The Point of Impact: Lee Trip 2009

Welcome to The Point of Impact

We are Paul and Kim Dyar and we are called to Missions in Honduras. Our mission is to connect ministry passion with real ministry need. The need is never ending, however laborers are few. We are working as the assistant to the national overseer of the Church of God, which embodies 1130 churches, 10 clinics, 1 orphanage, numerous feeding programs and has the largest social ministry of any denomination in Honduras. The social ministry includes the Deaf Comunity Center and caring for pastors and their children.

Kim and I have dedicated our time to making sure that ministry is accountable and connected. As the Projects Coordinator for Honduras, churches can know when they send funds through the World Missions and National office of Honduras that it makes the full impact and progress that is anticipated.

We are also engaged in consistent dialogue with the national overseer for better ways of leadership training and connectivity with local missionaries for greater effectiveness.

We have been in ministry, as a team, for 13 years and the last 5 years we have been pastoring The Haven in Maryville, Tennessee, which has been a tremendous joy. The Lord has given us 4 beautiful children who are becoming our ministry team. They are very eager to learn and they love to help others.

Our goal is to bring others to the point of impact. The Point of Impact is where Christ enters the heart of mankind and Jesus becomes the difference maker. We are only branches connected to the True Vine, Jesus. As we advance the Kingdom, we expect God to move in miraculous ways.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Lee Trip 2009

So far in March we have been blessed to be a part of so many experiences. Twelve students and two leaders from Lee University came to Honduras for a mission experience during spring break. We had the honor of planning and leading this trip. The students were such blessings to work with and had such a heart to serve. I know many lives will be changed as a result of this trip. The students began the week by visiting the state-run orphanage to assist with a children’s service, spending quality time with the children and babies, and bringing food to help feed them. The students played with the orphans and enjoyed their sweet smiles. They picked up as much glass as possible from their play area to help keep their bare feet from being cut. The next morning, they bagged food at our house and later that afternoon, distributed it among the Bordo people. The next two days of the trip were spent divided between a conducting a brigade with Cheryl Humphries, director of the deaf center, assisting at the Bordo school and playing with the children at the Church of God Orphanage directed by Angie McInvale. On the following day, we visited the city dump. This was truly a life-changing experience as we saw people, young and old, scavenging through the heaps of trash as garbage trucks continually brought in more trash. Babies were there, toddlers, children and adults. It was dirty, smelly, and hot. Vultures and flies were everywhere. There were no sources of fresh water. Some people had made lean-to shelters to spend the night on the hills of waste. We met one women who had all eight of her children there with her including her tiny newborn she held in her arms. We came bringing the hope of Jesus Christ, knowing that He and He alone can break these chains of poverty and despair. We sat up a tent to shade the people and Sherman Collins delivered a moving message of how God had brought him off the streets and out of extreme poverty and established his life. The people were moved by the love of God. Afterwards we served five hundred baleadas and handed out fresh water. In the evening, in another city, one of the students preached in a church and the group handed out bags of food after the service. It was an impactful week as the students poured out the love of Christ to the people they met through smiles, service, and meeting needs.