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September 23, 2024
Bandera building hope in Honduras
By Christopher Dion
Special to the Prophet
Recently a team of workers, led by Bandera’s own Kenny O’Bannon, traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras for a very special project. This team of workers included members with a variety of skills and talents from basic labor to all areas of construction expertise. They came from Phoenix, Ariz. and Denver, Colo., as well as our own hometown, to live out the motto of Building Hope International of “Helping others who are helping others!”
On this particular trip, the team came to help Zion Ministries. Zion Ministries is the 30-plus year mission of husband-and-wife team Peter and Tyanne Jurka to serve the people of Honduras and share the Gospel. They have done this through establishing a school, an orphanage, humanitarian distributions, and prison ministry.
Their latest venture involved the purchase of a home in the small village near the prison where they had served until COVID closed it down. This village is home to many of the families of prisoners who are members of the 18th Street Gang. The vision behind the purchase of this house was the creation of a clinic, food distribution site, and place for Christian outreach. They had a doctor in place ready to begin services. However, the vision was delayed due to persistent electrical and water issues.
Here is where Building Hope International comes in.
Building Hope International is committed to providing hope to people in need through construction, construction related services, and other humanitarian efforts that may provide economic benefit, relief or aid to a community. O’Bannon, the organization’s executive director, conducts outreach to missionaries and ministries worldwide to identify construction, remodeling and post-disaster recovery needs. He then goes to work with his ministry partner Trey Robbins, of Denver, Colo., to seek out and enlist manpower and materials needed to meet the mission requested.
For this mission they enlisted the help of contractor Paul Brislane, of Denver, Colo., Vietnam Veteran and garage owner Bob Becker of Phoenix, Ariz., and this fellow White Rock Christian Fellowship church member. Over the course of seven days, our team reinstalled windows, built ceilings, hung drywall, replaced fixtures, repaired the electrical system, and restored water to the building that had not run for more than two years. Additionally, they reorganized the clinic at the house and storage areas at Zion Ministries Headquarters, located in the Valley of the Angels.
Previously, Building Hope International had enlisted the well-known expertise of Hauer Brothers Air Conditioning of Bandera to repair, replace, and install AC at Zion Ministries Christian School Honor Academy. The team of Casey and Garret Hauer traveled twice to Honduras to ensure an accurate assessment of needs followed by expert installation and service.
If you are interested in being a part of the next team to Honduras scheduled for Feb. 1, 2025 or are interested in supporting a great ministry contact https://www.bhinow.org/ .
On this particular trip, the team came to help Zion Ministries. Zion Ministries is the 30-plus year mission of husband-and-wife team Peter and Tyanne Jurka to serve the people of Honduras and share the Gospel. They have done this through establishing a school, an orphanage, humanitarian distributions, and prison ministry.
Their latest venture involved the purchase of a home in the small village near the prison where they had served until COVID closed it down. This village is home to many of the families of prisoners who are members of the 18th Street Gang. The vision behind the purchase of this house was the creation of a clinic, food distribution site, and place for Christian outreach. They had a doctor in place ready to begin services. However, the vision was delayed due to persistent electrical and water issues.
Here is where Building Hope International comes in.
Building Hope International is committed to providing hope to people in need through construction, construction related services, and other humanitarian efforts that may provide economic benefit, relief or aid to a community. O’Bannon, the organization’s executive director, conducts outreach to missionaries and ministries worldwide to identify construction, remodeling and post-disaster recovery needs. He then goes to work with his ministry partner Trey Robbins, of Denver, Colo., to seek out and enlist manpower and materials needed to meet the mission requested.
For this mission they enlisted the help of contractor Paul Brislane, of Denver, Colo., Vietnam Veteran and garage owner Bob Becker of Phoenix, Ariz., and this fellow White Rock Christian Fellowship church member. Over the course of seven days, our team reinstalled windows, built ceilings, hung drywall, replaced fixtures, repaired the electrical system, and restored water to the building that had not run for more than two years. Additionally, they reorganized the clinic at the house and storage areas at Zion Ministries Headquarters, located in the Valley of the Angels.
Previously, Building Hope International had enlisted the well-known expertise of Hauer Brothers Air Conditioning of Bandera to repair, replace, and install AC at Zion Ministries Christian School Honor Academy. The team of Casey and Garret Hauer traveled twice to Honduras to ensure an accurate assessment of needs followed by expert installation and service.
If you are interested in being a part of the next team to Honduras scheduled for Feb. 1, 2025 or are interested in supporting a great ministry contact https://www.bhinow.org/ .