Welcome to Orocuna

We drove through this quant little town not knowing what all God had in store for us this week.  We have not ever come here to share in an evangelism team.  This is our first visit to Pastor Hector's church.  Pastor Hector has a huge mission field right here in Orocuna.  It is a predominantly Catholic community and as we all know it is hard to convert someone into being a follower of Jesus Christ.  Their faith is based on family commitment not to their Lord and Savior.  Some of the profound Catholics do not even know where they are going to go when they die.  They think Hail Mary will take care of them and if they work really hard and not be bad they will get into Heaven.  Sadly this is not the case in those who follow Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.  We are saved by His Grace and Mercy and it is a free gift without any works involved.  So this week we were blessed and privileged to come along side of this church to share the love of Jesus with a lost and dying community.  This team was prayed up prepared up and cover with the armor of God for what journey lied ahead for each of them.

Family Reunion

As we arrived at the church everyone unloaded out of two vehicles.  Meida came up to hug and say hey to Richard who rode with Bobby and Tino.  Well Bobby shared how he felt the love.  Meida with her very shy disposition went back over to greet Bobby with and hug and her big beautiful smile.   Tino greeted the folks on the Land Cruiser.  Pastor Wayne was so joyous to see Tino again.  Tino is always a joyful spirit and we appreciate him and how he serves this ministry.  We started being greeted by others in the church as we entered the building.  We will learn more about a church building later in this blog.  This group came prepared to bring the lost to Christ and this church building was just a stopping place along the way.

New Family Members Greeted Us Today

We arrived after an hour ride through some beautiful country side to a quant little town called Orocuna.  We were welcomed warmly by Pastor Hector and his congregation.  We gathered around to meet and greet one another as the church members continue to arrive on the local moto taxis.  Bobby, team leader introduced himself and allowed his team members to introduce themselves.  Pastor Hector introduced his church members who were going out door to door with them that day.  Pastor Hector was honest in sharing these people will say they are Christians when in reality they are not.  They will say they go to church when there is a strong possibility they may go a few times a year.  He said something quiet profound to the team this is a community who thinks when they come to church you are suppose to give them something.  We as a church ask you not to give out anything to anyone while out making your visits.  We are not a church who gives things out.  Praise God for this statement.  Mike and I always thought this hand out concept was hard on the pastors once the teams left and now we got confirmation on our first morning in Orocuna by Pastor Hector.

We gathered in a circle as we lifted our day up in pray.  Pastor Wayne led the pray as Meida translated it for him.  Everyone then broke up into their groups to get to know each other and share their testimonies and prayer concerns with one another.  They were just about ready to go and to the ends of the earth to share the love of Jesus Christ.

Mount Horeb Changes

At the blink of an eye something new is always happening at Mt. Horeb.  Finally Praise the Lord the pond is full and now Manuel and Mike are ready to get the tilapia to go in this pond.  Praise the Lord the griddle and the new stove came in along with those metal walk boards.  So Ingrid is now cooking her tortillas for the teams inside on the griddle. She is one happy lady as she learns how to use the griddle and how to clean it as well.  Cristobal is in the process of making soccer field goals as Pastor Carlos and Alexa supervise.  Alexa informed Cristobal the goals were too big for the field they would be sitting on.  Pastor Carlos studied the situation and I believed he agreed with Alexa.  Mike found Pastor Carlos out on the soccer field leveling out the sand on the field along side of his staff.  Even on his down time Pastor Carlos finds something to do to help Mt. Horeb get closer to being complete and ready for youth retreats, church conferences and pastor conferences.  Mt. Horeb gets closer and closer until God shows us something else He wants us to do.

" Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when He said to me, "Assembly the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children." Deuteronomy 4:10

Thank You Holly

It always warms my heart when someone joins me at the puzzle table.  This week it was Holly.  I enjoyed sitting there listening to her hum softly under her breath as she placed pieces of this puzzle into its proper home.  Alexia joined us as well one evening.  We do not do a lot of talking but we are together as one after a common goal, completely this one thousand piece puzzle.  It is most relaxing for those of us who sit down together and look and look and finally we get one.  The joy from simply getting one is awesome.  We have fun at the puzzle table each week and are always blessed with some good fellowship as well.  Plus after each puzzle is completed one of our staff members get to take one home framed in some wood off of Mt. Horeb.  We have completed about eight puzzles as of today.  

Breaking Bread

Each day the team gathered together to break bread at the multi-purpose building.  One morning Bobby and Mike got to try out the new griddle which came in last week.  Brad was also excited to be able to grill toast on the griddle even only he had butter so instead Brad made it work and used mayonnaise on the bread to make it nice and crispy and toasty.  This time of the day either morning or evening was a special time of fellowship among believers in Christ. After dinner we all sat on the porch and watched the sunset and reflect on our fruit God provided from the day.  We shared God moments off and on all evening as we would remember something or reflect again on something else.

 Thank you God for a good time of food and fellowship amongst brothers and sisters in Christ.

Small Problem

Praise God Mike has a mechanical background.  The battery went dead in the Kia one morning and immediately Mike and team member Brad knew what the problem was located.  Mike shared I need to get a new battery for the Kia soon.  So the team took the jumper cables along with them on this beautiful Honduras morning.  Of course not anything slowed this bunch down.  They left with huge smiles on their face ready to go and bring the lost to Christ and today was a new journey to La Gaza.  This is a very flexible team who is willing to do whatever it takes to share God's Word to others.  Like Holly's devotional Satan is not going to stop us from serving.  Behind me Satan.

Great Hospitality

This week this team was blessed with amazing godly hospitality in Orocuna.  They were definitely humbled by the church's generosity.  Each day they were provided a hot lunch.  This particular day it was chicken and rice.  They even got served breakfast and lunch one day.  Sadly they were only at this location for three days.  Pastor Hector took them to the mission church up in La Gaza outside of Orocuna.  But they definitely were blessed while serving in Orocuna with some delicious Honduran cuisine.  Grateful for us all how we are so blessed by these amazing people.  Brad shared one day while sitting on the pulperia porch if were we to say no to them, we would deny them their blessing of serving us.  Mike and I agreed with him totally.  We never need to steal their blessings from them.  We all agreed also they sacrifice far more than we will ever sacrifice. Brad's devotional one morning about the woman who broke the precious bottle of oils over Jesus feet.  Not just some of it but all of it.  It was probably worth a year's salary.  She gave all she had.  Like the woman who came to visit Jesus this church family gave all they had out of gratitude to the North American team.  God is so good!!!!

Fellowship Time

On Wednesday Mike shared if I got all my work done we could go play with the team at VBS and have lunch with them.  I worked diligently on Wednesday and got everything done I needed to get done for Wednesday.  So off Mike, Pastor Carlos and I went to Orocuna.  This was a special treat for Pastor Carlos because number Pastor Hector is one of his dearest friends who does not get so see very often and number two reason all three of us have worked non stop for the last 35 days without a day of rest.  So this was a day we all were looking forward to.  We got there early around 11:15 so the team was still out in the field sharing the gospel.  So we followed Pastor Carlos up the path by the church through an embankment to Pastor Hector's home.  We did not know what a blessing we all three was about to receive upon arriving.  We entered their home with open arms of hugs and gratitude for our visit. Pastor Hector hugged his long time friend and colleguage.  Pastor Hector's wife took me back to her kitchen where she personally had made a big pot of chicken soup for us.  She had asked Meida the day before what did I like.  Meida shared I definitely could not have the rice and chicken the team was having that day for lunch.  Meida shared with her rice makes Mrs. Ginger hurt so cannot eat it anymore.  This sweet lady knew from years passed I love chicken soup so she prepared me some chicken soup with lots of veggies and of course I shared it with Mike, Pastor Carlos and Meida.  She even invited Meida to join us as well.  What a very special time of fellowship and food with some long time brothers and sisters in Christ.  How humbling it was for me to receive a meal I could truly eat without having after affects because this lady who I do not get to see very often went to the trouble to cook something I could enjoy.  Thank you God for family and friends who are not blood.  Mike and I are so blessed to be your hands and feet of Jesus. We see this everyday down here and we are forever grateful to you God for this precious gift.

