private in the interest of security.) I live in Beirut, Lebanon and I minister to university students from a wide array of backgrounds. Because the university population consists of students from every sectarian and religious background, we spend time with Sunni and Shia Muslims, Druze, and different Christian backgrounds. These students range from secular to devout. In addition to Lebanese students, quite a few of our close friends are from other Muslim countries such as Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and North Africa.

We focus on bringing together students from these different backgrounds who have given their lives to Jesus. We seek to live life together, acting as family, praying, discipling, and learning what it means to love the city of Beirut well. This often takes us to service projects in the slums and at an orphanage. Along the way, we talk about Jesus to all of our friends and end up reading the Bible with interested students. We seek to be the aroma of Christ and expose them to Jesus-centered fellowship. Ultimately, we hope to see a church planted in the university neighborhoods that will be a shelter for our friends, regardless of their religious or family background. I study Arabic and take courses at the American University in Beirut as a means of meeting more people, learning the heart language of the Arabs, and understanding the student population more. As God allows, we travel to surrounding countries to encourage our brothers and sisters we know and to visit the families of our friends who study in Beirut.

Croatia Currently we, Beth and Justin "Juice" Ortiz, are in language school and plan to be so until Fall 2010. Our effort has been warmly received as many Croats have responded to our language sponging big time in positive ways. We still have pretty rocky speech patterns and comprehension... but the Lord continues to smooth this new language out in our minds daily and weekly.
U budučnosti... In the future... ...We plan to work full-time discipling young people in vibrant walks with Jesus. The specifics are a little foggy for now, but with the low number of full-time youth workers, we are excited to bring along an encouraging dynamic to our national brothers and sisters who've been laboring already for many years. Much adventure lies ahead and we anticipate the day we can fluently speak the language of God's heart in the heart language of Croatians.
Snapshot of the Ortiz's: Beth comes from the Northern Midwest, but feels most at home around palm trees and the beach. Juice spent most of his early years in San Diego County and was fortunate enough to carry Beth away to the land of the sun. They have been in Croatia since June 2009.