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Health and Safety Please, please, please take and use sunscreen. I cannot emphasize this enough. If you get sunburned the first day, you’ll find it difficult to work the rest of the week. Even if you aren’t prone to sunburn, . . . → Read More: Health and Safety Food and Water Any food your host family offers you is safe. They are very health-conscious when it comes to their visitors from the U.S. Any food we’re served by the church is safe. If we go out to a . . . → Read More: Food and Water Water & Electricity Most Honduran houses and many other buildings have a “pila.” This is a reservoir for storing fresh water. This is clean water, but not drinkable. Pila water is used for washing clothes, dishes, and . . . → Read More: Water & Electricity Bathrooms in Honduras Once you are in Honduras, do not put toilet paper in the toilets! This sounds weird, but they have smaller pipes and lower water pressure so toilet paper can clog them. All stalls will . . . → Read More: Bathrooms in Honduras Airport Security & Travel Issues: Pack any sharp items (nail clippers, metal nail files, pocket knives, scissors, tools, etc) in your luggage, NOT in your carry on. Do not pack any lighters or aerosol cans in your carry-on. This will help us avoid delays at . . . → Read More: Airport Security & Travel Issues Packing Tips Make at least 2 photocopies of your passport and insurance card. Pack one in your luggage, and leave the other with your emergency contact person at home. You will need to carry your passport with . . . → Read More: Packing Tips What to Pack Work clothes – lightweight, loose-fitting, light colored – cotton is GOOD. Sturdy work gloves are recommended. Work pants MUST be long – for your safety. Men: NO wife-beaters. Women: modest necklines for ladies – no spaghetti straps. Women MUST wear at least calf-length pants at all times. Even long shorts are considered inappropriate for . . . → Read More: What to Pack Luggage Guidelines & Tips: All of your personal items must fit in one suitcase to be checked, one carry-on and a small item such as a pillow or small purse. We’ve been following our friend, Joey, on his Honduras LT journey at his blog: The Luke 9:23 Project. His recent post is about how he hopes to use his journalism education and experience to bring attention to issues in Honduras. I think that the quote he shares is a powerful reminder to those of us who go and see the hard things: “You let it break your heart. You shed a few tears and you get back to work. You do something about it.” That is exactly what Joey is doing. He’s not just looking back on his experiences in Honduras and feeling sad about the difficult circumstances, he’s taking that sadness and turning it into action. Not all of us can do a summer at LT in Choluteca. But all of us can become advocates, being the eyes and ears of those who haven’t been to the developing world, and giving voice to the voiceless. Continue reading Do Something About It Here are some tips and advice for the trip that no one seems to want to hear, and tend to be difficult for people to accept and conform to. Remember, this trip is about dying to yourself and being a servant to God and to others. Put yourself last, get out of your comfort zone. Continue reading The Stuff You Don’t Want to Hear |
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