Thank You

On Thursday Brad and Julie along Humberto, their translator got blessed with three very special young ladies taking them out to share the gospel.  Sadly one of them is not in this picture.  She was about the Lord's work getting ready for the church to start VBS.  Two of these young ladies were the daughters of Pastor Hector's daughter.  The amazing part of being here sharing the gospel this week is we have known Pastor Hector and his family for ten years.  We knew these two young ladies when they were 6 and 8 years old.  How beautiful it is to see how a godly home can produce such godly children.  These young ladies helped Brad and Julie share the gospel with two older ladies and sitting on a couch was two young girls listening and they also accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior as well as the older two ladies who Brad and Julie were initially sharing the gospel with.  So Brad felt led by God to go over to Pastor Hector's wife and thank her for raising two godly daughters who helped them so much today out sharing the gospel.  God uses any age to share the good news of Jesus Christ, His Son.

Brad and Julie's devotionals were one in the same.  Brad shared how they look so forward to coming to Honduras more so than taking a vacation.  When we were children we got praised for doing our chores, cutting the grass or maybe cleaning our room.  Our parents praised us for what we had done. When we come to Honduras we pray plan and prepare ourselves for this trip.  God rewards us as our Heavenly Father when one lost sheep comes to Christ by receiving salvation and eternal life.  In turn Julie says we should be excited about coming to Heaven.  Because everything on this earth is temporal but eternity is forever. Our vacations are temporal but this week in Honduras is for the Kingdom of God, it is eternal.  Brad and Julie basically shared if we are obedient to God and come and serve along their Honduran brothers and sisters we will receive the fruits of our labor which is bringing the lost to Christ and watching the harvest become fruit.

The Porches Are A Place of Worship

The Mount Horeb porches are special in so many ways.  God has blessed us with these porches in sharing God's Word for over four years.  God moments have come around these porches more than I can even imagine.  This week this evangelism team had a devotional in the morning and in the late afternoon this week. They shared from their hearts how God has changed their lives by being in His Word.  They shared their fears, their joys, their love for others and how blessed they are to be called and were obedient to come here and share the gospel not only with Mike and I but also with so many Hondurans this week. They equipped themselves in the Word and in lots of prayer morning and evening this week to make sure they were about their Father's business, and not anything they should boast about.  They were humble and submissive to God's calling to come this year and serve beside us in Honduras.  But they only could do what they did because they started their day in His Word and they ended their day in His Word.  We are not anything without the power of the Holy Spirit which dwells within us.  So thank you Forest City family for sharing God's love with us and others this week.  We felt like we have been in a revival all week and for this Mike and I are most grateful.  

Godly Couples

We are so blessed to have this lovely and godly couple back with us this year for their third visit. Welcome Brad and Julie. The love of Jesus radiates off of both of them.  Their excitement for one salvation is contagious.  They enjoy the culture and the food and most of all the people.  They are humble with their witness for Christ.  They have had quiet the week with a lot of folks with lots of excuses why they do not need Jesus or they do not know where they are going to go when they die.  But they came prepared with the right questions but they also were able and willing to learn from one of their friends from the church who went with them how to approach a person who is Catholic.  So we learn from our Honduran brothers and sisters daily here and I am grateful to God they both were willing to receive guidance for the Honduran people.  Thank you for sharing the love of Jesus with others and Julie for allowing God is use you this year to bring others to Christ.  To God be the glory.

