Meet the Team

We had five people from St. Peter Lutheran Church who joined Pastor Mark who had a vision of taking a group on a mission trip to Honduras.  We added two more people plus our team leader from MOST to form this team of nine.

Pastor Mark Arendell
Crisis Management Assistant
“I can't wait to see God at work in the team members and the people He has called us to serve.  It's going to be AWESOME!”

Cherrie Arendell
Medical
“I would like to see how the Honduras people love Jesus and to see Jesus at work.”

Paul Stade
Luggage Coordinator
“I'm looking forward to showing them that Christian love for others has no borders.”

Linda Fix
Photographer and Blogger
“I am excited about serving other children of God and seeing where this journey takes me.”

Dave Bratkowski
Devotion Coordinator

Nate Bratkowski
Devotion Coordinator

Three others joined us.

Sarah DePriest 
MOST Team Leader
Serving the team - ensuring they are confident in their training, well fed, hydrated, housed, safe, healthy, and on schedule. Working in conjunction with Pastor Junior to maintain clinic flow and order to ensure many people are served both spiritually and physically! 
“I am looking forward to seeing Jesus work through our team’s words and actions”

Sandra
Joining our team from Texas

Steve
Joining our team from North Carolina

Praise God for these wonderful people!

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