All day Saturday Mike, was with missionaries Phil Gagnon & Jason Tate at a meeting with pastors and Christian leaders in the capitol city of Tegucigalpa. (What is usually a 3 hour trip one way is now a 4 hour trip with all the new road construction going on.) But the meeting went very well and was profitable and Mike arrived back home, tired but happy.
He left the house Sunday morning around 7 am to go to our mountain works. So far, he had not had the chance to visit our furtherest mission in Naranjitos (about a 2 hour drive). The little mission there was excited to see Hermano Miguel (Bro. Mike). After the service he and the people discussed the plans for the church building to be built there in the near future. It was a sweet reunion.
Leaving Naranjitos and traveling down the mountain back toward our home in La Esperanza, he stopped in San Lorenzo and picked up the preaching team that he had dropped off to hold the services there while he held services in Naranjitos. Then they all continued on down the mountain to our work in Ojo de Agua. Once again, there was a wonderful group of people there (50-60) for the services. We praise the Lord for the man who accepted Christ at the end of the service!! God is so good!
Mike made it home about 2:15, ate, and lay down to rest a bit. Then we left for a 4:00 service in Santa Catarina where he was invited to preach. This little church has really grown under the leadership of interim pastor Daniel Pineda. It was a sweet service with about 60 in attendance.
Then at 6:00 pm we had our Sunday evening service at our main church in La Esperanza, near our home! We had a little over 60 in that service. We have a lot of visiting and encouragement to do in this area as the attendance has suffered some in our absence. But we serve such a great and mighty God and we have no doubt that he will continue to bless!
This morning around 7:30, although he was very tired, Mike left again for Ojo de Agua with group of young men and workers. We have a medical/evangelistic brigade that is coming at the end of the month. One of the places where they will be meeting to try to give physical (as well as spiritual) healing, is in our church in Ojo de Agua. It will be a great outreach of Christian love to the entire community. The people will come to receive help for their physical ailments, but they will also be given the opportunity to receive the bread of life and eternal healing for their sin sick souls. The believers there in Ojo de Agua realize what a great opportunity this will be to reach their neighbors, friends and family for Christ. They want to make a good impression and be a good testimony to the community AND to the American Christians that are coming to minister, so they are working hard to cover their dirt floor with tile. They also hope to get the front of their church painted. I will also be working on a church sign for them. Yesterday, they decided on a name for their church. They chose the name CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, not only for the obvious scriptural reasons, but also in honor of our home church who came the summer of 2008 and worked with them on the inside of the building. We are thrilled with their choice for a name!
This morning around 7:30, although he was very tired, Mike left again for Ojo de Agua with group of young men and workers. We have a medical/evangelistic brigade that is coming at the end of the month. One of the places where they will be meeting to try to give physical (as well as spiritual) healing, is in our church in Ojo de Agua. It will be a great outreach of Christian love to the entire community. The people will come to receive help for their physical ailments, but they will also be given the opportunity to receive the bread of life and eternal healing for their sin sick souls. The believers there in Ojo de Agua realize what a great opportunity this will be to reach their neighbors, friends and family for Christ. They want to make a good impression and be a good testimony to the community AND to the American Christians that are coming to minister, so they are working hard to cover their dirt floor with tile. They also hope to get the front of their church painted. I will also be working on a church sign for them. Yesterday, they decided on a name for their church. They chose the name CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, not only for the obvious scriptural reasons, but also in honor of our home church who came the summer of 2008 and worked with them on the inside of the building. We are thrilled with their choice for a name!
So many times people, feel sorry for missionaries because they “leave so much behind” and they HAVE to live and work amoung “foreign” people. But, PLEASE!!! DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR US!!! WE are the blessed ones!!!! We GET to live here and we GET to work amoung these preciouse people!!! I’m sorry for all those Christians who “love the Lord”… but not enough to answer the call to GO! You have no idea of the blessings you have missed!
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