Robin and I are putting out feelers to find folks who will help us move into the mission field in Honduras. Let me explain.
We made a move about a year ago to Yadkinville, NC. Our reasons were two-fold. We were going into business with Robin's sister and her husband to start a blueberry farm and the church at Yadkinville was looking for a preacher. To make this concise, it wasn't working out for us. It just didn't "feel" right. We began discussing on a Tuesday the possibility of making a change when on Thursday Marc Tindall called us and said he had been trying to find us so he could invite us to come to Honduras to help with the work there. Marc and his wife, Terri, are the ones we work with when we go on our annual two-week mission trip to Honduras. After much prayer, we have decided we would like to join them in this work.
We are now looking for churches to help us make the move. We are looking for an annual salary plus money for a vehicle and furniture to set up housekeeping when we arrive plus some working fund. Marc says there is a house for rent in Santa Ana within walking distance of the children's home for $250.00 per month. We plan to ship very little down as we have in our mission work always used local products.
Our biggest concern has been for Jacob, our 16 year olds well-being. At first, he wasn't real excited about the idea but when we told him he could take his pets with us and that we would make sure he gets back each summer for camp at Carolina Bible Camp, he is ready to go. He's been to Honduras four times, so he knows what its going to be like. We also consulted with our four older kids whom we also took to the mission field around his age and they assured us he would do fine.
What will we be doing? Throughout the summers we'll be helping the several hundred folks who come down for mission trips get their work done building houses, visiting the hospital, holding medical clinics, handing out food to people who live in the city dump and evangelizing. After the mission trips are over, there will be plenty of follow-up work to do as new congregations have been established, feeding stations continue through the year and the children's home at Santa Ana will have children who need care. In fact, that will be one of our concerns as we fill in as needed when the current houseparents need to get away for other needs. Robin and I both will also have ample opportunity to teach the Bible and hopefully share some of our knowledge about marriage and family. We will also be working with Baxter Institute to get preachers to work with the newly established congregations.
Our plans are to move in February 2010. The sooner we get there, the more we will be able to relieve the work of Marc and Terri. Please let us know if you or your congregation can help. Donations can be sent to our sponsoring church at
Wilkesboro Church of Christ (Make checks out to the church, put Honduras on the "for" line
P.O. Box 81 and include a note that its for the Lowell White family.)
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
While the blueberry farm spoke to our need for financial security and a place to call home; the work in Honduras speaks to our heart and the need to make a difference in the kingdom of God in Honduras.
Lowell & Robin White
PO Box 2357
Yadkinville, NC 27055