Welcome back for their third year Richard and Holly.  Richard had the opportunity to share the gospel in church on Sunday.  Holly was able to use the evangi-cube for the first time to bring someone to Christ.  Her God moment which brought tears to my eyes with this ninety one year old man and his daughter who has cerebral  palsy coming to Christ.  Holly was sharing the plan of salvation with the elderly gentleman as the daughter sat on the couch listening.  The ninety one year old man received Christ as his Lord and Savior.  It is never to late to receive the sweetest gift of all Jesus.  Well this story gets even better, Holly looked over at his daughter and ask her would she like to receive Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.  Holly said with all her might she prayed the sinner's prayer with her and it took all her being to do this but Holly waited ever so gently on each word to part her lips before going to the next word.  They were in a very rural community today where there was so many more stories just like this one.  This was probably the first time these children had ever seen North Americans.  But what a great group to get to meet for the first time.

Richard learned how to make hammocks while sharing the gospel with a family in Orocuna.  Also they had challenges as well with a very strong Catholic community but Richard shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with the help of his friend Meida and moved on and dusted off his feet as he left.  

At the end of the day it does my heart good to see young couples coming to Honduras to share the love of Jesus Christ with these beautiful people.  We are proud of both couples for coming here beside of us this week and what a joy they all four were to Mike and I.

Going Out to Share The Gospel

Off they go.  This is one of my favorite photo shots is seeing the evangelism teams heading out to wherever God leads them to share their passion and love for their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  They have prayed, planned and prepared for this very moment here and now God is sending them out to do what they have been called to do, spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  They were obedient and by their obedience this week hopefully their will be fruit produced.  They did not know where God was taking them and they were definitely out of their comfort zone in a different country, different culture, and definitely a different language.  But there was not any obstacles out there too big for our God.  Praise God for Julie and Holly who have made this trip three times and this week God blessed them and decided to use them to bring someone to Christ.  Holly for the first time used the evagi cube and Julie shared the Roman Road.  God was ready to turn them loose with His Words pouring through them by the power of the Holy Spirit.

VBS

After walking door to door all morning this team came back together to share Jesus Christ with the children of Orocuna.  Pastor Wayne led the Bible Story each day with the assistance of Meida.  Pastor Wayne told the Bible Story to the children from his heart.  The Words of God came flowing off of Pastor Wayne's mouth as he shared about each story.  How beautiful it was to see God's Word shared from your heart and the passion Pastor Wayne has for God's Word was evident in the way he presented the stories.  God's Words came right off the page out into the audience each day of about 60 children.  Prior to Pastor Wayne sharing the story the team got the sanctuary prepped up for the Vacation Bible School  The chairs had to be lined up and Pastor Wayne got with Meida to let her know where the Bible story would be coming from.  Last minute plans up on the stage amongst Julie, Holly and Bobby daily to see that they were all on the same page.  It was a joy to watch these little ones with contentment on their faces coloring a picture which reflected the Bible Story each day.  Bobby shared how impressed he was when he observed the little four years old coloring so well.  They wanted to do their best to please their teachers this week.  Grateful for these little ones and how they always bring joy to our lives.  They especially enjoyed the parachute and soccer outside after their structured time inside the church.  The team was very grateful for their translators and their different personalities which enabled the team to have a very successful week.  Humberto was a humble giant who was bold in his witness, Ronny loved the children and loved sharing Jesus Christ with others and then of course our Meida who does a phenomenal job week after week. We are blessed to always have godly and ready to serve translators.

Holly shared in her devotional one morning how she was attacked by Satan with some health issues.  If Satan had won she would have missed out on many blessings this week being with these precious children.  Holly worked hard on making the sentence strips for the memory verse each day in Spanish of course.  They would present the Bible verse in three different strips.  Each time the children recited the verse they would remove one strip until there was not a strip showing at all.  These little ones soak up God's Word like a sponge.  If Holly had not been strong in God's Word and let Satan win she would have missed out on so many blessings.  Thank you all who helped Holly get the VBS put together.  Well done good and faithful servants.

