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| Letter from Dr. Barbra McCune regarding Mission in Honduras |
| Saturday, 30 January 2010 15:27 |
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Dear Friends, I noticed on the St Paul`s website that Sunday, January 31, St Paul`s will be celebrating the various missions outside the parish in which you are engaged. I thought this would be a good time for me to express my thanks to the St Paul`s community for their years of faithful and generous support of my medical ministry in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. As you may know, I arrived in Honduras in July 2003; my first time in the country! But armed with my basic knowledge of Spanish and my years of experience as a primary care internist, I took the leap. (In retrospect, I probably would not advise anyone to commit to a mission site unseen but I have been blessed beyond measure beginning with my first week here when I was able to locate an aprtment, get some idea of how public transportation works in this crazy city, and figure out how to get thebasics which are needed in order to live here.) As I recall, I was on the phone checking out apartment possibilities in an office at Santa Maria de los Angeles when in walked Rev George Chapman and Margie Chapman. They were here to "check out possible sites for future mission service." And thus, began, an endearing and wonderful relationship with St Paul`s. Your community is no stranger to short term mission trips to Honduras. I have had the pleasure of meeting with many of your teams, working on short term projects with some individuals and preaching at St Paul`s. When speaking to other new arrivals, I often have used St Paul`s as an example of a parish that "gets it" and knows how much effort, energy, time, communication, and prayer are needed to establish and maintain a relationship with a community here in Honduras. You folks have never been in it for the short term nor have you looked for the quick fix! Effective February 1, I will become the Clinical Director of the primary care clinic where I have served for the past 5 1/2 years. I am prayerfully optimistic ,as my Jesuit friends would say, that I can make some needed changes there and expand the scope and quality of medical services. And who knows, some day, I may even get running water and a roof! I am so grateful for your generous financial support over the years and your recent gift honoring my marriage to Rev Rich Kunz. Because of servant-hearted folks like yourselves, I am able to continue to do the work I am called to do with a people who have captured my heart. So blessings to you, my good friends, on your special Sunday. Know that you are remembered in prayer from this little corner of Tegucigalpa. PS Still no blankets but I have been assured that they are in Miami and will get sent here when the load is full. Not to worry, with blankets that have been prayed over and blessed by so many caring hands and hearts, I know they will get here eventually! Be well and do good. Barbra McCune |
