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Connect Global will be hosting a Missions Conference on AUGUST 20 AND 21 in San Juan Pueblo Honduras
We are very excited to be putting together a special time of practical training and spiritual encouragement for the Church leaders of Honduras.
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Connect Global tuvo un tiempo maravilloso como anfitrión de la Conferencia de Misiones 2019 en La Ceiba, Honduras. Este año, los asistentes disfrutaron de varios oradores dinámicos y talleres. Tanto líderes de culto locales como internacionales estuvieron en la conferencia compartiendo sus dones con Honduras, y muchas personas entregaron sus corazones al señor al servicio de la Gran Comisión.
Organizar eventos anuales como la Conferencia de Misiones de este año es una expresión de nuestro deseo de ayudar a preparar y equipar a América Latina para llegar al mundo. Esta conferencia anual junto con nuestra iniciativa de Comunidad Conectada existente en La Ceiba, Honduras, es parte de la visión a largo plazo de Connect Global.
Connect Global tuvo el honor de albergar algunos oradores invitados, pastores y capacitadores muy especiales. Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, Movilizador Internacional de Go To Nations, Pastor Tony Byrd, Morning Star Church, y Dr. Johnny Moffitt, Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness, junto con muchos otros oradores y maestros de renombre de La Ceiba como el Pastor Allan Lorenzana, Pastor Edgardo Lainez, Pastor Mauricio Vargas estuvieron allí para ayudar a compartir la visión.
Connect Global had a wonderful time hosting the 2019 Missions Conference in La Ceiba, Honduras. This years attendees enjoyed several dynamic speakers, and workshops. Both international and local worship leaders were at the conference sharing their giftings with Honduras, and many people gave their hearts to the lord in service to the Great Commission..
Hosting annual events such as this year’s Missions Conference is one expression of our desire to help Prepare and Equip Latin America to Reach the World. This annual conference along with our existing Connected Community initiative in La Ceiba, Honduras is a part of the long term vision of Connect Global.
Connect Global was honored to host some very special guest speakers, pastors, and trainers. Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, International Mobilizer from Go To Nations, Pastor Tony Byrd, Morning Star Church, & Dr Johnny Moffitt, Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness, along with many other well renowned speakers and teachers from La Ceiba such as Pastor Allan Lorenzana, Pastor Edgardo Lainez, Pastor Mauricio Vargas were there to help share the vision.
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Estamos muy emocionados de organizar un tiempo especial de capacitación práctica y aliento espiritual para los líderes de la Iglesia de Honduras.
Organizar eventos anuales como esta Conferencia de Misiones es una expresión de nuestro deseo de ayudar a Preparar y equipar a América Latina para alcanzar el mundo. Esta conferencia, junto con nuestra iniciativa existente de Comunidad Conectada en La Ceiba, Honduras, es parte de la visión a largo plazo de Connect Global.
Habrá varios oradores y entrenadores invitados especiales que estarán con nosotros, entre ellos el Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, Movilizador internacional de Go To Nations, el Pastor Tony Byrd, la Iglesia Morning Star, el Dr. Johnny Moffitt, Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness, junto con muchos otros oradores y profesores de renombre.
Connect Global will be hosting a Missions Conference on July 25, 26, & 27th.
We are very excited to be putting together a special time of practical training and spiritual encouragement for the Church leaders of Honduras.
Hosting annual events such as this missions conference is one expression of our desire to help Prepare and Equip Latin America to Reach the World. This conference along with our existing Connected Community initiative in La Ceiba, Honduras is a part of the long term vision of Connect Global.
There are several special guest speakers and trainers that will be with us including Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, International Mobilizer from Go To Nations, Pastor Tony Byrd, Morning Star Church, & Dr Johnny Moffitt, Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness, along with many other well renowned speakers and teachers.
There is Online Registration Available by Clicking the Button Below
Connect Global along with CCI Church in La Ceiba will be hosting a Mission Conference June 14-16.
We are very excited to be putting together a special time of training and encouragement for the Church leaders of Honduras. This goes along well with the time-line of our existing Connected Community initiative and is a part of the long term vision of Connect Global.
There are several special guest speakers and trainers that will be with us including Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, International Mobilizer from Go To Nations, Jason Holland Director of Operations for Joshua Nations, and Dr. René Peñalba President and Founder of CCI Church Network in Honduras. We are happy to have musical guests, Nate Wood & Milton Valle as well.
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Connect Global junto con CCI Iglesia en La Ceiba es anfitrión de una Conferencia de Misión de Junio de 14-16 .
Estamos muy contentos de estar armando un tiempo especial de formación y el aliento de los líderes de la Iglesia de Honduras .
Hay varios oradores invitados especiales y entrenadores que estarán con nosotros, incluyendo Dr. Mitch Arbeláez, Movilizador Internacional de Go To Nations , Jason Holland director de Operaciones de Joshua Nations , y Dr. René Peñalba presidente y fundador de CCI Iglesia red en Honduras . Estamos encantados de tener invitados musicales, Nate Wood, y Milton Valle también.
