Rick and Cheryl on Adventure

Teaching English in Colombia Cheryl spent May 4-12 presenting a one-week intensive English program to supplement the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes at a rural school near Bogota, Colombia. Here is how this opportunity developed: In April, 2018, Rick and I visited PAOC global workers Darren and Patty McCrea in Bogota. Darren drove us all around the city and surrounding area, giving us a firsthand view of some of the ministry projects they were involved in. We had the pleasure of meeting several local pastors with whom Darren partners to bring help, resources, and the good news of the gospel to people in need. One of these pastors mentioned that the local high school principal frequently asked if it would be possible to get help with their English classes. I told Darren that yes, that was something I would be excited about pursuing. The principal was hoping that teachers could come for a week during which he would suspend other classes so that the greatest number of stud...

For the last two years Cheryl and I have been serving on the missions mobilization committee at our church. This church family has always been very generous in their support for local and international initiatives, but we felt as a committee that it was time to re-engage in some hands on service projects.  Since we have connections in Latin America, Cheryl and I offered to check with our PAOC global workers to see what might be possible. Two significant opportunities came up and when we shared these with our church family, we had so much interest we were able to form two teams. One team of eight would go to Honduras to install water filters (with Rick leading), and a second eight person team would join Cheryl in piloting an intensive English program for high school students in Colombia. Tegucigalpa, Honduras - May 5-14, 2019 Since 2010, Schools of Hope has been working in a very impoverished area on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Cheryl and I spent two m...