2 hours, 2 houses, 5 people, no professions of faith….BUT…. No Failure, because God’s will was done. Today was our first full day in country and so we had a morning of evangelism, afternoon of feeding in a community, gospel being shared and then preaching. Our team of three and one interpreter for door to door evangelism was guided to two houses in the two hour timeframe but it was definitely God guiding us to those two houses and our team was obedient and not concerned about “numbers”. During prayer at one of the houses, one of the ladies kept saying Gracious Papa, how sweet was that to be lifted up while we were praying.
The “Suggested” Post
I’m not entirely sure what to write…we have been encouraged to post, and I struggle to know what to say. Which, for those who know me, means a lot. The last time I was here, I wasn’t broken. I also was struggling with my own faith and how it really didn’t exist. Now, after fully surrendering my life to Christ, I wonder how I was never broken last time. My heart is shattered by what I see. God used me today while sharing the gospel with a young woman today; Maria was her name. I went in not having a clue what I was gonna say and struggling with even remembering the simple verses. And following someone from the local church-who obviously was on fire for God-was a tad intimidating as well. I introduced myself, the interpreter, and then my mind blanked. I breathed in…and don’t remember what happened after that. I vaguely remember what I said, I remember quoting from scripture by verse WITHOUT my bible out. Which says a TON if you know me. At the end, I prayed with her and thanked her for her hospitality and we left. I felt as if I could fly. I do not boast in myself, though. Like I said, I blanked! It was my that witnessed, but it was God and God alone!!!
Wednesday’s Schedule
We will have breakfast and morning devotions at 7:00am. We then leave at 8:15 am tomorrow morning for a community actually named 3 de Octubre (October 3) where we will go door witnessing to the community. After lunch we will then host a community wide feeding for about 200 people where Ed and Mary will share there testimonies and Isaiah will share the gospel and lead a time of response. We will then have an early service, around 4:00pm and God fittingly laid on my heart the feeding of the multitude in Luke 9:10-17.
When we get back and after dinner, we will sort out and create 40 separate clothing bags for the following days activities. (I’ll probably be working on Thursdays message)
Everyone was tired tonight, but I’ll carve out some time tomorrow and try to get each one to share something as well as the pictures I k ow some took from today’s journey.
Keep praying and God Bless. Tomorrow the real work begins!
We have arrived… safely.
We are settling in at the hacienda and most of the team is sorting tote contents. We had a time of orientation, and of course there are always challenges to overcome for the week as things do change on a mission trip, but we have committed ourselves to be Gumby’s and will bend and be flexible.
All the luggage arrives as did all the team members. My goal is to get others to share tonight, but rest may be the first priority for some. We begin early tomorrow. Continue in your prayers.
Quiet Anticipation
So it’s 2:15am on Tuesday morning. The house is both quiet but also buzzing with anticipation. As everyone gets ready to go, I am reflecting on the years past and what we are about to encounter. Leading up to the trip, the excitement I had in years past had not washed over me yet, and while I’m still not overflowing, I can finally feel the anticipation building. “What will God do through us?” “What will God do to us?”
While I overindulge in caffeine, as the picture represents, and as I have reached the end of this post, the quiet has become an awakening, both for me and for the house. God do what you will… ’cause ready or not… here we come!
It’s Time Again
It seems like yesterday that we were painting the Homes of Hope Orphanage, but it has been two years already. It is that time again. We are heading back to Comayagua Honduras this week. Our team, technically leaves Tuesday from St. Louis and also from Louisville. We will meet in Atlanta where we will be united on our way to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The 6 of us from UBC will begin our journey tomorrow, however, as we first must make the drive to Alton due to our flight leaving at 6:00 am, meaning we must awaken earlier than most of our 159BCM students go to sleep at night. The two coming from Kings will also leave out early as well.
A few prayer requests come to mind:
- Pray that all the flights make their proper connections and that all the luggage gets to where it’s going.
- Pray that all the team members get to where we are going and that we are greeted by staff from Open Eyes Ministries.
- Pray that God goes before us and prepares the hearts of all we will meet.
- Pray that those on the team will not be guided by fear, but by the power of the Spirit!
- Pray that we will be a blessing to the staff and workers with Open Eyes and the local churches.
- Pray for the health and well-being of the team.
- Pray that God will provide a harvest… both in Comayagua and the surrounding areas and here at home.
- Also while your at it… pray that God makes clear what I am to preach each night or the team is going to get bored hearing the same message each night. 🙂
This will be my 5th time on Honduras, Amy and Isaiah’s 4th. We have a few others that have also been with us in the past, but 3 who have never been on a foreign mission trip. I believe God is going to do great things through us this coming week, but it will take your prayers.
The goal, as it has been in the past, is for each of the team members to blog while we are on the trip (as long as we have Internet access), so watch for new posts and pictures and feel free to post comments. It’s always a blessing to hear from back home.
We look forward to shrink our adventures both here and at home on January 13 at UBC at 6:30pm. Come welcome us home if your in the area.
Home Again
It’s now been a few weeks and we are all home again safe and sound. Hopefully everyone received their luggage (other than a few things that I still have of Ashlei’s at least). Perhaps the greatest trouble of coming home is maintaining the motivation and the drive to serve. My prayer for this team for now and also for the future is that they will catch the “evangelism” and “missions” bug and that they will continue to push themselves, and others, to continue to go and to tell, and besides, isn’t that what we who call ourselves Christian are supposed to do?
Though we are home again, our true home still awaits, and I look forward to the day when our team, and the numerous churches they represent, are reunited in that universal church where we shall receive the rewards for the faith that each of us must continue to practice.
I once again leave you with this question, when will you go?
Most have arrived
Well, I believe most have arrived, some bagless and some not. Mark and Natalie opted to fly to Louisville and then got a ride North from there. Connie, Wes, and Ashlei left from Atlanta with Connie’s husband who drove down when he heard about the cancellations. I am assuming they have made it since no news is usually good news.
Wes, Lucas, Cassie, Greg and Tailar rented a mini van and drove home via Indy.
Alas, Adam, Isaiah, Valerie and I are still stuck in Atlanta. Had we known everyone’s plans Monday night, the 4 of us could have probably got a plane out today, but with the trouble with all of the luggage this trip and the fact that standby for 4 would be impossible, we will be waiting yet another day until we get to go home.
Pray for patients and no more Delta disruptions.
The Mission Continues
While God is still bigger than Hercules, the snow has proven too much for Delta Airlines and we are now stranded in Atlanta until Thursday morning at 7:35 am when we are booked on a flight to Indy. Pray the whether clears and we make it prior to the next snow storm.
We are all safe and look forward to being home soon, but in the meantime we will have to see if we can reach 200 by Thursday by continuing to proclaim the gospel to those we meet who are in our same position.