St. George's Episcopal Church
“Growing into Christ + Reaching out in Love”
 905 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg VA 22401
Telephone: 540-373-4133 Fax: 540-374-0923

Outreach: Mission Projects

Our Little Roses in Honduras

Updated 11/24/2005

Thanks to everyone who helped make our trip to Our Little Roses in Honduras a huge success! Our group of nine missionaries spent a week and a half at Our Little Roses home for girls in San Pedro Sula. We gave and received lots of love, renewed friendships, and developed new and lasting relationships with the girls and staff members. Our activities included: dancing, reading, make-up and skin care, playing basketball, guitar, hosting an ice cream social, treating 70 girls to lunch at Burger King, building an awning for the kitchen, making beaded jewelry, jumping rope, shelving and organizing library books, teaching the principal of Our Holy Family School how to access the Internet, advising the school about curriculum, attending a local church service with the girls, visiting and providing supplies for a women's housing development, yoga classes....and having an all round great time.

Thanks to the generous contributions of St. Georgians, we were able to provide money that will be used to buy new mattresses for all of the girls' beds. You all made this trip possible with your love, prayers, and support. We are truly grateful.

Stay tuned for a more detailed presentation this fall. We are already looking forward to next year!

Kitty and Ben Wafle, Janice and Mark Brunson, Bryn Roth, Oscar and Lee Anne Hecker, Barbara Douglas, and Alice Taylor

We had a successful day of activities. Yoga, jewelry making were a big success and the construction project / a roof to block the sun at a large kitchen window / is well underway. Our teenager, Oscar is having a great time. We are all happy and blessed with good health.

Our gift of extra money we raised will be used to buy new mattresses for the younger girls' beds, This was a real need and we were excited to see the money used in this way.

All the attached pictures are from today except for Power Chicken which was taken Sunday evening.

More later.

Your Mission Team.

Today we also went to the movies with the girls to see Harry Potter and walked back which was a fun adventure. Tomorrow will be more activities and fun.

Janice and Mark Brunson
Ben and Kitty Wafle
Barbara Douglas (sponsors a girl there with Frank Douglas)
Lee Anne and Oscar Hecker
Bryn Roth (sponsors a girl there)
Alice Taylor (from King George)

Please keep them in your prayers!

Hello from Our Little Roses! Our trip down went very smoothly and we arrived on time and safely. We were even greeted by a young lady holding an OLR sign when we got to customs at the airport. Today was our first afternoon of activities with Yoga, "makeup" for the younger girls and a shopping trip for Mark to get materials for our building project. I will be trying to send some pictures tomorrow. In the meantime, keep us in your prayers.

Ben for---
Your OLR Mission Team.

If you would like to make a financial contribution, or donate girls socks and underwear (all sizes), or art supplies (any, but beads in particular), please contact the church office, or Janice and Kitty as listed below:

Janice Brunson (540-370-1887) or Kitty Wafle (540-373-0443)