Second Wind Foundation
LOVING HONDURAS...BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ONE FAMILY AT A TIME
Our vision and values
The Second Wind Foundation infuses and develops job skills and business-operation capabilities in each of our community participants. Through their affiliation with our organization, we radically and positively alter their lives so they become equipped to earn a living and support themselves, their families, and their neighbors by creating businesses and/or using their skills and labors in their local area.
We seek to ‘work ourselves out of a job’, and we believe the need for our organization can one day no longer exist.
Our aim is to glorify God and his son Jesus by following Biblical principles and values. We exhibit faithful stewardship to God over everything he has entrusted to our care, including people and possessions. We empower, educate, equip, and enrich those who are most impoverished through hope, community strength, and growth regardless of race or religion. Our participants give back to our organization, their communities, or both in the same spirit from which they received.
Our history
My daughter, Lauren, started sponsoring a child through World Vision when she was five years old. She made crafts and saved money from her birthdays to pay for the sponsorship. When Lauren was twelve, we traveled to Honduras to meet her child and we ended up falling in love with Honduras and its beautiful people. The country is one of the most dangerous to live in and yet they make the most of what they have. If we give them two pieces of food, they will give one to a friend or family member. They are truly selfless people. For several years, I led a medical team to serve the physical and spiritual needs of the Hondurans. Every year, I grew passionate about finding a more permanent solution to meeting these needs besides one week per year.
The term Second Wind came from my lifelong hobby of running marathons. During those races, there inevitably comes a point where you have to mentally fight through leg cramps, dehydration, weather conditions, etc. at some point, a Second Wind does arrive. That can take the form of hearing the finish crowd, a smiling face in the crowd, or a glimpse of utter natural beauty. We all face winds or trials in our lives, but it's how we respond that defines us. The Second Wind Foundation will be used to help other continue to press on toward success in life. My desire is to breathe a Second Wind of hope into the lives of as many Hondurans as the Lord will allow me to.
We firmly believe that Second Wind provides a means to quell the immigration crisis currently at the borders of the United States. By improving the quality of life and raising the level of education in Honduras, they are much less likely to take the risk and undergo a dangerous road to try and come to the US. Also, they are more content because they can stay in their home country with family, friends, and the culture they love.
I hope you will join us on this journey! Thank you for taking time to check out our website and reading about what we are doing!
Jackie Doyel, Founder
