Serving Christ and Loving our Neighbors in Honduras

Sharing the Gospel since 1999 through vocational training, youth education, medical care, and more! Located just 20 minutes south of Puerto Cortes, Honduras.

 

Who are we?

We are followers of Jesus with a desire to serve those with great spiritual, physical, and financial need.

Founded by Gary and Cheryl Kuney in 1999, Gathering Hearts exists to share the Gospel with those in our community. We serve Christ by serving others.

“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35

Why Honduras?

Honduras is a country with many needs. Consistently ranked second in poverty in all of Central America, Hondurans may face severe lack of access to food, clean water, medical care, education, sufficient income, and (most importantly) the Gospel. Here are some statistics about Honduras as reported by cia.gov:

  • 0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

  • 0.6 hospital beds/1,000 population (2017)

  • high degree of risk for major infectious diseases including bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, and dengue fever (2023)

  • 48.3% of population below the poverty line (2018)

  • population without electricity: 1 million (2020)

  • refugees/internally displaced persons: 247,000 (violence, extortion, threats, forced recruitment by urban gangs between 2004 and 2018) (2023)

What do we do?

God has blessed us with a variety of ministries here, all designed to provide for both a practical and spiritual need. Some of these ministries include:

  • Computer and English classes to over 200 students

  • Dental/medical clinics

  • Children/youth programs, including a feeding program and Bible class

  • Hosting missions teams for outreach to the area villages

  • Women’s ministry, including sewing classes

  • Evangelism and discipleship

  • Soccer tournament outreach at our new field

  • Support of our local congregation, Templo Evangelico Emmanuel

  • Visitation and food ministry to seven surrounding villages

“Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35

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