Last year Caden Mirocha, who is a senior and 2025 Class Chaplain at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, went with his church, Salem Baptist, to do mission work in Honduras. While there he realized that basic supplies are lacking in the towns, schools, and villages. He and others who were on this mission trip gave the people items they had brought with them for personal use, but the people of Honduras needed more. Mirocha came home from this mission trip with ideas and goals in mind.

Mirocha met with leaders at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, class officers, and his church and felt he was called to help get personal items to the people of Honduras. From this meeting “Hygiene for Honduras” was created.

“When I felt something in my heart in the past, I had put it off, but now if I feel God leading me, I try to answer the call, whether praying for someone or figuring out how to help others,” explains Mirocha.

In preparation for Mirocha’s church’s return to Honduras, he began collecting donations sent in from students and faculty at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy.

Mirocha definitely has a servant’s heart.

“We were never promised an easy path when we are called to make disciples go out and serve with a heart that gives all glory to God,” reminds Mirocha.

I didn’t think I could do something like this, but I had the passion and support. He gives the credit to God, and he feels so many students and adults have helped him make this idea a reality.

Mirocha is a very humble young man who seems to be just getting started with his passion to serve.

Images that stick with him from Honduras are the kids are happy there – even though they lack so much of what we think is important. It made him appreciate even more what he has been given.

Upon his return to Honduras, in which his father joined him this year, he was able to distribute the items collected. In total, all the hygiene items filled 15 bags of luggage.

Mirocha will be attending the University of North Georgia in the fall with a major in business. His gift of stewardship is evident in his life. He also loves being outdoors and spending time with family and friends. As Amy Steele, a fellow church member who traveled with Mirocha to Honduras said, “He has a heart for others that inspires those around him, whether it be passing out hygiene bags, painting a ceiling in the school, or leading worship in the Honduran churches.”

By Delaney KirbyA Mission to Meet Basic Needs