Evangelizing in Orocuna and La Gaza

As the team disbursed out into the community of Orocuna they had many a stories to tell at the end of their day.  Bobby and Pastor Wayne ended up in a rehab center one day where they shared the gospel with the doctor, the nurse and the patients.  The nurse asked for specific prayers for her health, she struggles with reflux.  Holly and Richard were able to share the gospel with a family of five Catholics who all received Christ.  This family made their living by making hammocks. Richard shared how it took them two days to make one hammock.  The entire family was in this business together, even their children. Pastor Wayne and Bobby shared how many folks wanted them to pray over their physical needs and they had quiet a few rededications.  Ronny shared how this community was very profound Catholic.  They would share with each team how they go to church and they work very hard but they would not say they had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  They would look to Hail Mary for their needs to be met.  Ronny, translator shared with them that that church is just a building and it can easily be shut down and make into a restaurant the next day.  So don't say you go to church that will not get you into Heaven.  Brad has shared several times this week to the Catholic community if you have been saved by the blood of Jesus that is all you need to do.  There is not anything you can do to earn your way into Heaven.  Simply ask forgiveness of your sins and turn your life over to God through His Son Jesus Christ.

Pastor Wayne and Bobby were visiting a couple whose wife teaches a Bible Study in her home. The entire family goes to church except for the husband and father of the children.  This man told Bobby he enjoyed listening to his wife teach God's Word but just wouldn't go to church with other fellow believers.  Pastor Wayne and Bobby had the opportunity to enter a lady's home with Ronny of course and she was very hesitate about them visiting her and they later found out she ran a bar in the back of her home and at that time there was a bunch of drinking customers in the back of her house which is a bar.  Bobby and Pastor Wayne shared their visit was probably bad for business.  But guess what those folks back in the back drinking their beer heard God's Word that day.  To God be the glory amen y amen!!!!!

While out on the first day Richard Holly and Meida along with some church members made their first stop at a home and they shared and planted the seeds but there was not fruit produced.  Later that day they came back heading to the church and passed by the house again and saw Julie and Brad over there visiting this same family.  Well praise God for Richard and Holly with Meida visiting earlier that day because by the end of the day this family was ready to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  There was several Meida shared with me that would not listen to Richard and Holly and what they had to say.  I asked Meida what did ya'll do.  Meida we dusted the dust off our feet and moved on.  They heard it and now it is up to them to do what they want to with it.  Grateful to Richard and Holly for making wise decisions and not forcing it down their throats so to speak.  They planted the seeds and hopefully one day their words will come back to these people and they will receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  

By the end of this week there were numerous rededications and many folks being prayed over.  There were mucho salvations along with many folks receiving Bibles for the first time..  A lot of Catholics gave up their lifestyle of ritual religion and decided to follow Jesus, no turning back no turning back. 

Pastor Wayne shared out of Psalm 89 "I will sing of the mercy of the Lord forever."  We are to trust in the Lord always.  Man will disappoint us and religion will fail us.  But God's grace and mercy will always take care of us .  God is sovereign. God is on time. We as Christians need to be more faithful and more discipline in our time in His Word and live out our lives as believers in Christ.  Pastor Wayne said in VBS one day all I can do for others is live out my life for Jesus and they see Jesus in my life.  This week this team had some trials with folks and all their excuses of why they don't need Jesus or to go to church.  This team simply prayed over them if they were allowed to then or they shared they will continue to pray for them and prayerfully they one day will accept the greatest gift of all Jesus Christ.

Worship Service and A Treat

What an amazing week in the community called Orocuna.  God was so good as to keep everyone healthy and full of strength to carry out their task God had given them.  Now today it was a time of worship and praising God for all His many blessings.  

