Last night we were so blessed to be a part of a church that had so many children there. I was amazed at how well they worshipped and praised God and also how attentive they were during the service. I had a little girl come sit with me and Wes she had remembered me from earlier that day. Even though we couldn’t speak the same language we understand the same God.

Later last night when we had share time, Wes said that in all the greetings of the children he is reminded of Jesus. He said he thinks of Jesus and how he would travel around to city to city and be greeted by people and children and they would follow him. I am sure you have read the blog Wes wrote about Nelson receiving Christ and then following us back to church. Yesterday Wes said he had some other children just follow them around. He said it makes me feel a little like Jesus did and how the little children would greet him and follow him.

If anything I just hope in this week we have learned to be a little more like Jesus.

Stephanie

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Today is our last  day. I can’t believe that we are leaving tomorow. This week has gone by way too fast. God has done so many amazing things in all of our lives. I’m not ready to leave. But I’m so excited to see how God is going to use us when we get back home.

Today is the youth rally. We’re all missing you Joey! We’ve been praying for you. See you soon!

We’re getting ready to do devotion. Pray for that God can continue to shine through us. Miss you all.

Beth

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Good morning! Thursday, when I found out that some of the team was going to a school, I asked God did he want me to go. I didn’t get a yes and I didn’t feel compelled, so I went door to door. I found out why later. We met a lady that was a Christian and as we talked I found out we had several things in common. So I encouraged her to keep the faith and stay strong. I was meant to talk to her. It is nice to know that as we struggle through life, we can help someone else later who is in the same boat. Then we met some teens, about 6, who was sniffing something through a bandana, and they were acting silly. Our interpreter, Jasmine stated, “I’m scared” and told us why. So we gave them tracts and invited them to church and then left.  I wasn’t scared. My team was Keith (missionary) and Adam. !We had another fiesta in the afternoon and I got to do a role in the Sin Box drama again. That was so much fun! One hour before the fiesta, we went door to door. A young lady accepted Christ but we all felt by the way she acted, she did it to get rid of us. However, only God knows for sure. We left the Bible and a Christian book and a tract with her. In the p.m. service, I was blessed by little girls that looked like angels in their robes who hugged all of us to greet us and then hugged us again when we left. Cool! I felt very welcomed. Breakfast is about ready so I will go. I usually lose weight on mission trips but I don’t think so this time. Fanny is a great cook. Praise the Lord! The missionaries have done an excellent job taking care of us! This is the best mission trip ever. I am so glad that the national church leaders listened to God when they decided that all teams should do evangelism this year. It has been awesome to see so many come to Christ!

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I am going to start at the end and work backwards.  Tonight we went to church and were led in worship by little girls in white robes.  They did interpretive dance to the worship music.  It was amazing.  Erin and Adam gave their testimony and both did a great job.  Rich preached and then the church had a prayer for a lady that was having problems.  One of the girls, one that begged me not to leave earlier in the day, came to me and wrapped her arms around me while we prayed.  All of a sudden I felt her shaking and I looked down.  My shirt was wet from her tears.  So I sat down and held her.  For the rest of the prayer time, at least 10 minutes, she cried on my neck.  Afterwards I asked her if she was okay and she said yes, that she had been praying and was praising God.  Isn’t amazing how a child reminds us how we should worship. 

Earlier in the day we went Evangelizing in the area of the church we went to tonight and then after lunch we went back to that area to invite them to a Fiesta and to Church.  We did the Fiesta in the church and had about 75 kids.  THe best way to describe a Fiesta is think of VBS and doing it in one hour, without the craft.  We have games, music, drama, prizes and the Gospel presentation.  And then of course candy. 

We saw 45 professions of faith today with 18 of them being at the Fiesta.  This brings the total professions of faith so far this week to 143.  God is Amazing!!  How He can use the ten of us to glorify Him in this way. 

Well, I need to share the computer now, so I will tell you all goodbye.  Keep praying for us, we will be home soon.

