This summer has been such a blessing for the ministry. God provided the teams and they have shared their gifts with the people in Honduras. The large teams started coming the middle of May and we have had one after another since then.
I would like to share some of the high lights of each of the teams, it would take too long to list all the activities of each team. Meadow Grove Baptist in Brandon was the first of the summer teams. The members of the team shared with the Ladies Ministry and installed a water purification system.
Vicksburg Mission Team was next, their team taught several classes for the people in Honduras. The classes were wood working, art, sewing, beading and electricity. Some of the young men that attended are continuing to make crosses, the women in the art class will paint them for sell.
St. Marks and Madison Methodist showed the movie Courageous to the men in Las Lomitas and then have a ceremony for the men that made the committment to be a Godly father and husband. They also had an abstinence class for young girls in the village.
Covenant Presbyterian and New Hope Baptist build four houses, conducted VBS for the children and had doctors and a dentist see patients. God provided a speech pathologist for a young girl that cannot speak. Molly, the speech pathologist also was able to use a hearing machine to screen children in our education program. A four year old girl was found that cannot hear or speak. We are in the process of searching for ways to help this young girl, Angie, and her family.
This week, North Minster from Jackson and a team from Clemson will be in Honduras. God will provide for the people through these teams as He has with the other teams that come to share the gifts God has given them.
Ministerio Sal y Luz now has four tutoring programs in place. The programs are in La Virtud, El Jaral, El Tigre and Pena Blanca at Ramon Rosa School. We are teaching math and Spanish. One of our goals is to instill Christian values and morals in the children at an early age. We also want to teach them the importance of staying in school and getting an education.
Out of the tutoring program, a youth mentoring program is beginning. We have taken several young boys from several communities that have little or no support from their families. Three of the boys have no parents and one has a mother and four sisters to help support. They come every day after school and work in the garden that has been started. They are paid a small wage and are given vegetables to sell in town. The most important part is a Bible study and mentoring by Godly men while they are working at the clinic. The next step in the mentoring program is to begin a group for young girls that need help with support and guidance from Godly women.
The summer has been busy but God is in control and everythng is going well. The staff is working hard to support the teams in their efforts to help the people.
Please continue to pray for the ministry.
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