2413 Honduras Team

It takes many people for a mission trip to happen, not the least of which are prayer partners. We are thankful for the prayers of Tom, Darcel, Vinny, Lisa, Jamari, Vincent, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Sandy, John, Alice, Sandy, Amy, Brenda and Karin today. Stan began our day with a devotion based on selected verses of Amos 7. ”Go prophesy.” Have we ever felt are called to do something we don’t feel qualified for? Amos was sent by God from tending sheep to prophesying to His people. Jesus came to rescue us by laying down His life. Stan asked us to: name a challenge I didn’t feel prepared for describe how I got thru it what did it teach me about Gods love What were we asked to do on this mission trip that we didn’t think we could do — that with God’s help we did? We closed with “Just give me Jesus” by Jeremy Camp. (below) The view of Iglesia Evangelica Luterana Castillo Fuerte from the van as we pulled up off the bumpy, pothole-infested dirt road each morning. When our 2019 team came to Ho...

We are so grateful to have prayer partners from St. John's who are supporting this mission trip through their daily prayers: Tom, Darcel, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Judy, Marge, Sandy, Amy, Karin and Brenda. Rhonda led our morning devotions and helped us understand the journey from euphoria to plummeting when entering a new culture — and a mission trip. We are at the halfway point. We struggle. We focused on many Biblical characters who struggled. Psalm 77:1-7 was written by David who struggled when Saul chased him down. King David always praised God and gave Him glory. Oh my, were we busy today! There was a full house of people waiting for us when we arrived at 8:30 even though we weren’t opening until 9:00am. We served 167 people, providing 182 pairs of glasses. We provided 35 people with just sunglasses. Total pairs of glasses distributed today with each person receiving sunglasses and/glasses or just sunglasses was 399 pairs. These ladies (above) were excited to receive sunglasses a...