Sunday started with a bus ride to Santa Ana where we attended worship in the building that our team build last summer. It was amazing to see the 200+ people worshiping in a place that was a bare plot of land only a year ago. Our worship finished with the baptism of the brother of the young man that chose Jesus on Saturday.
From Santa Ana, we travelled into Tegucigalpa to eat in an area that we like to call the "Campero's Area". All good food from chicken to pizza to burgers. From Campero's we were off to the Valley of Angels for shopping and relaxation. We then went to Santa Lucia for our evening devotional. That was in the oldest standing church building in the America's. Built in 1531 with no nails, it is a beautiful building and the singing there was incredible. While we were in the devotional, a couple of folks were studying with one of our bus drivers and the study was well. After the devoyional, we found out that Franklin wanted to become a Christian and plans were made to baptize him. What a great finish to a wonderful day.
On Monday we sent three building teams to Los Pinos. This is a community where a church was planted 3 years ago and it is great to report that the congregation is doing very well. The building teams built while groups went up on the mountain to invite the ladies of the community to a women's bible study an the children were invited to VBS. The bible study resulted in a new Christian in Los Pinos. All in all it was a Great day in Los Pinos.
While the Los Pinos crews were making things happen there, there were a few that went to conduct a bible study with Mario and his family. This is the same MArio that I wrote about a few weeks ago. Turns out that MArio and the mother of his children had never been married and wanted to do that before they became Christians. We were able to pull together a wedding in about 30 minutes and smiles were everywhere. Immediately after the wedding, Mario and his wife confessed the name of Jesus and entered the waters of baptism. God is good! All the time!.
There were also teams that worked on packing food and some that went to Hospital Esquala to be Jesus to the children there. The food team packed over 5000 pounds of food and the hospital team came back emotionally drained. Please pray for everyone that goes to work in this hospital ministry. It is a very emotional day but, the smiles of the children tell me that they see Jesus in the people that are spending time with them.
Sorry for the shortage of blogs so far. Getting the internet to cooporate is sometimes a "welcome to Honduras" thing.
Pray for our team while we " have another great day in Honduras"
Marc
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7 comments:
Marc or Terri,
Could you please stick a note in to let us know how Kayla is feeling?
Thanks,
Becky
Kayla,
WOW!!!! It sounds like the things you are experiencing while in Honduras are life changing. I hope you are taking LOTS of pictures and keeping a journal so we can share in your journey. I hope you are feeling good. Are praying for you and everyone there. Miss you!!!! Love ya, Mom
Torch,
Wow, you guys are doing awesome things for God there. It makes me so happy to hear of all the baptisms.. in the first two days! Continue to shine for God and do great things in his name. I have heard the stories of doing the hospital ministries there. I will pray for the kids there and for all those who work there. Go with God!
We are so proud of you, Kayla. You are becoming a beautiful young Christian woman. I hope you are feeling well!!! I bet the devos and worship times have been fantastic. Take some pictures of the houses you are building. We are praying for you and all of your team. GO MS TORCH!!!!
Love,
Dad
For the Starkville group -- All of us in Starkville rejoice to hear that the work is going so well. Wesley, thank you for the emails! Natasha, are the little children still calling you "Na-cha-cha"? Shanna, we're counting on you to keep the rest of that bunch straight! Andrew, built any good houses lately? Katie, your daddy and your mama understand just like I do that our hard-working, Spirit-filled daughters are focused on good works, instead of writing parents! It's OKAY! :) (Love you, Brigitte) Russell, I'm so proud of you roughing it without a spoon for your peaches! Lee, your friend Brittain is just precious -- hope all is well with you two. Parker, are you teaching the children English? Or are they teaching you Spanish? Jennifer, are you surviving hanging out with the folks from Starkville? Jake, hope you get a chance to write your experiences down -- I know a devo or two at Freed-Hardeman would be blessed by your remembrances. All of us here are praying for you. In Christian love, Lori
Sneed's mom,
Thanks for the long email! Dad can rest tonight. haha How is the coffee bean candy you girls took? Enjoy! It's exciting to be able to read your day from Marc. Thanks to him. Miss you bunches and love you..Prayers are lifted up constantly for you and the group. God's spirit is alive and well! MOM
Hey Kayla!!! It sounds like you are having a very productive trip down in Honduras. You are missed A LOT up here. everyone has asked how you are doing and if you got down there safely. We're washing the Church bus on friday! I'm excited about that! Laneigh almost tipped me over in the shopping cart today when i was helping with groceries at church. it took both her and ethan to help me back up. Okay. I love you and can't wait till you get back home! Have fun! I love you! Kristen
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