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Hola mis hermanos! After Alex led our devotion time this morning we headed out to a village that was located on the side of a mountain. I remembered coming in this area last September. This was a new village I had not been to before, but it was on the same mountain as another village we ministered in last year. Regardless of the living conditions and poverty, I still am moved by the beauty of Honduras, especially in the mountain villages.

First on the agenda today was door-to-door evangelism. We divided up into 4 teams with 3 team members each (along with an interpreter for each group). Fortunately, we have 4 people on our mission team that speak Spanish with 2 of them actually being from Honduras. That allowed us to have smaller teams and cover more ground. The first house that my team arrived at had a young man (18 years old) named Jason. He was home alone and as I greeted him I asked if we could talk with him briefly about why we had come from the United States. After several minutes, Jason shared that he had a lot of family problems and really was not “ready” to give his life to Jesus. After sharing with him how my biological father had abandoned me when I was born and I didn’t want anything to do with God either, I then told him how God became the Father I never had. Little did I know, Jason was about to tell me that his father died when he was 3 years old. His eyes welled up with tears and after some more dialogue, Jason said He was ready to accept Jesus. Nolvia and Jada were on my team along with our translator Franklin. All of the other teams had great stories as well about people coming to faith in Jesus.

There were also other opportunities to minister to those we met that were already Christians. We met two ladies and the children at the last house we visited. One shared how she was dealing with a lot of sickness and had just prayed earlier for God to help her. She was so overwhelmed that missionaries from the U.S. showed up at her house in the mountains. We prayed for her and the family and as we were leaving, her sister asked if we had a bible she could have. I had one left and we gladly gave it to her. We were all blessed to meet this beautiful family (pictured below). Ten people accepted Jesus in this village while we were there. Praise the Lord!

After lunch we went back to that same village to a place that ministers to those with special needs and disabilities. After Chris shared the Gospel with everyone, we fed about 200 people followed by a fiesta time. Everyone jumped in and found a place to serve. It did not take long for the people to warm up to our team and the place became filled with smiles and laughter.

One of the highlights for me was seeing a family that I met last year in a village I preached in called El Sauce’. Their little daughter Adrise stole our hearts last year. Her father (pictured below in the wheelchair) actually led worship for the service I preached in last September. It was a great and exciting reunion as we rejoiced with each other.

Every day I am here in Honduras I am reminded of Acts 1:8. As a Christian I have the Holy Spirit living in me. According to Acts 1:8 the Holy Spirit gives all Christ followers power to be great witnesses for Jesus in our local towns as well as around the world. Our team has experienced the presence and power of the Holy Spirit this week as we have all been stretched outside of our comfort zones for the advancement of the good news of Jesus Christ…the Gospel. I am so blessed to lead such a great team of people and even more blessed to journey alongside them and learn from them as well. Today truly was a literal “Mountaintop Experience.”