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Le Mars Gehlen Catholic High School students, parents, staff and supporters packaged thousands of meals at this recent event.

Bags and bags of high-quality textured soy protein which is a key ingredient in the meals packaged for delivery to Honduras. Order of Malta (think Knights of Columbus magnified) has helped expedite moving their food through the ports in Honduras. About half the food goes to the capitol of Tegucigalpa and is distributed to children’s homes, orphanages, feeding centers and hospitals. The other half goes into the mountains to the Tolupan people who live in the Flower Mountains. They are the oldest indigenous group in Honduras. Their Tol language predates the Mayan civilization and, interestingly, connects them to the southern-most Sioux in the U.S.

THREE COLLABORATIVE MISSION GROUPS

Then Feed Just One is part of three interconnected charities based in Le Mars. The other two are Gehlen Catholic Mission Honduras and Mission Honduras Le Mars. Essentials that Americans often take for granted – clean water, nutritional food and basic medical care – are at the heart of their work. Volunteers also work on building homes. Richard started Gehlen Catholic Mission Honduras during his teaching, counseling and coaching career at Gehlen. Gehlen’s Carolyn Bickford coordinates the student mission trips now, while Richard is the director of the other two groups. Clean, safe water is not the standard in many parts of Honduras. According to Richard, “Lots of diseases come from water in streams. Diarrhea is the second leading child killer in the world. I can’t say ‘clean water’ enough. If I said it 10,000 times, it wouldn’t be enough.” Most water projects require the digging of a well (often with pickaxes through rock) and constructing a

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