Thursday in Honduras was truly “another great day in Honduras”!
There are now 4 new Christians in the community of Santa Ana, another family has a new house, there are over 200 families that have food in their houses, and my friend Josué is married.
Several years ago, six to be exact, I met a 15 year old kid that worked at the airport as a luggage hustler – (one of the people that grabs your bags out of your hands and wants to take it to your car or bus to get a tip.) That year we at TORCH hired Josué to work summers for us. He is a great worker and was always willing to do anything we needed. Even without much education, Josué was learning English and is now fluent. The second year that he worked with us, Josué became a Christian. Just like all of us, he has struggled with his walk with Jesus. Earlier this year, I saw Josué and he told me that he was going to be a dad and I asked him about his wife – he told me that it was just a girlfriend and as a friend, I told Josué that this young lady and his baby needed a commitment beyond that of a girlfriend/ boyfriend relationship. Josué was very hesitant to make this type of commitment and after a lot of talking it all came down to the fact that his grandmother was totally against this marriage. A little more digging and I found out that grandmother was afraid that Josué wouldn’t taker care of her anymore if he was married. Well, several of us made the trip out to Josué’s village to meet with his grandmother and to seek her blessing for a marriage. On Wednesday she gave the blessing and last night we threw a wedding for Josué and Caryn. Please pray for them as they will be parents within just a few days.
With only a couple of work days to go, we are all realizing that we still have much to do!
There have been 22 people that have made a commitment to Jesus and have been baptized but, there are so many more that need to know Him. We have distributed tons of food but, there are still too many hungry people. There are bad houses everywhere. All of this is why this ministry will continue and we will work just like Jesus – helping one person at a time.
Marc
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5 comments:
Jake: Hello and I hope today is another great day for you all. I really enjoy reading about your days in Honduras. I know you all are doing great work there. I know I have been uplifted by your trip. Thank you for the email and I can't wait to talk with you about your trip when you get home. Be safe, love you, mom
hey marc its great to know what you guys have been up to please tell josue that im gonna be praying for him and his family. Also Josefina my sister gets married Saturday of the up comming week im so happy and excited for her.well Marc you have a GREAT day and good bless.
Much love
Tamara Ayala
Hi brigitte!
i hope you are having a blast and keeping KT out of trouble ;D just jokin KT! just to fill you in on a couple o things brig, cole and i aren't dating anymore tell you all about it when you get home, uhh, i've got mrs dibble again for english! don't worry i've already set up an appointment to get it changed! haha they are doing parking differently at school this year, its a first come first serve basis i.e. the 1st students to school get the better spots but you do have to park in assigned lots...me and becca are behind the caffeteria... i've met several new people going to our school of facebook, which you HAVE to get as soon as you get home! work is going well, richard carroll just got hired at the theater! he CRACKS ME UP! but then again so do alot of other things! haha! i miss you so much! i'm dying b/c i don't have anybody to do anything with... well i kinda been talkin to a guy in west point. his name is grant tollison. kristen and his english teacher (a coworker of mine's older brother) all said he was a really great guy! i think we have a date sometime next week or that weekend... i'll let you know how it goes! ;D skyler has a date tonight with rachel parrish, he is SO nervous! i keep giving him pep talks! but you know how he gets about things! lol! well i've got to go and get ready for work! (its pay day! WAHOO!) but i'll talk to you soon girl! tell everyone i said hello and that i miss them all! Live and Breathe for God while your there! have a blessed day! :D
This is awesome news.. I worked in Honduras with that Tim Hines and Kevin Cooper. It's so great to see Josue prosper in Christ. I actually was the one who baptized him. We spoke almost very little to none of the same language, but with mark herrera translating for us, we were able to bring Josue into our amazing family.. God will continue to bless us all, and I will continue to pray for josue and his family too. This is awesome news.. THANKS!
-tom "big tom" villaverde
thomasanthony83@hotmail.com
P.S. Please tell him i said HI!
Is Josué a father??
Maria please post your address for tomales.. (Did I spell this right)
I am glad to hear all went well on Sunday after we left.
We will miss all of you.
Mary
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