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My good friend Jenn has been serving in Honduras for 5 years as the founder and director of One Day Revival Ministry. I love her and fully endorse her. She is fearless and serves God with her whole heart.
After a long time of praying for a much needed vehicle, someone graciously gave them a large sum of money to use for purchasing a truck. They found one that exactly meets their needs, and is in good shape, but they are just a little bit short.
You need to understand that in Central America, good vehicles do not grow on trees. They believe truck is the one God has provided. He is just stretching their faith a little bit more and allowing you the opportunity to contribute to this very worthy cause. Thanks so much!
Here is Jenn's detailed description of her ministry, and how this truck would help them as they work and serve here:
My name is Jennifer Olsen and I am the founder and director of One Day Revival Ministry, a small non-profit organization based in Ciudad España, Honduras- about an hour north of the capital city of Tegucigalpa.
I moved to Honduras in 2014 to serve for a (supposedly) 2-year period alongside a then-existing ministry. God then moved me to the small community where I currently live and gave me the vision of a coffee shop and a ministry for young people. Since receiving this vision in 2015, we have made huge strides and grown magnificently as a ministry. Last December we were able to purchase the house we had previously been renting to do all ministry programs and to use as the ministry base. There we now have a small resource center that is available to our 16 fully sponsored scholarship students as well as many other young people in the community. This resource center is the base of the prevention branch of our ministry.
Our goal is to provide the resources necessary so that the option of education becomes more attainable than the option of going to the streets. We plan to eventually build a second level on the mission house so that we can better receive young people in the community and plan to open a 24/7 prayer room, a small library, and a small coffee shop in the same house once it is expanded.
When I use the term 'young people,' for us it applies more pointedly to the 13-25 age group. Our primary focus within this same age group is those who at high-risk for using drugs and/or alcohol, joining a gang, or general life on the streets.
As many of the young people that we work/minister to are already using drugs/alcohol or have already joined a gang, much of the work that I do personally on a day to day basis is in intervention & rehabilitation. I do regular prison visits to the 3 main adult men's prisons around the country as well as to the adult women's prison and the 2 juvenile male centers.
Our ministry is largely relational, and we do all we can to maintain healthy relationships with each of the young people that are in/affiliated with the ministry in an attempt to demonstrate to them as best as possible the love of our Heavenly Father.
In addition to the prevention, intervention & rehabilitation work that is being done, I also have a growing family that lives in my home with me. At any given time there are 4-6 young men who have left the streets/gang life and have made the decision to work/study and are welcomed into our family for lack of anywhere else to go.
We operate our household as if it were the family that God placed before us and welcome any and everyone into that very same family.
As the ministry has grown from nothing to something amazing (isn't God incredible?!), it has been more and more evident the necessity of having reliable transportation.
We do not currently have a car, which means all ministry work is done via public transportation- basically city buses & walking. As God has opened doors for permission to visit all of the prisons and continuously grows the ministry, there are some things that just cannot be done without a car of our own and, if they can be done, it is in a way that is vastly inconvenient and costly.
What would this truck mean for our ministry? Safe transportation to:
-Do any and all errands (grocery shopping, doctor visits, gathering school papers, etc.)
-Travel to and from jails around the country ranging from 4 hours to 20 minutes away
-Move construction materials from the capital city to the ministry house
-Go out as a family on day trips, to dinner, to the movies, etc. for quality time together away from home
-Spend more time with other missionaries in fellowship and at weekly church services/small groups
-Purchase all goods necessary for our annual Christmas program donating provision baskets & hosting Christmas dinner for 50+ young people
-Visit neighboring communities
-Participate in service projects in collaboration with other ministries
…..and that’s just the beginning!
Truthfully, having a car- particularly a truck- is the key for the beginning of many things in this ministry and will help to unlock many opportunities!
After a long time of praying for a much needed vehicle, someone graciously gave them a large sum of money to use for purchasing a truck. They found one that exactly meets their needs, and is in good shape, but they are just a little bit short.
You need to understand that in Central America, good vehicles do not grow on trees. They believe truck is the one God has provided. He is just stretching their faith a little bit more and allowing you the opportunity to contribute to this very worthy cause. Thanks so much!
Here is Jenn's detailed description of her ministry, and how this truck would help them as they work and serve here:
My name is Jennifer Olsen and I am the founder and director of One Day Revival Ministry, a small non-profit organization based in Ciudad España, Honduras- about an hour north of the capital city of Tegucigalpa.
I moved to Honduras in 2014 to serve for a (supposedly) 2-year period alongside a then-existing ministry. God then moved me to the small community where I currently live and gave me the vision of a coffee shop and a ministry for young people. Since receiving this vision in 2015, we have made huge strides and grown magnificently as a ministry. Last December we were able to purchase the house we had previously been renting to do all ministry programs and to use as the ministry base. There we now have a small resource center that is available to our 16 fully sponsored scholarship students as well as many other young people in the community. This resource center is the base of the prevention branch of our ministry.
Our goal is to provide the resources necessary so that the option of education becomes more attainable than the option of going to the streets. We plan to eventually build a second level on the mission house so that we can better receive young people in the community and plan to open a 24/7 prayer room, a small library, and a small coffee shop in the same house once it is expanded.
When I use the term 'young people,' for us it applies more pointedly to the 13-25 age group. Our primary focus within this same age group is those who at high-risk for using drugs and/or alcohol, joining a gang, or general life on the streets.
As many of the young people that we work/minister to are already using drugs/alcohol or have already joined a gang, much of the work that I do personally on a day to day basis is in intervention & rehabilitation. I do regular prison visits to the 3 main adult men's prisons around the country as well as to the adult women's prison and the 2 juvenile male centers.
Our ministry is largely relational, and we do all we can to maintain healthy relationships with each of the young people that are in/affiliated with the ministry in an attempt to demonstrate to them as best as possible the love of our Heavenly Father.
In addition to the prevention, intervention & rehabilitation work that is being done, I also have a growing family that lives in my home with me. At any given time there are 4-6 young men who have left the streets/gang life and have made the decision to work/study and are welcomed into our family for lack of anywhere else to go.
We operate our household as if it were the family that God placed before us and welcome any and everyone into that very same family.
As the ministry has grown from nothing to something amazing (isn't God incredible?!), it has been more and more evident the necessity of having reliable transportation.
We do not currently have a car, which means all ministry work is done via public transportation- basically city buses & walking. As God has opened doors for permission to visit all of the prisons and continuously grows the ministry, there are some things that just cannot be done without a car of our own and, if they can be done, it is in a way that is vastly inconvenient and costly.
What would this truck mean for our ministry? Safe transportation to:
-Do any and all errands (grocery shopping, doctor visits, gathering school papers, etc.)
-Travel to and from jails around the country ranging from 4 hours to 20 minutes away
-Move construction materials from the capital city to the ministry house
-Go out as a family on day trips, to dinner, to the movies, etc. for quality time together away from home
-Spend more time with other missionaries in fellowship and at weekly church services/small groups
-Purchase all goods necessary for our annual Christmas program donating provision baskets & hosting Christmas dinner for 50+ young people
-Visit neighboring communities
-Participate in service projects in collaboration with other ministries
…..and that’s just the beginning!
Truthfully, having a car- particularly a truck- is the key for the beginning of many things in this ministry and will help to unlock many opportunities!
Co-organizers (2)
Zolla Michalak
Organizer
McHenry, IL
Lynn Olsen
Beneficiary
Jennifer Olsen
Co-organizer