Will You Help Us Reach Teenagers In Honduras?
By Jon Nelms
When I was in Bible College, our team had a youth ministry that God blessed. We started with less than twenty, and eighteen months later, we were ministering to over 350 teenagers from Chicago every Sunday.
Their lives changed so that siblings and parents began to attend our teenage church. We even had our own nursery and adult classes. All this to say, I know how to work with youth and their potential as a mighty force for the Gospel.
For the past two summers, we have conducted a one-day youth camp at our facility in Honduras. In 2023, after evangelizing at the local high school, we invited the youth to our facility for activities and food. I expected ten percent of the youth to come, but I was shocked when the entire student body arrived – more than three hundred teenagers! What’s more, the entire teaching and administrative staff also came. They marched up together as if in a parade, and when our automatic gate opened, they flooded in. The principal, for a moment, stood in awe, then said to my wife, Nolin, “I never knew such a paradise existed here in our town.” We’ve worked hard to make our campus a beautiful place for the community and provide space for all sorts of activities.
Last summer, we did it again, and their numbers grew. This time, Pastor Steve Ware of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Orlando and his team came prepared with colossal soccer balls (about five feet high), volleyballs, nets, egg tosses, basketballs, water balloons, and more. (And they left them behind for our continual use.) They also provided lunch with drinks for all the teens and a Bible lesson. Some stood while others sat on our porches and in the shade under the mango trees to respectfully listen to the Word of God and His offer of salvation. Later, we awarded prizes and gave every student a $10 food bag to take home. (About one-third of all the youth are listed as undernourished or malnourished by the Honduran government.)
No matter what improvements we make at our facility, I always have evangelism in mind, as well as being a benefit to the community. 2025 will be no exception.
Such activities are not free or cheap, but they are far less expensive than equivalent activities here in America and likely far more productive. These youth are not accustomed to activities provided for their entertainment and spiritual enlightenment. What we would consider a mediocre activity for American youth is mind-blowing to them. So, this summer, I want to target the entire student body from several high schools, including their teachers and administrators. There will be around 350-400 people, and many will be malnourished.
If youth ministry is important to you, please consider sponsoring a teenager to attend this year. They will receive a Gospel witness and a New Testament to take home (as long as the last), lunch, a snack, cool drinks, multiple activities, and a $10 food bag for their family. We also plan to provide a weekly youth Bible study for those hungry to know more about our Lord, and the administrator has also opened the door for us to have weekly Bible classes at the school.
What “an effectual door of opportunity” has been opened to us. But I need your help. My spirit is willing, and our staff is eager, but my wallet is weak.
A suggested sponsorship for one teenager to attend the multi-hour activity is only $20 (including the $10 food bag). That’s $8000 for 400 teenagers! I will follow up afterward with photos and videos posted online. With help from our staff and my wife, Nolin, we will upload some live shots and videos so you can share their excitement in real-time.
If you can sponsor one or more youths, please send a check to Final Frontiers Youth Ministry, PO Box 358, Grovetown, GA 30813.
If you prefer to give online, scan this QR code. Whatever you give will go specifically to finance our youth ministry in Honduras. Together, we will build an army of teenage evangelists and church workers and take the entire region for Christ.
During the first week of July, we will have a group of dedicated, Spanish-speaking teens from Chicago, along with their leader, Ricky Torres, and his wife. They have visited us many times and have a tremendous testimony infused with evangelistic zeal. This will be a great week as they help me host the local teens – if we can raise the necessary funds. Please help me.
