Honduras Day 5
by Tony Perkins
July 12, 2010
This has been such a busy trip that I’ve not had time to share details of our outreach. Yesterday, we finished our fifth full day here in Honduras. On Saturday and Sunday our medical team saw children and adults in Tornabe and at our mission church here in Tela.
We joined the congregation at our mission church for a Saturday evening service followed by an authentic Honduran meal. The meal and the fellowship were outstanding. The church has just called a young new pastor, Pastor Gerson David, so we were able to hear him share his heart for reaching the people of Tela with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Last night our team cooked for the folks at Tornabe, and then we joined them for Sunday night service and listened to Pastor Marvin preach. He leads the small church that is host to the outreach to the nearly 100 orphans in Tornabe.
Our progress at the orphanage in Tornabe has been limited because the shipping container which is holding most of our supplies, including the beds for the children, remains tied up in Customs. We are praying that we receive the container before we leave so that we can at least assemble the beds and put them in the rooms that are going to serve as temporary dormitories for the boys and girls.
The lack of supplies has made for an interesting trip as we’ve had to hunt locally for food and supplies. I’ve spent a good portion of each day trying to obtain needed construction items for the church/orphanage and food and supplies for the 30 people on our mission team. Trying to shop for groceries for 30 people here in Tela will give you a much greater appreciation for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club!
I now know where every mom and pop grocery store and meat market is here in Tela. I use the term “grocery store,” but they are more like a 7-11s without air-conditioning and with intense security by men with shotguns. Fortunately, we have some great friends here, like Ester Maldonado, who, among other things, helps me overcome the Spanish labels at the “grocery store.”
Join us in praying that we get some good news on the container of supplies today!
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Comments
Leeta:
I have been to Honduras 15 times and have seen first hand how empty the Catholic Churches are. There is one HUGH Cathedral in Tegucigalpa that is not even being used for the people. Protestant and Evangelical Churches are making progress in this country while the Catholic Church is in decline. There must be some reason!!!
God bless you. I’ve been there. There are plenty of Born Again Christians in Honduras. It is difficult to lead Catholics to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. I have a cousin who is a church planter there for the past 40 yrs., Phil Gagnon. His e-mail is gagnon_ministries @yahoo.com. His address Apartado 11, LaEsperanza, Intibucá, Honduras. His furlough cell phone 704-219-2478. He helped my family and I get through customs when we were there. He may be able to make contact with someone who can help get things through customs for you. God bless you all.
In Jesus love, Yvonne Arbeau
My husband and three of my children are in central Honduras this week and will be again next week. They are conducting Bible Schools, running vet clinics, and working to open a medical clinic just outside of Taulabe. It’s great to hear of other Christians working to show the love of Christ.
I had the same reaction as Leeta. The people in Honduras are Catholic. Protestsant missionaries have gone down from the United States trying to convert them. This is very sad. Bring them beds and medical supplies but leave their Religious convictions alone.
By: Leeta von Buelow | July 12, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Aren’t the Hondurans Catholic? Why are you trying to take them out of the one, true Church founded by Jesus Christ? The sacraments provide so much grace for living a life of holiness that cannot be found in any Protestant fellowship. I commend Tony for his zeal, but it is misplaced. He should check out the Church which has the Body , Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. While there inHonduras make a visit to our Lord Jesus who is present in every tabernacle in every Catholic Church and on the altar at every Holy Mass. As a Catholic I cannot endorse such efforts and cannot support the FRC monetarily. To take people out of the Church is not the work of God ultimately.