Next week we are hosting a team from the Christian Motorcyclist's Association. They are a medical team, and have requested to minister in an area where few teams go. The department of Lempira, with it's remote mountain villages, offers many rarely visited locations.
In consultation with our good friend Dr Julio, who oversees the work of government medical brigades into this department, and who therefore is knowledgeable about where medical groups have recently worked, the city of Candelaria was chosen as the base for the upcoming team's medical clinics.
Candelaria is in a general area known as "La Frontera," which refers to the border between Honduras and El Salvador. The exact location of this part of the border has been in legal dispute as recently as the early 1990's.
Last week, Russell and Dr Julio traveled out to La Frontera to make some advance plans for locations for the team to work, and for their food and lodging. Here are some pictures of the lodging facilities, which I think are pretty nice, considering the remote location.
Bunk room
Bathroom sinks
Cooking facilities
The drive from the airport to Gracias is 3 1/2 - 4 hours, depending upon weather and road conditions. This part of the trip is on paved roads. From Gracias to Candelaria, the roads are not paved. This part of the trip should take about 4 hours, to drive about 65 road miles. The actual distance between Gracias and Candelaria is much less, of course, but the roads have to wind all over the place to get up and down the mountains.
Our family is looking forward to a week of adventure with this team!
1 comment:
Wow, that does seem pretty nice!
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