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Cardiac Transplantation: The replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
Think for a moment about the monumental process of removing a person's heart. Taking what may be the single most important organ in a person's body out because it is not functioning properly. Assessing the current level of damage as being so great that there is no other course of action but full removal.
Then think for a moment about the cost of the donor. One must die so that another person may live. The donor does not receive a new heart. Their heart is, however, healthy enough for the new recipient. The donor's gift in death becomes life for someone else.
I think this physical example is not unlike the emotional and spiritual journey of a mission trip. Someone gives of their life so that another may receive life or hope or food or clothes or comfort or ...
A few weeks ago Gina, Noah and I stood at the Hedman Alas bus station in La Ceiba, Honduras waiting for our heart recipients to arrive. A group of 6 young ladies whom we had never met, but already loved. Little did we know that our hearts would be extracted over the next month and placed in each one of them.
It was already dark, and still 85 degrees, by the time they arrived. Gretchen, Hannah, Ryan, Kate, Brittany and Amber came pouring out of the bus with another half dozen Americans. They were tired from a long day of travel and weighed down with their huge backpacks. We were their 11th country on their WorldRace. Their 11th host. Their 11th ministry stop. Just one more location on their journey home? Maybe we could be more.
A few greetings with our new family of strangers and we were off to get them settled into their sleeping quarters and then dinner. Over the next month we visited orphanages, hospitals, police stations, churches, schools and feeding centers. We laughed together. We cried together. We prayed for the sick and fed the hungry together. And in all of these activities and meals and conversations, our hearts were slowly excised. Piece by piece this cardiac transplantation took place.
We heard the stories of their visits to other countries. We heard their family histories back in the US. We got to know their brothers and sisters through pictures and tales of family Christmas and sorrow and joy. They hugged my wife. They played Uno with my son. They have our hearts.
And I'm forever grateful for it.
Cardiac Transplantation occurs when the patient's heart is too sick or injured to continue pumping. It's often times the last chance for the heart recipient. And the final gift of the heart donor. Each of us on this earth experience the impact of life. Our hearts grow. We receive love and betrayal. We experience joy and sorrow. Our hearts gain strength and sometimes, often times, our hearts get sick. Our hearts become bitter by betrayal. Our hearts become sour by sorrow. Our hearts become timid by trials. And we begin to die. We need a new heart.
In the book of Ezekial chapter 36, verse 26, God makes an incredible promise to us. He says, "I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." God Himself describes the first heart transplant. He promises that He will not leave us in a sick and injured condition of cardiac arrest. But that He will become our ultimate heart donor and give us life.
As Gina, Noah and I poured out our own hearts into our team, I could feel the Spirit of God filling us with a new heart; filling us with His heart. I could feel His love for people growing inside of us. I could feel my own bitterness and sorrow and fear leaving as His grace and joy and boldness came flooding in. I could feel my heart of stone being removed and His heart of flesh was carefully sewn in and began pumping new life.
This supernatural cardiac transplantation is indeed a miracle. Yet it occurs through the very practical action of "Love Your Neighbor". It first requires the extraction; the emptying of self; the giving of your own heart. When we are empty, then we are ready to receive His new heart.
We met our team prepared to give to them. We were there to be the heart donors, and indeed we poured our hearts into them. But in so doing, we became the recipients. We became the patients getting the new heart of flesh. Thank you team #kylo for the month you gave us and thank you God for you have given me life.
Travis Moffitt
“In April of 2016, Connect Global hosted a team from the World Race in La Ceiba, Honduras as a part of our ongoing initiative, Connected Community. At Connect Global we are committed to fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus to share the Gospel with the whole world through collaborative and sustainable efforts. You can join us in these efforts through financial partnership and/or trip participation. ”
Last year we introduced you to our friends at the La Ceiba Honduras Police department.
We made a great connecting with their leadership and wanted to serve the department at a greater capacity.
Our organization has donated time and resources to renew their on site clinic as well as have a medical exam table donated.
The police in La Ceiba, as like any department, are tasked with a very difficult and dangerous job. These officers are diligent to serve their community and we are committed to serve them.
This week we had the opportunity to engage on the next stage of our plan to serve and prepare this police force by teaching CPR and trauma training to their officers.
Led by Brittany and Gretchen of our World Race group, our team taught the valuable life saving techniques of CPR to several of the departments officers.
Patrolling the vast, populated, and rural area of La Ceiba with this new training will make missions safer and more productive.
The Police Department staff has described scenarios in which officers have lost their lives in the line of duty simply due to being too far from aid after taking gun fire. With this new training it should allow officers to receive better in field aid and allow officers a fighting chance when they encounter injuries.
Thank you to all who have donated and served Connect Global.
We came across this inscription on a door while serving at the Comedor de Jesus Cristo. Cristo vive translates to Christ lives. In just a few short days our team has served the poorest and homeless community, blessed the local police, encouraged workers at the hospital and Children's Cancer Foundation, prayed for children in the hospital and put smiles on the faces of many kids in need at a local preschool and orphange. Truly Christ lives inside of each member of this amazing team.
-Travis Moffitt
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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
