Diane shares the next two days of their journey as more are changed by Jesus in the prisons and in the neighborhoods of Honduras.
November 8
Today we returned to the National Prison of Tamara to
visit another class. It was held in their library, a very small space for the
number of people. There were approximately 40 men in attendance. They
were the leaders for the Train and Multiply Class. These leaders will in turn
be training the next group of leaders. And this is where the multiplication
come in! Herasmo spoke to them and introduced us.
Then Herasmo interviewed Gary
about our role in this program. Gary explained that we simply obeyed God's call
on our lives and brought this program from OMS. At the end Herasmo asked if
there were questions. Several men expressed their gratitude to us and sent
blessings to our family and church. One thing Gary mentioned was how happy we
are that the evangelicals and Catholics are working together in this Train and
Multiply Program to reach more people with the Gospel. Gary mentioned to them a
quote from our pastor. He says The main things are the plain things, and the
plain things are the main things. We know that we can agree on the main things
and this will reach more people with the Gospel. I got up and told them what a
blessing they are to all of us and that we are praying for them. Herasmo also
passed out some placemats that our daughter Carrie and her Sunday school class
have done for us to bring as gifts. They are just done on plain white paper but they are done with love and contained beautiful artwork and
meaningful scriptures. They were very touched at these gifts. There was a lot
of handshaking and blessings exchanged.
As we were leaving, there was an
inmate, not part of the program, standing at the door. He had lived in the
United States and wanted to speak English with us! It is nice for us to be able
to actually speak with someone. Most of the time we speak in our broken
Spanish! Again, it was another blessed day seeing what the Lord is doing in
the prisons of Honduras!
Thursday Nov 9
Today was our last full day here. Nora, Erasmo and
Herasmo took us out to lunch to a beautiful restaurant overlooking the city.
We were there before at night and it was beautiful, but even more so in the
daytime.
After that they told us we would visit a house church on
the outskirts of the city. This church was started by a young couple from their
church who also participated in the Coaching Training last weekend. The
restaurant was very high up above the city. The neighborhood where the church plant was located was also very high above the city. The roads were
not as bad as the ones going into the Prison of Danli, but they were steep and
very curvy. We picked some family members up on the way, then we traveled to
their house. It was very nice but very remote and on a steep road. Erasmo was
able to use his driving skills to get us in and out of that area!
This young couple, who we knew from previous times in
their church, are leaders in this new house church and are using the Train and
Multiply Program. It turns out that these people were all family and the young
couple have been sharing the Gospel with them because that is what we are
commanded to do! This in itself was exciting, but even more so when they started sharing
testimonies of how Jesus had changed their lives. The young man who was the
husband shared his testimony and it was powerful! He was drank alcohol so often and in excess that he could not hold down a job and lost much in his life. When he came to know the Lord his whole
life changed! He began to share his faith with the rest of the family. Now
they all have testimony to share! Not everything is perfect for them, but their trust is in Jesus. It was such a blessing to see what God is doing
in the neighborhoods of Honduras as well as the prisons!
Lord willing, someday
soon we will have a saturation project here just like the one in Colombia where the goal will be to make sure every ear has heard the name of Jesus.
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