Can you imagine being so poor and so hungry that you’d take up residence at your local dump and dig through the disgusting trash to find yourself something to eat? Can you imagine feeding your children scraps of molded rotting garbage, just so they can live? Can you imagine your children picking the little bites [...]

There’s not a Wednesday that goes by that I don’t think of the Dump People. This is their day… their day of the week to be fed. Every Wednesday Marc Tindall and a group of Christians make a trip to the Tegucigalpa dump in Honduras to feed starving people who live there. Sadly, the dump [...]

Last year on May 5th we had the first ever, “Feed the Dump People” day. We were hoping to raise about $2500 to feed the hungry people of the Tegucigalpa dump in Honduras. I greatly underestimated God that day. We didn’t raise $2500, instead in one day we raised an incredible $12,000. That’s just another [...]

I’ve had my heart broken many times by the suffering that I’ve seen in Honduras, but this last trip it was crushed by a little girl who lived at the dump. Probably a dump kid all her life, she only knew a life of hunger, garbage and suffering. The dump is a dark place. Life [...]

Today is Wednesday. I love this day because I know that every Wednesday the people at the Tegucigalpa dump in Honduras are fed because of your generosity. Today will be a good day for them because instead of eating what they find in the trash at the dump, they’ll most likely get a bowl of [...]

Two weeks ago my friend Marc Tindall, missionary in Honduras, was told he could have 425,000 free meals to feed hungry Honduras kids, all he had to do was pay the $4500 in shipping to get it. He told them, “Send it,” and then started praying for the $4500 that he did not have. With [...]

(Thanks for putting up with my ramblings about my trip to Honduras.) I love givers and when we give of ourselves. We are SO like Jesus when we give ourselves away. I honestly believe giving is fun. Last week I had a blast giving to people less fortunate than myself. Here are a few more [...]

It was an amazing, God filled week in Honduras. I’m going to spend the week sharing with you different things we did, but today I’ll kick it off with the “Jesus Banquet.” One of the main reasons we made this trip was to help serve the people who live at the Tegucigalpa dump. It was [...]

I appreciate the following two stories that have been written recently about the dump. They are helping spread the word. Check them out when you have time: Christian Chronicle’s article here. Adam Gonnerman’s article here. We fly out for Honduras at 5:00 on Tuesday morning, and while I’d like to blog about something else, right [...]

My friend John asked me recently, “Why do you think people are willing to give their money when you ask?” I told him, “First, I try to only ask when there is a serious need. Second, I try not to use up my bullets and ask for money constantly. Occasionally gets more response than constantly.” [...]

I’m SO blessed that one week from today, I’ll be on a plane headed to Honduras. On this five day trip we will help feed, serve and build a house for Jesus. Jesus will be there, and we’ll see him when we look into the eyes of the poor and hungry of Honduras. I’m SO [...]

Do you ever forget just how blessed you are? Life for us is very different than life in a third world country. Due to some extra funds, this past week the Casa de Esperanza (meaning the House of Hope in English) children’s home in Honduras was able to take in two more children, a brother [...]

(A boy from the Tegucigalpa Dump) I’M LEAVING: One month from today I’ll be heading back to Honduras for a week to have a banquet for Jesus at a dump, possibly build a house for a needy family and feed a bunch of hungry children. I have fallen in love with this ministry. Due to [...]

(Tegucigalpa, Honduras airport runway) I’m headed to Honduras in about 8 weeks for the “Jesus Banquet” at the dump. I’m excited about the trip, including the landing at the Tegucigalpa airport. I took the above picture of the airport runway back in August. The runway looked small then, but I didn’t realize at the time [...]

Meet Fernando, Doris, Katty and Monica. These are four siblings that Casa de Esperanza, the children’s home just outside of Tegucigalpa Honduras, has rescued. Many of the kids that are at Casa are there because they’ve been physically abused, sexually abused or found on the street. These four were taken out of severe poverty. This [...]