First of all Pastor Hector had us all get out of our seats and greet each other individually.  Pastor Hector had made a home visit this week and a man by the name of Malesto came to church this Sunday morning to worship with us.  Malesto shared his testimony of how blessed he was the pastor came to visit him and invite him to church and he promised Pastor Hector he would be there. He shared he kept his promise to God first to be in His House and worship amongst the people of Orocuna. Maelsto said Pastor Hector spent a lot of time sharing with him about the Word of God.  Malesto shared the next time he came to church he will be bring his wife.  He shared how a lot of folks my talk about him a sinner, a drunk coming to church but we are all sinners saved by God's grace.  Praise God He forgives us of our sins.  There was one man who rededicated his life to Christ this week named Santos Noah and a lady of the church as well.  Pastor Hector asked Mike and Ginger to come and pray over them.

The team got up to sing "God is so good."

Pastor Richard came forward to share the Word of God to the people out of Psalm 111:10.  First of all he thanked everyone for having the team this week and thanked them for their hospitality towards all of them.  He shared how most gracious you all were to each of us.  As Pastor Richard first read the scripture then he shared how he was going to focus on one word in this scripture, fear.  This is not a fear of snakes, scorpions or tarantulas he will share about today but the fear and respect we all as Christians have to our Lord and Savior, Our Heavenly Father.  You see everything we have is God's to start with.  Everything on this entire earth belongs to God.  He can choose to do what He wants to with all of it.  But as believers we do not have that respect for our Heavenly Father.  This is the beginning of wisdom is to respect our Heavenly Father and also as we respect our earthly fathers.  Our earthly fathers taught us how to do things and for the most part we showed our earthly fathers with upmost respect. Pastor Richard asked a question to the congregation.  What is wisdom?  Some said to get to a solution to a problem.  One person shared wisdom was God's Word.  Wisdom is the use of knowledge.  Pastor Richard used the example of how we were taught not to put our hand into a fire why because it will burn.  This is head knowledge.  But spiritual knowledge the wisdom of God comes from God's Word.  Heaven is a very real place and beautiful and hell is also a very real place and very hot.  We have to choose where we want to go when we die, heaven or hell.  If we chose God there is wisdom on how to get to Heaven.  But if we don't choose God our entire body will go into the fire for eternity.  Having this knowledge is great but it is our choice where we go when we die.  Pastor Hector preaches the Word in this church, you all hear it weekly.  The wisdom I am talking about is taught right here in this church weekly.  Pastor Richard continuously  being in God's Word is like a cow chewing his cud.  You read and study a while then you go out and do something with it and go back and study some more.  Practice makes perfect when sharing the gospel.  And our actions should say that we are Christians.  We as Christians should respect this most Holy Place, this is God's temple and we should treat it with upmost respect.  As I shared sharing the gospel takes time and practice.  Holly, my wife made her third trip here this year and got to for the first time bring someone to Jesus Christ.  It took lot of studying and praying and preparing on Holly's part to be obedient to God in bringing a lost soul to eternal life. If you are sitting here today and confess to be a Christian you should be out daily sharing the gospel with this community.  Not just this week but every day if you love Jesus tell others about His great love for you so they in turn can have the greatest gift of all eternity.  Put on your full armor of God and go out there and win the lost to Christ.  If you have on the full armor of God the devil cannot win the battle.  If you are truly a Christian are you doing what you are suppose to be doing.  It is not an option to share the gospel it is required of us as followers of Jesus to bring the lost to Christ.  If you are here today and you are not sure about your eternal home please see the pastor and receive the greatest gift of all Jesus Christ.  Pastor Richard closed us in prayer.  Brother Edward led us in a beautiful hymn.  Pastor Hector thanked us for coming and walking the streets of Orocuna and La Gaza with their church family.  At this time the children came out to share what they had learned in Sunday School.  

We closed out our time with these beautiful people with a juicy slice of watermelon.  There was enough watermelon for all of us to have a slice.  The children got real excited to get this delicious piece of fruit.  God's provision is always perfect timing.  Thank you Forest City Baptist Church for being the hands and feet of Jesus this week.