God Bless,

Amy

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Adam, Austin and Amber – We hope you are all having fun.  We miss you and love each of you very much.  Keep praying for us as you have been.  I cannot wait to talk to you on the phone when we get home.  We will call you on Sunday.  Be sure you are good for your mom and dad, and Adam, have a great Friday at school tomorrow.

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Atheist believe that all trees, mountains and every living thing in this world happened and came up and came to be by chance.Without looking at these next photos we already know that this is not true.  However, for any of you that have some doubts of this , please, look at these next few photos for at least 3 minutes each and then go and tell me then that this all happened by chance.   

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There is nothing more I can say other than God is Great!!!!!!!!!!  Total for the trip we have had 143 people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior!  That is totally awesome.  Whats even better is that the people from the local churches will be following up with those who have been saved.  Tonight, I get to give my testimony.  I’m not nervous b/c I can talk about myself very well LOL.  But last night I got to hear the testimony of one of my Honduras brothers.  He’s 16 y/o and his name is Garson.  It was the first time that he gave his testimony.  He did an awesome job and it was amazing to hear how God changed his life while living here the same way God changes are lives at in the U.S.  

I’ve encountered many people here who think that they are saved from hell b/c they are good people.  I want to tell you that good people go to hell too.  The only way we can go into heaven is through Christ.  I’ve realized how easy it is to share the gospel to strangers.  I know that Erin and I will continue sharing how great God is!!!   I want to challenge you to share your faith even if it is just your testimony to friends and family.  Remember, we are not guaranteed tomorrow or the next hour.  Don’t wait b/c if you don’t share that person may never hear about God’s love for them. 

May God bless the USA

ADAM

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It seems weird to say that I am prepping for my last sermon, but the pastors thought it would be too uch on his people to have the 4 hour youth rally and then a service afterwards so tonight is the last night for me to preach. I have been amazed so far how God has used the team. At last count, there have been 123 professions of faith and countless other reconciliations and times of encouragement that we have been able to provide. The team is out right now doing another fiesta and if like it was in the past there may be many more professions of faith before the end of the day.

It also amazes me that we can share the gospel so easily here when at home it is difficult sometimes to even leave the house. I think it would be great if we could pack up the entire church and come down here for 2-weeks so that we all could see how successful God’s word is when it is shared boldly in the streets. This is a call to all of you to accept this challenge to be involved. I know that we say that we are, but how involved is your life with spiritual matters. This week yet again has proven to me that I need to be doing more. Through the message the other night that God laid on my heart I proclaimed that their is no preparation needed to accept the gospel, and that there is an urgency in accepting the Gospel, but this can also be turned around. There is no preparation required in order to share the Gospel. We all have a testimony as Gerson found out last night when I had him give his, and if you are a Christian and you are living for Jesus, then you should have a reason for the hope that is in you and a basic understanding of how to be a Christian, so what more do you need. Secondly, there is also an urgency to sharing the gospel. As Wes said today to a few people, none of us knows the day or the hour of the Lord’s return or the day of our demise, so how can we allow the world around us to die as we live. We must remember that we are in a race against time and the one that is waiting behind is the one who will miss out on the blessing that comes from sharing your faith, not to mention that if you love your friends and neighbors, they are as drowning men with only moments to live, are you going to wait to throw them a line, or you going to ensure that they live.

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Since I am a teacher I have been wanting to visit a school since I have been here. So this morning I found out they had arranged for me to go visit a bilingual school (means that they speak English and Spanish). Erin, Beth and Isaiah also got to go. When we got there we found out they were going to be going to recess soon, which is not where they play games per say but where they get a snack (fried foods) and sit around and talk. So we walked around and talked to some of the students in English and handed out tracks to them. A lot of the younger students really liked them and all of the kids kept coming up and wanting them. The school was really relaxed; we also got to go into some into some of the classrooms.

