{"id":470,"date":"2011-08-18T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=470"},"modified":"2011-08-18T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:41:09","slug":"b-school-professors-travel-to-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2011\/08\/18\/b-school-professors-travel-to-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"B-school professors travel to Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this summer, three b-school professors, Dr. Jim Litton, Dr. Darryl Jinkerson and Dr. Andy Little headed to Mission Lazarus, in the Choluteca area of Honduras. ACU and the College of Business, in particular, have a unique relationship with Mission Lazarus. COBA grad Jarrod Brown co-founded the mission after a high-paying job was leaving him unsatisfied. Brown says, &#8220;The defining moment was seeing a need in the mission field where my business training from ACU could be a valuable asset for the Lord&#8217;s kingdom, rather than just for my pocketbook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mission Lazarus focuses on four specific areas: agricultural teaching, medical clinics, educational programs and schools and spiritual formation ministries. To read more about Mission Lazarus, visit their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionlazarus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionlazarus.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-471\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/missionlazarus_banner_1000-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/missionlazarus_banner_1000-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/missionlazarus_banner_1000-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/missionlazarus_banner_1000-490x212.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/missionlazarus_banner_1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recently caught up with Dr. Little to find out more about their visit to Mission Lazarus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What was the purpose of the trip? What did you all do while there?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Griggs Center sponsored our trip to Honduras to scout potential locations and partners for future global business programs for COBA students.\u00a0 Jim Litton, Director of the Griggs Center, invited Darryl Jinkerson and me to join him in visiting with Jarrod Brown and the Mission Lazarus staff on-site in the Choluteca area of Honduras.\u00a0 We spent time touring the Mission Lazarus facility, meeting with Jarrod to discuss possible opportunities, and getting to know the Honduran people and culture.\u00a0 We paid particular attention to ways in which COBA students interested in social entrepreneurship might be able to work with Mission Lazarus in some kind of short-term internship opportunity.\u00a0 Future plans are still in the embryonic phase, but this trip gave us tangible data by which to assess the possibilities and inspired us to work to provide students with opportunities in Central America.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_472\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2011\/08\/18\/b-school-professors-travel-to-honduras\/honduras-mountains\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-472\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/honduras-mountains-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/honduras-mountains-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/honduras-mountains-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/honduras-mountains-490x275.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the Mission<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why do you think it&#8217;s important that are students have the opportunity to visit and work with Mission Lazarus?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mission Lazarus is an amazing place, led by a dynamic team.\u00a0 Jarrod is a visionary leader of the highest caliber, and he has surrounded himself with talented people and supporters who help him implement his dream of transforming an impoverished nation for Christ.\u00a0 He has taken several otherwise traditional organizational models&#8211;evangelistic missions, for-profit business, rural health care, and education&#8211;and combined them in a way that is unique and all-encompassing.\u00a0 I think COBA wants its students to have access to and be inspired by this kind of leadership.\u00a0 More than this, Mission Lazarus fits perfectly with the social entrepreneurship emphasis in the Griggs Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2011\/08\/18\/b-school-professors-travel-to-honduras\/mission-laz\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-473\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/mission-laz-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/mission-laz-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/mission-laz-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/mission-laz-490x275.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What do you hope our students learn from the class?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our goal is to put together a multi-week program that combines stateside coursework with an internship at Mission Lazarus focusing on social entrepreneurship in the developing world.\u00a0 If we are successful in making this offering happen, we think it can be a flagship program for the Griggs Center and give students real-world experience with social entrepreneurship.\u00a0 Ultimately, I think much of what students could learn will be internal:\u00a0 the experience we hope to create will help them find out who they are and what really matters to them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_474\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2011\/08\/18\/b-school-professors-travel-to-honduras\/lazarus-refuge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/lazarus-refuge-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/lazarus-refuge-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/lazarus-refuge-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/lazarus-refuge-490x326.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/files\/2011\/08\/lazarus-refuge.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the Refuge at Mission Lazarus<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or the Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship &amp; Philanthropy, feel free to send an email to coba@acu.edu.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this summer, three b-school professors, Dr. Jim Litton, Dr. Darryl Jinkerson and Dr. Andy Little headed to Mission Lazarus, in the Choluteca area of Honduras. 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