Jesus Is The Cornerstone

Covenant Church of Maryland returned this week to work beside us in building Fernando and his brother Juan Carlos a home.  We called this team from Maryland a team who persevered for their Lord.  Derek and Bob came ready and knowing God was going to provide all their needs this week in El Carizo.  With the help of Pastor Carlos, Rudy, Manuel and Cristobal this team was ready for the week God had planned for each of them.  As the cornerstones were going up and the plum line was lied out this house was becoming a home right from the very beginning.  Though this team was few they sure were faithful to the call to be here this week serving their Lord and Savior.  It was quiet the amazing journey for all who stepped forward to help Fernando and Juan Carlos get their home they have been waiting patiently for and they gave God all the praise and honor.

Oh No

As the corners were being formed Jefe looked up and said "Oh no!" "We forgot the mud boards."  Pastor Carlos, Fernando and Cristóbal got right to work constructing the mud boards.  Alexia, Fernando's sister went to a neighbor to borrow something to use for mud boards.  It never seize to amaze me how these Honduran people can simply fix any problem in a matter of minutes.  This "Oh NO" moment did not slow down anything which needed to get done for the construction of this home.  We can truly learn from these people there ain't anything eternal but not receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and spending eternity with HIM.  The morning continued as we were preparing for the very first block.

Working In The Name of Jesus

Everyone pitched in to get the 800 blocks and 52 bags of cement along with the rebar into a beautiful home. There is so many different little jobs which need to be done.  For instance the doors and windows need to come off of the Toyota and we always seem to forget this important detail and it is not until Mike is ready to leave he realizes they need to come off.  There was a mescal crew but to get that mud to appear took sifting of sand which is what Bob and Derek did all week as well as laying the blocks and filling the joints.  They saw work and they got it done and this duo team shared one evening they got as much done as if they had a team of ten North Americans.  Because God blessed their obedience by sending Hondurans each day to get all the tasks completed.  As Bob shared there is not anything God cannot accomplish as long as we are faithful to the calling to come.  All we need to do is show up and God takes care of the small details as well as the large ones.  The project will get done in God's perfect timing.  Thank you my faithful duo!!!!

Praying

The time finally came to pray over the first block.  Due to our small team we did not have Tino nor Meida this week.  So we asked Fernando's sister if she would pray over the first block. As we gathered around Fernando and Juan Carlos all I could think about is how so very proud I am of these eight children who have turned into amazing young people.  Alexia did an outstanding job praising her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for this privilege He is providing her brothers a home where they will be safe and dry from now on.  She thanked God for Mike and Ginger who are faithful to them all these years.  Alexia and Fernando both work at Mount Horeb and they are blessed Juan Carlos also has a job.  These eight children are survivors and we all could learn so much from each of them.  As she prayed I felt the joy only Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit could provide.  This is a special family to Mike and Ginger as well as the two young men from Maryland who are always faithful to this ministry.  As Alexa was thanking God for this week I as well was thanking God for the many blessings amongst Mike and Ginger this bright and beautiful morning in El Carizo.  Thank you God for being faithful to all of us because we were obedient to your calling to serve here this week along side of some amazing young people who do not ever give up put persevere.

Jefe

Mike, our Jefe, did an amazing job helping wherever he was needed this week.  Jefe leads by example which is a great leadership quality to have when working with North Americans and our Honduran brothers and sisters.  He was cutting the block and then he gave Alexia a quick lesson on how to lay the block which she did not do for very long.  She actually stuck with filling in the joints for the others who were laying the blocks.  Jefe was all over the place this first day of helping one of his staff members receive a home.  This will be the last home for a staff member because now everyone under the umbrella of Mt. Horeb.  God is so good to provide the physical needs of our staff as well as their spiritual needs. It goes without saying Jefe took time to enjoy the delicious cuisine of the Honduran culture.  Jefe's nickname is "Martha"  because he is always busy about His Father's work.