New Hope Baptist Church Youth

 

Four years ago New Hope Baptist Church adult team came down and built the first home in Las Cabasas, Choluteca, Honduras.  On that team was one of this year's team members John Scott.  Four years ago we discussed this village needed a church established.  Mike shared we do not need to tell them what they need to do and we need to pray to see if the village will come forward and do this themselves.  The lady, Ms. Aleda, who New Hope Baptist Church adult team built her home was meeting with the children of the community having Sunday School each week.  There was around thirty to forty children meeting with her weekly on Sunday mornings.  After that week and several baptismal in the nearby river we went yearly to build a home for the other members of the community.  So after four houses were built one of the families, Ingrid and Teodora, gave their home to the community to have a place to worship.  The church family began to grow and others came to Christ.  There was a pastor in another part of Choluteca  who helped the church begin and led them for several months coming out several times a week.  This became an expense for this gentleman so he had to discontinue his commitment.  So the community has been meeting on their on with a nearby pastor coming occasionally.  So in the last six months or so Mike and Ginger discussed and prayed about building this community a church building.  They already have a family of believers meeting on a regular basis under mango trees or some one's home.  So Mike and Ginger needed three teams to commitment to help build and fund this facility.  This community already had a foundation in place for over a year.  They raised their own money to do this foundation and ran out of funds to continue the construction.  One day while out in Las Cabasas Mike asked one of the people what was the foundation going to be.  They said hopefully one day we will build a church.  Well, with a lot of prayers this community's prayers and long time dream is becoming a reality. 

 

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
"But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

Matthew 17:20-21