Mar Michael Thannisch

Houston, Texas Area United States

Bishop at Congregation Benim Avraham

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

Worked for 14 years as a missionary for the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras. During those fourteen years, I taught school at primary, secondary and post secondary level, developed congregations (one congregation grew from 8 to 300 people in around six months), worked on economic development projects (iguana farming, home gardening, biogas among others), a mobile medical dispensary, translated liturgical and other materials from English to Spanish and Miskito, and pastored churches, trained clergy, oversaw medical, dental, and construction brigades, diocesan verger (supervise liturgies at Cathedral, and special services involving the Bishop. Since leaving Honduras, I have taught school fo...