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Area of Honduras:
Located in the neighborhood of La Cofradía (lah koh-frah-DEE-ah),
Name of church:
Fuente de Luz United Methodist
Church (FWEN-teh deh loos)—(Source
or Fountain of Light)
Maximum team size at this site:
14
Travel time from Tegucigalpa airport to
Preferred airport in Honduras (destination city):
Tegucigalpa Current construction needs: Complete the two-story building that houses the sanctuary, classrooms, kitchen, pastor’s office.
Electricity on worksite:
Yes
Accommodations:
(cost included in the per diem fee.)
Teams stay in a basic hotel called
La Esperanza in the downtown area of Danlí.
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Distance from worksite—
about a 5-7 minute drive.
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Setting—Small town,
downtown area.
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Rooms— simple, but clean,
hotel rooms
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Showers—yes, some
private, some shared.
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Toilets—yes
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Bedding and
towels—provided
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Phone—available for
emergencies
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Electricity—yes
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Laundry—hotel will do
laundry for a fee
Meals:
(cost included in per diem fee)
Breakfast and dinner are served at a restaurant nearby.
Simple lunches are prepared by a woman in the congregation who
knows safe food-preparation.
Transportation:
(cost included in the per diem fee)
Bus or van between airport and site.
From the hotel to the worksite, church van and occasionally
taxis.
Other comments on this site:
Cultural considerations:
See the general cultural awareness page on this website. Sight-seeing
from this site (Optional):
(team pays extra cost)
(Not all teams take a sight-seeing day.
Some teams leave Danlí for Tegucigalpa the morning of their
departure flight.)
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Tegucigalpa—Some
teams end their visit with a night at a Tegucigalpa hotel before flying
out. Teams pay for their
meals during sight-seeing time, and the extra transportation cost, if
any (contact UMVIM coordinator for costs).
Cost of hotel covered by per diem fee.
Teams who spend the last night in Tegucigalpa usually leave Danlí
at 8am, travel to Teguc, check into a hotel there, then visit the town
of Valle de Angeles, return to Teguc for dinner out, spend the night at
the Teguc hotel, then leave for the airport in the morning.
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Valle de Angeles—A
quaint artisan village about 45 min-1 hour away from Tegucigalpa in the
mountains. Teams can buy
crafts in the many local shops, have a typical lunch, walk around town,
enjoy live music that is offered in the plaza on most weekends.)
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Around the area of
Danlí—these can be done in a
couple hours. Please
arrange these tours with the local pastor
the day you arrive to allow time to make arrangements ahead of time.
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Cigar Factory o Coffee Processing Plant
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This page was last updated on Saturday April 19, 2008.
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