Experiencing pure love in Honduras
Pure Water, Pure Love is the First Baptist Church in Jasper's August project for Women on Missions and Girls in Action.

Courtesy photo BRENDA JOB comforts a baby on the First Baptist Church's recent mission to Honduras.The 2008 trip is already set for July 15-22 and they are collecting donations of cloth diapers and pins all during August this year.

A special collection box will be in the atrium all month. The purpose of the program is to provide missionaries with clean drinking water, free from disease causing microorganisms. The Compass newsletter says $250 provides one filter.

Local residents from First Baptist and other area churches experienced first hand the importance of pure water. They just returned from a mission trip to Honduras, where a number of them were ill for a day or two.

The Honduras trip for 2008 is scheduled for July 15-22 and the church is already collecting donations for next year. Wish list for August include cloth diapers and pins.