From Episcopal Life Online-
Episcopal mission groups visiting Honduras from Maryland and Wyoming have assured their dioceses of their safety after reports of clashes between police and protestors in the capital city Tegucigalpa following the military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya (pictured).
A group of 13 youth missioners and their adult chaperones from the Diocese of Maryland were in Talanga, north of Tegucigalpa, where at least 15 people reportedly were injured in what has been called the worst unrest in decades in the Central American country.
The diocese "is in the midst of its annual high school youth mission trips to the country, serving El Hogar de Amore y Esperanza, an Episcopal orphanage in Tegucigalpa, and the orphanage's agricultural and technical training school in Talanga," according to a message posted on Maryland's website.
The Rev. Wes Wubbenhorst, diocesan youth missioner, was in telephone contact with diocesan officials and "confirmed the group's safety, upbeat spirit and willingness to stay undeterred" until the planned July 3 conclusion of the trip.
Parents and spouses of the travelers were assured of the safety of their loved ones. "Everyone here is fine, the city is quiet and we will be in touch with reports as we find out more," Wubbenhorst told diocesan officials, according to the website. Another group, headed for the orphanage on Saturday, June 27, returned to Baltimore after reaching Miami, the first leg of the trip.
Bishop Bruce Caldwell of the Diocese of Wyoming was among a group of 20 adults and youth in LaSaba, on the opposite side of the country from the reported unrest, according to office manager Jessica Reynolds.
Wyoming Episcopalians could follow the movement of the group—a regular mission presence in Honduras for a decade—via Twitter.
Caldwell and the others arrived in Honduras June 22 "to help install a hyperbaric chamber and open a medical clinic," Reynolds said. The chamber has a variety of medical uses, including aiding in decompression illness, some cancer and other treatments, she added.
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