Pray!

Many of you are going to be so far out of your element in Honduras that it would be impossible to describe the sights, smells, and the atmosphere of the extremes that you will encounter. Even if you have been to other third world countries, you won’t understand what you are about to encounter until you are there. You will be blessed more than you can imagine as you work for Jesus in a land that doesn’t seem to have much hope. You will discover that even in this land, there is much hope, but the hopes are different that those that we’ve become accustomed to. You will meet a people that are happy with simple things and that don’t have an attitude that life owes them something. They will be very grateful for the work that you are doing – even if it is for their neighbor. They will recognize that the service that you are doing is form God and they will give God praise for what you are doing. We need to remember that everything we do is for the glory of our Savior and every person we serve is really Jesus himself. He said so in Matthew 25.
It is very important in the weeks leading up to our work together that we focus daily on a period of prayer – specifically for our work. Following is a daily prayer list that is certainly not the totality of what we should be praying for – but, just a starting point. Share this list with your friends & family so that they can pray for our work with us.
June 13 – The rainy season is in full force right now. Pray that the poor people living on the mountain can find a dry place to sleep.
June 14 – There are hungry children in Nuevo Oriental that will wake up with nothing for their stomachs today. Pray that they will be filled.
June 15 – There is a sick child in the poor hospital – Hospital Esquala. This baby is hurting and alone because the mom has many other children to care for and no one to care for them. Pray that Jesus will comfort this child.
June 16 – Karen & Jen are missionaries working at Casa de Esperanza – the House of Hope – a new children’s home. Thank God for them and pray that He will uplift them.
June 17 – Pray for God to soften hearts for hearing his word.
June 18 – Noel Aragon & his wife live & work in Santa Ana. Noel is the preacher in a new church there. Pray that the seeds that he sows will be on fertile soil.
June 19 – Pray for the Tupelo group traveling to Honduras today.
June 20 – We are 30 days from leaving. Pray that God will pour out blessing on us and provide the resources that we will need to do the work that he has planned for us.
June 21 - Pray for Mark & Joe as they provide assistance to our teams.
June 22 – Today there are people in areas that we will work that are praying for a new house. Pray that we will be God’s tools in answering their prayers.
June 23 – Pray for the Mi Esperanza program that trains women in the skills they need to get a job and support their kids.
June 24 – Pray for the children that are left alone on the mountain while their parents work or look for food.
June 25 – Pray that there will be clean water for the people on the mountain.
June 26 – Pray that our eyes will be opened to the needs of the world around us.
June 27 – Pray that God will be glorified by the work of our team.
June 28 – Pray that our evangelical team will be ready.
June 29 – Pray for the children at the Special Needs Orphanage.
June 30 – This morning there are more than 50 people going through the garbage at the Tegucigalpa dump looking for food. Pray that they will be fed.
July 1 – Pray that water trucks can get into the community of Los Pinos. Sometimes the roads are washed out and the people have no water for weeks.
July 2 – Pray that Casa de Esperanza will be a place of refuge for children.
July 3 – Pray that God will send workers year round and that we will learn to become year-round servants.
July 4 – Pray for the USA. Pray that we will be a Godly nation.
July 5 – Pray specifically for everyone you know that is going to be on our team. Pray for them by name.
July 6 – Ask our God to help all of us to get “out of our comfort zone”.
July 7 – Pray for the churches in Mololoa, Los Pinos, Santa Ana, Nuevo Oriental, Valle de Angels – all are plants that are less than 5 years old.
July 8 – Pray for the kids on the mountain that are infected with some sort of parasite. (FYI, every kid on the mountain has some sort of parasite – it comes from bad water)
July 9 – Pray for unity on our team.
July 10 – Pray for the students at Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa. They are dedicating their lives to becoming ministers.
July 11 - Pray for the children at Good Shepherd & Jimmy Hughes children’s homes.
July 12 – Pray for the Baxter students that are teaching in the prison ministry program.
July 13 – Pray that we will follow when God reveals his will for us.
July 14 – Ask God to provide food for the hungry of Honduras.
July 15 – Thank our God for using us to answer prayers. Ask him to help us remember who our Father is as we work.
July 16 – Ask our God for strength to do more than we can imagine.
July 17 – Ask God to help us to all remember the feelings of the people that we are going to serve. Help us to be the hands & the feet of Jesus.
July 18 – Ask God to help us to leave our worries behind and to focus entirely on the work before us.
July 19 – Today I thank God for mom & dad Tindall. They were new parents 50 years ago today (me). I will pray for them as they prepare to travel & work with our team in Honduras.
July 20 – Pray for the safety of our team.
Feel free to add your own prayer request to the comment section of this report.
I’m looking forward to great days in Honduras!
Marc