Michael and Karen Madsen have been serving as full-time missionaries in Guaimaca, Honduras at Orphanage Emmanuel since 2014 where their ministry initiated two projects. The first project facilitated the construction and start-up of a vocational school to teach carpentry skills to help prepare the children for their eventual return to living in communities outside the orphanage as adults. The second project was focused on skill building for the young adults to support the development of Christian values for healthy relationships. In addition an early stimulation program for infants from 0 to 5 years old was initiated to provide significant developmental enrichment to encourage physical, mental and social growth to develop critical functional learning skills. 
As they transition back to life in the US, Mike and Karen have recognized that the call to ministry is a life long call that continues to evolve as God guides and directs their role in building bridges to go out and bring Christ’s light into the world. Mike and Karen will continue to serve by offering administration, consultation, supervision or the work begun at Orphanage Emmanuel. They will continue raising awareness of the need for sustaining the program through support of mission teams, volunteers and by raising financial support.
