Hosting 39 Friends From Our Home Town… Memphis, TN

Visitors Come To Honduras This Summer To Help

Our newsletter, The Beckoning, has a corresponding verse, Luke 5:7 (printed above). The scenario for this verse is that a group of disciples were successful at fishing and communicated, “beckoned”, across the water to their partners to come help them. Our newsletter has been communicating for nearly 6 years now our work and “beckoning” our partners to help us. Our partners have so faithfully offered help from “across the water” in the form of prayer, finances, various gifts-in-kind, encouragement, and in so many other ways. But, 2007 has been the first year that we have had the privilege to host short-term missionary teams. Actually, 6 different groups will have come to help by the end of 2007, two of which are families. This summer alone 3 teams, and 2 individuals, a total of 39 persons will have visited us during June, July and August. What a tremendous blessing.

The purposes for the different groups have varied. Some of our visitors’ purpose has been visionary as we seek what the Lord would have us to do in the future, with others the purpose is preparation, as we lay the ground work for others to come. But, most of our visitors have come to us this year with the purpose to “roll-up their sleeves” and help with our mission, which is to communicate the life-changing message of Jesus Christ to every young person in Honduras.

Praise the Lord for those who have been sent here to help this year, but equally important are those of you who send your support. Whether your help is a prayer offered to our Lord, or is in the form of a check. Whether you are placing a stamp on the return envelope or having your passport stamped, God uses both -the sender and the sent- to change lives.