As you reflected on the New Year, did you feel a need to do more to serve the poor of our world? Perhaps volunteering to drill a water well is a great way to answer that calling. Since 2002, the Honduras Water Ministry (HWM), sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, has taken volunteer missionaries to drill water wells in the El Paraiso region of Honduras. To date, 44 water wells serving over 30,000 Hondurans have been drilled by both volunteers and Honduran teams trained by the HWM.

Volunteers are needed for missionary trip to Honduras throughout the calendar year. Volunteers may choose to join teams that will provide the following services:

Drill a new water well
Teach sustainable health and hygiene programs
Minister to children and adults in the community.
Repair/replace pumps on existing wells.

Contact Terry Hayes at 512-914-9164 or Maria Valdez at 210-275-0575.
This years remaining scheduled trips to Honduras include:

May 27-June 5
July 29-August 7
October 14-23

Also, there are many other ways to get involved with this Ministry: Pray for us. Pray with us. Donate money:

*a gift of any amount will help us buy supplies such as pipe, tools, fuel, etc.
*$500 will provide materials, including adult and children's Bibles in Spanish, 
for local women to teach health and hygiene skills and share the love of Christ 
with other families in the community
*$1,200 will sponsor a volunteer missionary
*$5,000 will pay for a new water well, serving a village of approximately 
250 families and over 1,000 men, women and children.

This ministry has been blessed over the years by your prayers and financial support and we are very grateful. We hope to see you on one of our Volunteer Missionary Trips to Honduras during 2010!

For more information about the Diocese Water Ministry programs, please contact Maria Valdez, Executive Director by phone (210-275-0575) or by email or visit our website.