Julio Preaching on Sunday Morning

A Good Revival

Somebody must have been praying for us because God really helped us during the revival. We had a good turn out each night and sensed the Lord's presence among us. Julio and Nemecio preached and sang with all their hearts and their ministry was blessed.

Each night I took people from our church in Tiloarque.  It was a big moral boost for the Las Uvas church to see our people take time to attend their revival.

On Sunday morning Hannah had her Sunday school class in one of the ladie's homes. We normally don't have sunday school at this church because I have to preach at our home church so this was a real treat for the kids, they really enjoyed it. After the service we had dinner on the grounds and enjoyed rice mixed with chicken and vegetables that Jose Montoya and Xiomara cooked. It was a great time!!

Thanks for praying. God really helped us and we give Him all the praise!

Revival Time!

This is a special weekend for us, the Las Uvas church will be having their first revival. This church has been going just a little over a year and they are very excited about having their very own weekend of services.



Julio Villareyna will be the evangelist. He pastors an H.I.M. church in Nicaragua and is just a super guy. We are looking forward to him coming. So help us pray, there are so many needs among this congregation. I would really like to see some new converts, I sense that God has been speaking to their hearts but we haven't seen the changes that need to happen. Pray that we have a real breakthrough during this weekend!!

Do This in Remembrance of Me

Today was a wonderful day!!! God's presence saturated our morning worship service. I invited all those who are Christians to come forward and partake of communion. As the people gathered around the front I noticed that Michelle stayed at her seat while the rest of her family came forward. Being ten years old I figured she may be embarrassed or not really sure about what she should do. I opened my Bible and began to read from I Corinthians and when I finished and looked up Michelle was standing next to her dad. It wasn't until tonight did I hear what happened that brought Michelle to the front to partake of the communion. After church she said to her mom "Mom, I have to tell you about something amazing that happened during church" When they got home she began to tell them the story.

She said "When the pastor asked everyone to the come to the front I wasn't sure if I should go up. I was afraid that maybe I shouldn't take communion. So I told the Lord that if he wanted me to go up to have my dad look back at me and ask me to come up. Well he didn't look back so I didn't know what to do. But when the pastor began to read from the Bible I felt a wind hit my body and I heard a voice tell me to go up and I felt someone pushing me from behind. When I went up I felt so happy, I felt a joy that I never have felt before".

God came during that service like we have never experienced before. We sang and rejoiced together. People were crying and giving wonderful testimonies. I felt like I should push the message aside for another time. The people left the service strengthened and encouraged. It was just what we needed!!! I give God thanks and praise for His help. When we remember Him, He remembers us!

Life Goes On

 

Hey we are still alive! Just very busy. We have felt God's strength in recent days and we are very grateful. The Las Uvas church seems to be growing. Last night there were about thirty people that attended the evening service. Here at Tiloarque we have been having good services and I have been spending time with baptism classes and membership classes, the people are learning a lot. So between the two churches we are staying busy.

Joseph keeps growing. In the picture he is enjoying grape flavored ice cream. It was actually pretty good I stole a lick or two. He wants to go to school. He will probably start next February at a nearby pre-school. He says he knows his numbers and his letters. So I asked him what "what number is this?" and I held up the number 5. He said "green". Obviously he doesn't know his numbers and colors too well. haha.

Well I hope you all have a great day!

Working Together

 

Last Friday night was a special time. We had a get-together at the Las Uvas church along with our church people from Tiloarque. We had so much fun. We got there at about 9:30 at night and we left at about 2 a.m. We had a little service together, we sang choruses, had testimonies and even had an impromptu drama of David and Goliath. It was hilarious. We of course had excellent grilled meat, refried beans and rice. I think it was the best grilled meat I ever had here in Honduras, it was soooo good. Then we relaxed around a bonfire the remainder of the evening. I'm so excited to see how God is helping our people. They are good people and many of them are really trying to serve God. These two churches are on two different social levels but even at that, they are learning that in God's family there are no different levels, we are equal and all loved by God.

Headed to the World Cup

A video of the celebration: Honduras goes to the World Cup

Champions!

Last night was glorious!! Honduras beat El Salvador and the United States beat Costa Rica opening the door for Honduras to go to the World Cup. It's the first time in 27 years that Honduras will be playing for the World Cup. There was shouting in the streets. Cars with groups of young people in the back waving flags and rejoicing. The city set off fireworks. The president declared today to be a holiday in celebration of their win. It was amazing. I never saw anything like it. We hopped in our car and join the throngs of people. How exciting!!

Advancing at Las Uvas

God has really been helping us. We sense his presence guiding us along. We now are holding services on Tuesday nights at the church at Las Uvas. One of the couples there have really been trying to get their lives straightened out. They have lived together for 15 years and it looks like we may soon have a wedding!! I'm so excited.

We don't have any electricity at the church so we run an extension cord to a nearby house. So it takes a little while to get everything set up. But it is exciting to see what God is doing. We have been having some good services. We are praying that God will raise up some pastors to lead these churches and help establish them. Keep praying for these works.

Battle Scars

Mel Zelaya is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy, not much has changed. Troops have about a whole block barricaded so it doesn't look like Zelaya will be going anywhere fast. Talks are going on between Zelaya's representatives and the government but they still haven't come to any kind of agreement.
There has been quite a bit of damage done from protesters.  There is lots of graffiti, smashed windows, and a few restaurants that were gutted. Most of the damage was done close to the presidential palace. But for the most part life goes on as normal and we are hoping for peaceful elections in November.

At It Again

Joseph loves to dissemble my office one piece at a time!