Steve and Becky Jordan in Portage, Michigan, taking apart the playground which is now installed at the Amor, Fe, y Esperanza school. (Photo courtesy of Way-FM)
Honduras (MNN) ― Steve Jordan was repairing an orphanage roof in Honduras when he fell through it and broke his pelvis on Monday. He is a member of a short-term mission team from Way-FM, a Cornerstone University Christian Hit Radio station in West Michigan, which organized the trip in partnership with Orphan Outreach.
He and his wife will return to the United States as soon as the insurance company can work out transportation. In the meantime, their team will wrap up two weeks of ministry on Friday.
"We definitely feel like we have forces working against us," said Orphan Outreach's Tiffany Taylor. "But we know that we're doing good; we know that we're making a difference to orphans and at-risk children here."
The team has filled its weeks in Honduras with hard work and productive ministry. Its evangelism team has distributed hundreds of Bibles and teddy bears to needy children, in addition to holding movie nights and drama programs. The medical team has ministered physically and spiritually to hundreds of people on a daily basis.
One member of the team is an expert on water filtration systems, and has installed them in every place the team has traveled in Honduras.
The construction team has repaired many things such as sinks, roofs, and toilets for schools and orphanages. This week it will finish up some "extreme home makeovers" for single mothers and their families living in terrible conditions.
On top of that, the team has put together a playground for a Christian school serving children who work in the dump in Tegucigalpa. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the playground was held on Monday.
"We've built the most amazing playground you've ever seen for the children who work in the dump," Taylor said. "When they cut the ribbon, the children ran to use the play ground! What a delight to see the light in their eyes and the hope and joy that those children had with this wonderful playground."
Taylor said the trip will enhance Orphan Outreach's ministry in the area.
"That playground now is a beacon in that community for kids," she said. "And when the kids get out of the dump...they can go down to that playground, and they themselves can go to school. It's a way to entice them to come to the school and to hear about what's going on at the school. It's just a huge blessing to the ministry of Orphan Outreach."
La Escuela de Amor, Fe, y Esperanza serves about 120 children, some of whom still have to work in the dump. Each student spends at least half the day in classes.
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