As we listened to the stories and learned about the growing AIDS epidemic in Honduras, most of us in the room struggled to fight back tears.... Valerie’s words to the room were direct and to the point: "come be with us." "Hold an orphaned baby, play games with a dying child, and demonstrate to all of the children that they are loved...just come." Many of us exclaimed,"We had no idea the situation was so bad!" It's difficult for us to know this information, and even more difficult to understand and internalize it...that is, until we've experienced it for ourselves. - The Rev. Ted Gaiser, Deacon, Global Partnerships

Emilie Hitron, M.D.

It’s tempting to see the hundreds of people waiting to see us at the beginning of every day, as well as the tremendous need around us as too overwhelming. However, Jesus taught us to see each individual and to care for each person as though he or she were the Christ. I have no hopes of making changes in Haiti- I just hope to provide good care and hopefully ease the suffering of the one person that I have before me. - Emilie Hitron, M.D., Christ Church, Needham

Christ Church, Cambridge mission trip to Honduras

I knew we were helping Hondurans on a construction project at a church and helping to build a schoolhouse in a remote village but I wasn't sure in what sense this constituted a mission.... After six days I think I have a better understanding of what our mission is.... Perhaps we are here to know them and to represent Christ Church of Cambridge and all those members of the community who supported this mission with funds and supplies. And to offer an alternative view of what America is and who Americans are. - Bernard Suhm, Christ Church, Cambridge