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Preparing for the Arrival of the World Race Team

March 29, 2016

Preparing for the arrival of the World Race Team

This past weekend, Travis, Gina and Noah Moffitt began a one month stay in Honduras to host a team of World Racers and to continue the work that Connect Global has established in the city of La Ceiba.

Danielle, Saige and My self spent 2015 living in La Ceiba establishing some really great relationships and working hard at creating some really engaging and sustainable projects with several locally run organizations.

This month our Co Founders will continue in the work aided by a special group of traveling missionaries. The World Race is an 11 month journey that takes participants through 11 different countries, and pairs them up with organizations like ours who are making a great impact in order to support and increase their effectiveness.

This month our team will participate in many outreaches that we have designed to be very locally impactful as well as augment our long term goals of equipping and empowering local ministries to continue reaching their community through sustainable programs.

Over the past couple of days, our team, CCI Church La Ceiba, and several other individual volunteers, gave of their time, resources, and energy setting up a comfortable and clean place for these World Racers to Stay while they are with us in La Ceiba.

By utilizing the church rooms as dorms the team, as well as our staff, can spend a greater percentage of all fundraising efforts towards the projects that really matter. This helps us maintain a very high level of support directed towards the community.

We appreciate your thoughts and prayers for our team. This month will be a wonderful time of community outreach and personal growth. Pray for safety, energy, and increase of relational depth in La Ceiba.

Thank You

Javier Mendoza,

Connect Global Co Founder

The Sharpness of the sword is in the hand of the warrior

March 1, 2016

“The sharpness of the sword is not in the edge of the blade, but in the hand of the warrior.

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— Martin Aquino

Live Your Dream

February 29, 2016

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

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— Les Brown

Children are the Future

February 29, 2016

“Children are likely to live up to
what you believe of them.”

— Lady Bird Johnson

Casa Feliz in La Ceiba Honduras

February 29, 2016

This is Casa Feliz, which translates into Happy House.

These children come to Casa Feliz at all ages and from all backgrounds. They begin their journey here through pain and turmoil, but the directors have made it their life's work to make the road less bumpy and full of happiness for these young ones. We are very impressed with the work that goes on here and love to see the smiling faces each time we visit. This is truly a "Happy House".

This is Casa Feliz, which translates into Happy House. These children come to Casa Feliz at all ages and from all backgrounds. They begin their journey here through pain and turmoil, but the directors have made it their life's work to make the road less bumpy and full of happiness for these young ones. We are very impressed with the work that goes on here and love to see the smiling faces each time we visit. This is truly a "Happy House".

Connect Global is Committed to this Honduran Home for Kids

We are committed to partnering with this location on an ongoing basis as a part of our Connected Community Initiative. They have implemented a very successful strategy of lifting kids out of terrible circumstances and raising them in an amazing house full of love, joy and faith. Each face you see represents something beautiful. For a rescued child to have the opportunity to write a beautiful new story for themselves is a miracle and we have seen that Happy House is a house where miracles happen everyday.

Consider partnering with us on a monthly basis so that we can continue supporting this and so many efforts like Casa Feliz. We need medical supplies, and support for these kids, as well as monthly household support to help run the facility that houses all of these children.

A gift of $25 a month can go a long way in helping a place like Casa Feliz provide the best attention and care for kids in Honduras. Thank You

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Explore Dream Discover

January 25, 2016

Explore, Dream, Discover.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

— Mark Twain

The Missionary Heart

January 3, 2016

“The missionary heart: Care more than some think is wise. Risk more than some think is safe. Dream more than some think is practical. Expect more than some think is possible. I was called not to comfort or success but to obedience….There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving him.”

—Karen Watson, martyr, March 15, 2004

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Happy New Year

December 29, 2015

Happy New Year!

Javier, Danielle, & Saige Mendoza in La Ceiba Honduras supporting a local run/walk in support of kids with cancer.

2015 was quite an amazing year for Connect Global and for our family. As many of you know we moved to Honduras in January 2015. We had many good reasons to do so but I'll just list a few.

