Each year in our family, we pick a WORD as a topic or issue
on which to work in the coming year. My areas in need of work seem to be
boundless, but this year I selected the words Focus/Prioritize. It is so
easy to get distracted by many worthwhile projects and events and fail to
concentrate on where God seems to be leading you
As I look ahead for the next year, our focus needs to be on
our Honduran partners and their work in the prisons in that nation. In
the past years, they have been our focus and their work there is reaping a
great harvest in the prisons in that country.
They have even been sharing the same discipleship material
in the neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa and they are seeing satellite study groups
starting up and entire families are being involved in sharing the good new of
Jesus Christ with their neighborhoods and places of employment.
Our focus however remains on the prisons which have been part
and parcel of what I have been doing now for seven years or more, starting here
in the United States. God has certainly taken us on a journey - our
mission work starting with a trip to Mexico in 2012 and including in that trip, (what else??) a visit to the prisons in Mexico!
It is interesting that now, almost six years later, that
same trip is leading us to return to those beginnings. The pastors and
missionaries we worked with on that trip are now expressing interest in taking
the gospel into that same prison and others and have indicated their interest
in the Train & Multiply program that has been developed so successfully in
Honduras by the faithful volunteers there.
God is good and His plan always surprises and amazes
me. He can take people and experiences of the past and bring them all
together to set new directions or loop back around to include past experiences to set new
paths in continued service to him.
Diane and I feel so very blessed to have the privilege to
serve in what ever manner we might, wherever He chooses. So whether it is
now to include Mexico, or some other location, so long as we are of sound mind
and body, we are excited to do what we can.
We continue to thank you all for your prayer and financial
support. Without it, we could not serve with the frequency that we do.
GOD BLESS YOUR 2018!
GARY AND DIANE
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