last missions trip
Casa De Servicio International
http://www.casadeservicio.org
Transcript from Casa de Servicio presentation 2005
Copan Ruinas, Honduras
Presenter: Richard Becton
Good morning. Let me open my remarks by thanking Marco and the rest of the organizers and sponsors of Project Honduras. Thank you for the opportunity to meet, and to further our existing relationships and partnerships. This conference and all of the outgrowths from this conference are the result of a visionaries efforts, so thank you Marco, and all!
My name is Richard Becton. My wife Carolyn and I are here representing Casa de Servicio. We feel very blessed to have the opportunity to be here and to interact with each of you. Anyone here who wishes to discuss aviation or transportation will find us to be an eager participant in THAT conversation. Seek us out while you are here Im Richard, and this is Carolyn stand up darling. (pause) Please come up and introduce yourselves to us while youre here! You see, we know that YOU FOLKS here represent the GOOD people of the world and we feel privileged to be allowed here amongst you.
Carolyn and I, like those of you who have been to Copan Ruinas before, have a soft spot in our hearts for the people of Copan Ruinas, and for the country of Honduras! It is good, to be back here again we love it!
Casa de Servicio. What a journey it has been over the last 10 years to get this organization up and running! I think that even accounting for "Latin time" it took longer than we expected! Casa de Servicio began with the desire of Carolyn and myself to give something back to God and the world for the blessings bestowed upon us. Just like almost everyone else in the room today, right? As dedicated Christian people, our organization is an outgrowth of our Christian values. Carolyn and I are both jet pilots. It is how we earn our living and is our "full-time" job. We work for a company called Flight Options, LLC, flying private business jets. Fortunately our schedule allows us the necessary time to also direct Casa de Servicio.
Casa de Servicio IS an IRS authorized 501(c)3 organization. There was a LOT of excitement in the Casa de Servicio office on the day THIS (referring to the slide) letter arrived. Of course what that means is that donations to Casa de Servicio are tax-deductible under US law. But more importantly, it gives us an avenue to partnership with other organizations. Casa de Servicio would like to aggressively seek out other non-governmental organizations to partner with. If you have an organization which has not yet surmounted the pile of paperwork necessary to achieve tax-exempt status, and you wish to be "umbrellaed" with Casa de Servicio, CONTACT US.
Casa de Servicio is a bible-based, Christian organization. We are VERY NON-EXCLUSIVE. Casa de Servicio is a non-denominational organization that works extremely well with people of all faiths and people of good spirit who happen to not have faith in God presently. We believe that God created each of us and we should work together for the accomplishment of a greater good. We believe God instills this desire in us. But we dont expect YOU to believe as we do. We are encouraged to meet other Christians, but it is not a requirement for us to work with you by any means.
Casa de Servicio is in the business of providing efficient transportation in the country of Honduras. Casa de Servicio is currently expanding operations into Nicaragua and we will continue to expand to meet the needs of Central America and the Caribbean. Casa de Servicio can convert a 2 ½ hour drive from San Pedro Sula to Copan Ruinas into a 25 minute flight by small plane. How many of you know that there is a small airstrip just on the edge of town? In fact, it is just past the Hacienda San Lucas that we enjoyed last night. There are many more small airstrips spread throughout Honduras and the rest of Central America that Casa de Servicio will operate into and out of. Casa de Servicio can open the rest of the country up to your organization! The journey to AUHAS or Rus Rus, is no longer a 2-3 day trip. It is but a few hours. Casa de Servicio will operate this service at cost. Admittedly, the cost of operating airplanes is fairly high. But, we ARE a non-profit organization and can save you considerable time, while saving you considerable money over the cost of chartering an airplane to some of these remote locations. Casa de Servicio will transport members of your organization, within the country, to outlying areas non an at cost basis. The reason Casa de Servicio will do this is simple Casa de Servicios thrust is in the La Moskitia region of Honduras and Nicaragua. Casa de Servicio is dedicated to opening up new airstrips in villages that currently have no electricity, no running water, no clinic or hospitals and no transportation infrastructure. Most of the areas we will transport sick or injured people from are a 3-4 hour canoe journey away from the nearest clinic (and sometimes 7-8 hours). A person can easily die on one of those journeys. Ask one of the doctors, nurses, or paramedics in attendance here about that. Casa de Servicio can convert that 3-4 hours of bone-jarring canoe ride into 20 minutes in most cases. So essentially, these little airplanes of ours will become time machines of a sort. Casa de Servicio will use its "time machines", these little airplanes, to give people a chance to survive misfortunes and accidents. This is a two-way process. Casa de Servicio can bring generators, short wave radios, teachers, technical personnel and missionaries to these villages also. We must be careful to encourage an elevated level of healthcare and participation in modern amenities without perverting or diluting the cultural aspects of life in these villages. We want to help, not harm. The experienced workers present here know what Im speaking of. Honduras is a beautiful friendly country we wouldnt do ANYTHING to impact it negatively. This is just one more reason we wish to work closely with other, more experienced, organizations here. The last time we visited the village of Krataura, a small village 3-4 hours up the Patucha river from Wampusirpi, we were with a Cuban doctor by the name of Dr. Alejandro. Our arrival was timely, because a young woman was in the process of a difficult birth when we arrived. Dr. Alejandro did all he could, but there was a very limited supply of medical equipment available in the village. We had arrived in Krautara after a 4-hour journey by canoe. Krautara, at that time, had no airstrip. Unfortunately, Dr. Alejandro was unable to save the young womans baby. Had we been able to transport her to Wampusirpi by plane she very likely would have had a different outcome. The very reason we had made the arduous trip to Krautara was to see if the village would consider installing a small dirt strip for us to operate out of. By small plane, Wampusirpi is only 20 minutes from Krautara. Needless to say, the headmen of the village "got it". The next day, construction of that dirt strip, that little miraculous 1800 long runway, had begun.
