Today was another incredible day of relationships and seeing how God is working in this small area of the world.
We started the day with breakfast with the Fittz family. Michelle wasn't feeling well, and since they homeschool their kids, Kaitlin was able to be their "substitute teacher" while their mom rested. Josh accompanied Mark Fittz to the store for some grocery shopping. We had lunch and rested a little in the outdoor hammocks.
This afternoon, Mark took us to see what is going on through some Hope Coffee projects. Lanin, a Honduran who works here at the Evangelical Bible Seminary (he went through the pastor training program as well), took us to visit some families he is ministering to. He has an incredible heart for the Gospel, people being saved, and deep relationships where he can help meet needs and disciple people our of darkness and sin and into the light of Christ. With the families he has been ministering to, he has been planting a church, currently meeting in a home.
First, we met Ana and her family. Ana is a 26 year old single mom, has 4 children, and she and her family work in the city dump, sorting trash and recyclables for a small about of money. Lanin met them while he was in seminary and took the trash to the dump. He has been sharing the Gospel with them and helping to care for them. Through Lanin's personal connection with Ana's family, Hope Coffee has been able to build a new home, which is almost complete! Through these ongoing relationships, Ana has come to Christ, and a few days after her, her sister did as well!
Our next stop was to a widow that has 5 children. Her husband died 2years ago. They live in poor conditions and have no clean drinking water. Lanin has been ministering to them recently. We got to sit with Mark and Lanin and talk about the projects Hope Coffee will do to help them.
Later, we ran some errands with Mark, stopped by Alan's new church building to see the completed roof that Hope Coffee built, then headed back to the seminary (where we are staying) for a great night of fellowship with the Fittz's, the Wells' (a new missionary family on the field only 2 weeks!), and Alan's family for a pizza dinner. It was so encouraging to sit and talk about how God is leading us all in different areas for His glory and the strong bond we can all have in such a short amount of time because of the Holy Spirit living in all of us! We were so blessed tonight.
Tomorrow we have a couple of things to do in Siguatepeque before we head back to San Pedro Sula for one more night. Please pray for all of the people we have mentioned in this post. Pray for Ana's family, the widows family, Lanin, and the missionaries that are down here. Pray for our health as we are both fighting colds and sore throats.
We started the day with breakfast with the Fittz family. Michelle wasn't feeling well, and since they homeschool their kids, Kaitlin was able to be their "substitute teacher" while their mom rested. Josh accompanied Mark Fittz to the store for some grocery shopping. We had lunch and rested a little in the outdoor hammocks.
This afternoon, Mark took us to see what is going on through some Hope Coffee projects. Lanin, a Honduran who works here at the Evangelical Bible Seminary (he went through the pastor training program as well), took us to visit some families he is ministering to. He has an incredible heart for the Gospel, people being saved, and deep relationships where he can help meet needs and disciple people our of darkness and sin and into the light of Christ. With the families he has been ministering to, he has been planting a church, currently meeting in a home.
Tomorrow we have a couple of things to do in Siguatepeque before we head back to San Pedro Sula for one more night. Please pray for all of the people we have mentioned in this post. Pray for Ana's family, the widows family, Lanin, and the missionaries that are down here. Pray for our health as we are both fighting colds and sore throats.
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