There are needy people all over the world, and even in our own communities. Here are a few hard questions I’m trying to answer about the poor, hungry and needy. Did you know there are over 2000 verses of scripture that call upon the people of God to respond to the need of the poor? [...]

Do you remember when Jesus said this in Luke 14:12-13? “When you give a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends and family and relatives and rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return, and you will be paid back. When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the [...]

This past Sunday morning I spoke about my trip to Honduras. Many of my church family had already seen the pictures on my blog, but hadn’t heard the stories behind the pictures. So many of those stories, that the pictures alone couldn’t tell, will really tug at your heart. I’d prayed all week that the [...]

This Sunday during worship I’ll be reporting on my trip to Honduras. I can’t wait to tell my Childress family the stories behind the pictures. I’ve posted all my Honduras pictures here. If you look at them, make sure you turn down the volume on your computer so you don’t have to listen to the [...]

I got in about midnight last night. It was great to see Lea and Cooper, and simply be at a place you call home. The Honduras trip has been an amazing adventure. It was a journey that I won’t forget for a lifetime. Many of the events, faces and smells are burned in my memory. [...]

Here are some pictures of our house building project and some other things we’ve been doing too. We were building at the top of this road. Tools consisted of post-hole diggers, hammers and chainsaws. The site we had to build on was about a 19×19 site … and we were building a 16×16 one room [...]

It’s been an emotional two days. So many times you’re heart breaks when you see hurting, hungry, and suffering people. But instead of shedding tears, you must smile, touch, hug and love. That’s what is needed. They Hondurans are beautiful people. The one thing I failed to mention yesterday about the dump was the smell. [...]

We got up at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning to make our flight, which made for a LONG day yesterday. When we arrived in Honduras we went immediately to the Tegucigalpa dump to feed the people of the dump. Here are a few pictures… Our group of 5, just before we left. When we rounded [...]

We leave for Honduras in the morning. I’m going with two of my sons (Parker & Connor) and two men from church. I fell in love with the work there about a year ago when I read a young AIM team’s newsletter about their work at a city dump just outside of the capital city. [...]

I’m leaving on a jet plane and flying to ….. If you are a regular reader of my blog, then you know that I have fallen in love with the Honduras work and ministry of Marc & Terri Tindall. Marc and Terri are the ones who help head up the dump ministry that feeds hundreds [...]

If you’ve stopped by here looking for the “Dump Fund” page & pledges please click here.  THANK YOU:  I have been overwhelmed by your spirit of giving, and I’d like to say thank you to each of you who has given to the “dump fund.”  I’ve so enjoyed getting to know Mark & Terri Tendall (Honduras [...]

The average American family spends about $341.98 on food per week.  Here’s what a weeks worth of food looks like. The people at the dump today will eat what they find or what they are given.  Thankfully today we have an opportunity to give to help feed the people who live at the dump outside of Santa Ana, [...]

Mark & Terri feeding people from the back of their truck.  People digging and scavenging side by side with buzzards. Tomorrow we’re going to raise some money for the “Dump Fund”  (see more info here).  I’m thankful that there are people willing to go and feed the hungry.  I’m thankful that there are people who [...]

This morning I got up and thought, “What will I eat today?” There are many in the world that woke up this morning and instead of asking, “What will I eat today,” they simply asked, “Will I eat today!” Welcome to Santa Ana, Honduras. A place so poor that people live in shelters made of sticks [...]

“It was wild and crazy. I gave out 300 sandwiches in about seven minutes. People were grabbing and snatching as fast as they could. There were no lines and no waiting. Some people were up in the back of the truck with me. That is the first time that has ever happened. We ran out [...]

Two hungry Honduran boys at the city dump that are enjoying food and a drink! MAY 5th WE ARE GOING TO “FEED THE DUMP PEOPLE”: About 5 months ago I did a post called “Feeding the Dump People.” It dealt with the people of Honduras who resort to finding food at the city dump for [...]

Can you imagine being SO hungry that you would go to the city dump to find food for yourself and for your family? Can you imagine food being so scarce that you move your family to the dump to live where everyone can search for food everyday, because without it you and your family will [...]