A Creekside elder traces 35 years of mission work back to one humbling moment in a Honduras orphanage, then turns to Paul to argue that every baptized believer has been appointed an ambassador for Christ. Whether you go, pray, or give, the calling is the same.

Main text: 2 Corinthians 5v20

Outline:

- A personal calling that started in high school and got redirected by a 1990 trip to Honduras

- A padlocked metal box of toothbrushes at Casa Kennedy that shook the speaker to the core

- The biblical case for ambassadorship from 2 Corinthians 5v20 and the Great Commission

- Creekside's 15-year partnership with Torch Missions in Tegucigalpa

- Five ministry areas on the trip and a direct ask: go, pray, or give

Paul's claim that "we are ambassadors for Christ" is not poetry. An ambassador is chosen, sent, and assigned to represent the one who sent him, and Matthew 28v18-20, Mark 16v15, and Luke 24v46-47 all say the assignment runs to every nation. The lesson grounds that calling in real places and real numbers: 10 million people in Honduras, a 66 percent poverty rate, and 15 years of Creekside teams working evangelism, medical clinics, concrete-block houses, benevolence, and visitation alongside Torch Missions. Matthew 25v35-40 frames the work and Acts 20v35 shapes this year's trip theme. The closing question is plain: are you ready to go, to pray, or to give?

Originally Aired: 2026-04-19

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Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5v20

1:07 A personal calling

7:33 Humbled at Casa Kennedy

8:40 We are ambassadors for Christ

11:24 The Great Commission applies to me

14:15 Why Honduras

19:36 Five ministry areas

35:30 Are you ready?

38:06 Closing prayer