Erin and I got to go visit an 8th grade class, the teacher let us talk to them and then he asked us to share the gospel with the class. I thought to myself if we could only do this is the U.S.!! So I went on to share with them about Jesus and why he came to the earth to die for us. A lot of the kids raised their hands that they had heard about Jesus before and some of them said that they had accepted Christ before but a few had not. So I went through the sinner’s prayer with them and all of the students said the prayer with me. They didn’t want to raise their hand that they had said the prayer but I told them to tell their teacher if they did. We also left some bibles there in case some of them didn’t have any. Then the teacher asked us to share our testimony with the kids, it was so cool to share with them and they all truly listened.

Afterwards we went to another class that was taught by and American teacher he was from Buffalo NY. He was teaching English and talking about a poem. He also got on the topic of segregation, several of the students had never heard of that before. So he used us as an example of how since we were white we would have to sit outside for class and they could sit inside. They thought the idea of segregation was horrible, to me it was awesome that they didn’t know about this horrible thing. They think that everyone should be together no matter what color their skin is and that is so awesome, because there are so many people back in the U.S. that still have this idea of segregation and that is not good. Anyways I just wish people could have just a taste of the culture and mindset that is here in Honduras there with them in their heart.

We also got to sing a song with a younger class; the kids were so sweet and so excited that we were there. I just loved visiting the school and it would be neat to teach in a different school. This was a really nice private school and they are on an America schedule. The regular Honduras schedule is February through November and some of the schools here are probably not this nice. This experience was truly special to me and I am so glad I got to go to this school.

Stephanie

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Today is not even half way over and already been awesome. This morning we visited a private school. The kids there spoke English so it was awesome to talk on our own and not through a translator. We were able to go to each room and visit the children. They were having recess when we arrived so we went around and handed out gospel tracks to the children. In this school there are ages preschool to 11th grade which here is equivalent to a senior. Stephanie and I then went to a spelling class where we were able to share the gospel to the whole class. We were also able to share our testimonies with the class. It is so amazing to be able to share God’s word at a school. We then went to a class with a teacher that was originally from Buffalo NY he had moved here because he met a women here on a mission trip and married her. He now teaches in the school that we were at today. It was very interesting to sit in his class and see how the kids here learn compared to the kids in the states. The kids here have 10 classes a day they have some in Spanish and some in English. They are very smart but not so well behaved. They all talk out at the same time and the teachers say that you have to earn the respect on the kids here rather than in the states where the respect is already there because you are a teacher. The last class that we stopped at was a spelling class we taught spelling to the kids we helped them with their spelling words and taught them who to put the words in sentences. It was great that we could participate and help them with their grammar and help them pronounce words that they were struggling with. Finally we taught the kids Jesus Loves Me and they loved the songs a few of the kids wrote down the words to our song so hopefully they will share it with their friends so that God’s word travels with them. I can’t imagine that today could get any better but I am sure that it will. GOD is GREAT, GOD is GOD, GOD is in HONDURAS!!! Love you guys and miss you all!! ERIN

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Hello friends and family,

Yesterday was our long day we went to a northern town in the mountains called Siguatepeque. We went evangelizing in the morning and the afternoon the people there truly have nothing. I got to give a stuffed animal to some little girls and they just carried it around everywhere they thought I gave them the world!! I also thought it was cool how all of them live so close (walking distance) to their family. I have always put family at a top priority in my life, but family is pretty much all these people have. Some of the people in the same family got saved yesterday and I told them through the translator to help each other with their faith and hold each other accountable.

Later in the afternoon we had a fiesta for the kids. At first I looked around and I did see but a few kids but all of sudden there were about 60 kids!! We had the fiesta at a pavalion and the kids just sat there and listened and were so happy to participate. This little boy got a truck for participating in a game and his smile was so big!!!

After evangelism for the second time we went to their church in the evening. This church had just moved to this location because they continue to grow and even this night they had packed the place out!! We only had a guitar for music but you could really feel the presence of the Lord there. I also got to talk to this girl that teaches in Honudras in English, she was really sweet and you could truly see her love for the people.

Afterwards we had an hour drive back to Comayagua, on the way back it was dark and we came around a turn and all of a sudden you could see the city of Comayagua in the valley it was so beautiful!! Well I hope you all are doing well, thanks for all the prayers and encouragement!!

Stephanie

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