It really all started 11 years ago when Javier and I fell in love on a mission trip. We were young but shared the same goals and dreams. We both wanted to spend our life helping others. From that trip on we were inseparable and were married a year later. As time moved forward our desire to do something BIG began to grow. We were no longer satisfied with a mission trip once a year and began to map a course for MORE. We were friends with a ministry( Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness) in Dallas Texas who at the time already had over two decades of ministry experience and insight into the non profit world. We decided to deepen that relationship and with their blessing learned all we could from their prison ministry with the intention of applying their practical knowledge to what would one day become Connect Global, our missions organization. Javier and I along with our ministry partners Travis and Gina Moffitt set out to create a world class missions organization over 4.5 years ago. Our goals were lofty and we have held our standards high.

We have set out to create sustainable solutions to solvable problems around the world. We do this through building fish farms, building new construction when needed, bringing in 100s of pounds of medical supplies, mentoring and training with the local police department, partnering financially with schools, orphanages and food banks as well as ministry/ mission training for local pastors.

Javier, Danielle & Saige Mendoza with David (mask) and his mother Sandra and their friend.

Our work has taken us to Mexico, Thailand, Haiti, Colombia, and Honduras. We are honored to serve the beautiful people we have met over the past 11 years and look forward to many years to come.

We have just expanded internally and will now have a Connect Global base in both Tampa, Florida and Dallas, Tx. Our biggest support as an organization comes primarily from these two states and it is where the majority of our teams come from when traveling with us. We look forward to developing deeper and stronger relationships with individuals, churches, & organizations, in the North Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, & Louisiana areas.

Javier and Saige Mendoza with long term friend/partner Jorge Amador his wife, Janeth, and their daughter Alison

The past year we spent in Honduras truly gave us deeper roots in that community, which in turn has provided several open doors for continued partnership. Honduras is the murder capital of the world and over half its citizens live on less than $2.00 a day. What this means to you & me is that WE still have a lot of work to do.

Connect Global continues to be committed to Honduras on a long term basis. We already have several trips planned for 2016 that you can attend, we are coordinating a business leader conference in 2016 in partnership with Global Advance of Dallas, Tx which will be hosted in Honduras, and many other ways you can connect to the sustainable work we are doing.

We could not do it without the love and support from all of you and for that we are thankful. If you are interested in traveling with us in 2016 please visit our TRIPS PAGE

We are excited about the New Year and all the projects Connect Global has in the works. Please Join us!

Javier, Danielle, & Saige Mendoza

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Connect Global visit to the Honduran Foundation for Kids with Cancer

August 5, 2015

July Team Member Loren sorting through donations.

The local office for the Honduran Foundation for Kids with Cancer her in La Ceiba Honduras has become one of our most favorite places to visit and support.

This national organization has plenty of private support from within Honduras and serves their country well. The local office which is run by our friend Tesla Welcher is still in need of basics and standardization but is well on it's way to help this underserved region of Honduras.

They help several hundred people in a month and that helps can be anything from free access to diagnostics and treatment of all forms of cancer, to providing transportation, meals, and clothing to their patients and families.

Tesla is the director, fundraiser, administrator, patient coordinator, and many more things.

Tesla Welcher, local director for the Honduran Foundation for Kids with Cancer.

The job we have witnessed her do that truly exemplifies her true value is that of patient caretaker. Seeing her lovingly support the families she serves and hold the crying kids as they receive painful and exhaustive treatment is one of the greatests gifts we have received since being here in Honduras.

July Team Impact

Our time at the Cancer Foundation included delivering clothing items, and over 100 pounds of medical supplies.

We listened to the kids stories about their fight with cancer, and had an opportunity to play with them, and pray for each of their families before the day was over.

This foundation is a wonderful place to invest time and money.

To hear Tesla describe the stories of each child in her care is both heart wrenching and inspiring at the same time. To hear how much faith she has in the Foundation's ability to treat these patients while also understanding the devastating effects of cancer is hard to take in. Some have beat cancer and it is a wonderful thing. For those who continue to battle it is a great thing that this Foundation exists. People like Tesla are the reason we come to Honduras and support efforts like this.

Connect Global Team Members Teri, CJ and Saige organizing medical supplies.

Connect Global's ongoing commitment

We have committed to Tesla and the local foundation to do whatever is in our power to make her job easier and more efficient. Someone who has this much heart should be supported and given the opportunity to focus on what they are truly gifted to do.

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