Prayer Letter for January-February 2012

January-February 2012

Dear Co-labourers,

Thank you all for your faithful support and prayers.  They have all been very  needed as the family has gone through the sorrow of the loss of Debbie's father the end of December.  My wife, her mother, and the family are doing well and moving on as God's grace sustains all in the grief process.  

I will be going home to Honduras within a couple of weeks and Debbie will be going to Tacoma, Washington to help our son. Brandon, and his wife, Kathy, during the birth of their third child. Afterward, she will be joining me in Honduras.  

In February, it was a blessing to visit some of our faithful churches in Florida. Later, in the Fall, we hope to finish reporting to the rest of our Florida churches because it has been about 10 years since we last visited.  

In addition to visiting our supporting churches, it was a blessing to be with Eastern Ave. Baptist Church, St. Cloud, Fl. who sent a group to help us build a new church building in Naranjitos, a community where we have worked for about 6-7 years and is located about 30 miles from where we live in La Esperanza. Those guys worked hard and finished the roof just in time to have a celebration service.  It was a happy reunion for me to be with them in their church and see their "mission field".  This church supports our friend and fellow missionary Duane Chase and missionaries Jason and Arlen Stevens.       
     Jason and Arlen are doing a good job among the community Quebrada de Lajas and have obtained the help of a church in Tennessee to come and help with a church building in April.  The foundation is being laid in preparation of their arrival.  Fortunately, this building will be many times easier logistically to build as it is our closest work to La Esperanza.

On the way to meetings in Florida, I dropped off at Glory Land Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala, a good used transmission and a rebuild kit for our Ford trucks to be shipped to Honduras in March.  It will be a blessing to get the parts for repairing our vehicles.  God knows how difficult it is to keep our "Ford tough" trucks and vans running in Honduras.  Repairs and operation of the vehicles are a major expense of the ministry.  We appreciate your prayers.

  Thank you for your prayers for our faithful workers.  Please uphold preachers Hotir, Salvador, Santos, and Clemente in prayers.  Also pray for Leonidas who is recovering from an injury he received while lifting heavy rocks during our building program. In addition, please continue to pray for Jason and Arlen and their two sons. 

  We are so grateful for your faithfulness and love for missions.  How GREAT is your reward in Heaven.  Our prayers are for God's blessings upon each of you.  Pray for America's revival and survival.  It is a critical hour in our history. If God is forced to continue to judge America it WILL affect missions!

In our Lord's willing and joyful service,

Bro. Mike and Debbie Lane