Our teammate Kate runs our StreetChild program. This project ministers to the large number of homeless kids who live on the streets of La Ceiba. While she has done a great job it has been a daunting and emotional job for Kate. It has been a priority to try and get Honduran men to help Kate with this often-intimidating ministry. God has responded with two great guys.

Jansen is young man who lives in La Ceiba. He is a Christian who works a warehouse job. Jansen has no experience working with homeless boys, but he has gained a heart for this work. Several days a week he has been volunteering to spend time with Kate ministering to the boys. He is demonstrating that a little love and consistency go a long way with these kids.

Hector lives in the capital city of Tegucigulpa. He himself spent much of his early years living on the streets. Hector found Christ and came off the streets. He has been working with homeless boys for several years. We just offered Hector a job to work fulltime with our ministry. In June Hector will move to La Ceiba and help to expand our ministry to our city’s homeless kids.

God calls us all to care for the poor (Luke 12:33) and homeless (Isaiah 58:7). It seems like God is really providing us with the tools we need to serve the homeless kids here in La Ceiba.

Recently Mike went out with our teammate Kate DeFuniak in search of elusive homeless kids. For nearly five hours we drove around downtown La Ceiba and talked with kids who live on the streets.

Some interactions ended with a nervous kid running from the scene. Many of these kids crave the independence and don’t trust adults. Perceiving that we were there to take them back to Social Services, inject them with medicine or worse, they ran.

But, other kids felt more comfortable with us. They talked through the window of our truck and some even jumped in back for a short ride. Slowly as the kids felt more comfortable we would park the car and slowly emerge. With several kids we purchased them lunch, had long conversations, gave them medicine and even hugged and loved on their dirty, skinny little bodies.

The Bible clearly commands us to care for these homeless kids (Isaiah 58:7, Luke 14:13-14, Leviticus 25:35-36). They are the destitute and forgotten souls in a culture full of destitute and forgotten souls. In the long run God has great plans for these kids. But for now we are happy to give them a meal and a hug where we can. As you and your family settle down this evening after a long day, please take a moment to pray that Ronald, Bryan, Jimmy and Melvin are safe on the streets of La Ceiba.