The Colbys came to begin working with His Eyes / Clinica Cuerpo de Cristo in the late 1990s through short term groups with FCO (Fellowship of Christian Optometrists) from Indiana University. They interned with the mission in 1999 for four months to help get the optometry work started, and moved here full time in 2000.

​Valerie currently works in the clinic as a staff optometrist. Felipe is the mission’s executive director. They have two adult children, Cecilia and Soren, who were both born in Tegucigalpa. (Soren was born in the old clinic building.)

Michael has been serving in Honduras for more than 25 years. Following the devastation of Hurricane Mitch in 1998, he helped a community of 165 families rebuild their lives in the Villa Linda Miller, 6 miles outside of the capital city.
Two years later, The Micah Project opened the first group home to reach street-connected young men in downtown Tegucigalpa. After increasing gang violence became a danger, in 2013, Micah 2.0 opened adjacent to Villa Linda Miller.

A native of Japan, Hiro has lived in Honduras for much of his adult life, during which he has worked for Mitsubishi. He and his wife, Zoila, have been blessed with three sons.

Miguel has been a part of Union since 2021. He is an active part of the men’s Bible study, a home group, and can be seen volunteering anywhere and everywhere!