Greetings family and friends, brothers and sisters! Pastor Toribio Santos of Iglesia Comunidad de Amor in Teupasenti, invited us to visit his church. It is the first time that I have been to this church and the last time Pastor Enrique visited the church building had not been finalized. So as you can imagine it is a very exciting time for us!
We started off by picking up Pastor Bonifacio at the entrance of the road that leads to the church. He is familiar on how to get to the church so we invited him to come along with us. The road started out to be unusually smooth compared to most other side roads in Honduras. However, as we continued on the roads they become more narrow and rocky and the view on either side of the road becomes more spectacular. One of our stops along the way was the home of the newest member of the Comunidad de Amor family, Pastor Marcelo. To our disappointment he wasn’t home, but we still got a chance to check out the land that he donated to the mission for a church building. Praise the Lord! After a few pictures, we got back into the truck to continue onto Pastor Toribio’s church. We arrived at the church quite early, to the site of a quaint little adobe building placed on the edge of the lot that overlooks a view of the surrounding community. It is a seemingly peaceful area despite the fact that we were next to the main road, but after rounding the church we noticed that there was some patchwork done under one of the windows. Later the pastor explained to us that somebody had forced their way in by digging out the adobe bricks. Our church has very little to call their own, but recently they made some cushions for the seats and this is what the thieves got away with.
It was now close to the time of the service and the seats were beginning to fill up. Several members of the congregation took their turns leading the church in praise and worship songs. The children, of course, wanted to show what they have been taught in Sunday school. I don’t know about you, but I am always truly blessed when I see little children praising the Lord. Pastor Santos introduced Pastor Enrique who brought the Word of God to the people. His message was titled “What is it? from Exodus 16. It was about manna and how God provides for His people when you have faith in Him and follow His principles. After a blessed sermon, Pastor Enrique and I passed out toys and gifts to the children of the community and the Pastor’s family. The looks on the kids faces while receiving such a finely polished toy was absolutely priceless. It was now time to say goodbye, but not before loading up the back of the pickup truck with children and young people to give them a ride back to their house. Many of whom had walked miles just to get to the service.
The Lord kept us safe on our way back to Tegucigalpa. We arrived at home just before sundown. Thank the Lord!
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