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"When we do not accept the full authority of God's Word, when we | |||||||||
do not believe the Scriptures to be inerrant, our evangelistic | |||||||||
efforts have no authority. The Bible becomes what is most | |||||||||
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The Company; The Founders; The Vision | |||||||||
Nonprofit and religious organizations have spent billions of dollars over the last two thousand years to spread | |||||||||
the good news that Jesus Christ died, and has arisen in expiation of humanity's sins. One may well wonder | |||||||||
where all the funding and energy goes. The expenditures and man-hours involved in the spreading of the gospel | |||||||||
of Jesus Christ has not gone in vain. The word IS getting out. It would be a rare person indeed who has not | |||||||||
heard of Jesus, our Savior. At least in the United States of America, Europe and other countries which have | |||||||||
very well developed communication and transportation systems in place. | |||||||||
It is the countries which DO NOT have the luxury of driving down to the local store to purchase his/her hearts | |||||||||
desire from well stocked shelves that Casa de Servicio is founded to serve. In the process of serving these | |||||||||
foreign nations, we found we also serve our own. We have been blessed to find a process by which the Company | |||||||||
may serve both our own disadvantaged inhabitants and the isolated communities abroad. We serve our own | |||||||||
citizens by supplying a high degree of training which enables disadvantaged or economically deprived persons | |||||||||
to acquire a set of skills highly prized in our nation, the skill of being able to pilot aircraft at a professional | |||||||||
level. While Casa de Servicio does not restrict applicants to our program to be United States citizens, it is | |||||||||
inherent due to the physical location of our training facility that we receive more applications from our own | |||||||||
country. Casa de Servicio provides this advanced training at no cost to the potential missionary pilot. Through | |||||||||
God's grace and bounty we are able to train each student missionary to a level of skill which is easily | |||||||||
translatable into the private sector workforce. We train each potential missionary pilot to accomplish the | |||||||||
skill-set necessary to acquire advanced Federal Aviation Administration issued licenses of Commercial pilot, | |||||||||
Instrument rated pilot, Multiengine rated pilot, and Tailwheel qualified pilot. Each of these well trained pilots | |||||||||
contractually obligates themselves to Casa de Servicio and service to God through missionary work for a | |||||||||
minimum period of two years. Casa de Servicio expects to establish a life-long relationship with each and | |||||||||
every potential missionary pilot which completes our program. Each individual potential missionary pilot is | |||||||||
trained in emergency medical evaluation and care in addition to language skills and piloting ability. We send | |||||||||
VERY well prepared pilots and missionaries out to the missions field. | |||||||||
Although this advanced level of training could very well stand alone as a fulfilling mission, Casa de Servicio | |||||||||
firmly believes that the "great commission" is one that must be taken very seriously. The great commission, | |||||||||
is the spreading of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Casa de Servicio, Inc. is founded to pursue this commission | |||||||||
to extent allowed by economic and spiritual resources made available. Casa de Servicio trains missionary | |||||||||
pilots, to go forth from this nation and serve the small isolated segments of human society as facilitators | |||||||||
in communication of the good news of Jesus Christ. Our pilots not only provide emergency medical evacuation | |||||||||
and expeditious transportation to fellow missionaries, but have many opportunities to spread the word of | |||||||||
God amongst peoples who often have yet to understand their predicament. You will see as you read through | |||||||||
these pages that we are earnest and humble in our approach to the goal of furthering God's work, and spreading | |||||||||
the gospel of Jesus Christ salvation of humanity. | |||||||||
Dios le bendiga grandemente en a su familia y ministerio.
Casa de Servicio, International
Aviation Medical Support & Missionary Flight Training
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