Greetings in the great name of our Lord Jesus Christ! What an awesome privilege to be able to know and serve the King of Heaven. We are looking forward to moving to Honduras soon and being able to proclaim Christ and teach His Word.
Once we received the invitation to join MEDA in Honduras, we began the busy task of preparation. As you can imagine there is lot to do to move a family to another country. We are thankful to the Lord that we were able to purchase a vehicle to take with us to Honduras. Based on Honduran law a vehicle cannot be shipped into the country if it is 7 years or older; our Yukon was 1 year too old. After much prayer and searching, we found a 2005 Ford Excursion in Texas that was $4,000 cheaper than the ones in Florida. Mark and Caleb flew to Texas and drove it back home last week.
We have also been busy packing our belongings. We will be packing most of our things in wooden crates that will be put in a shipping container, along with our vehicle. We are thankful that some of our friends at church (Ron Wikert, Kendall Yates, and David Puebla) cut all the wood for us. Josiah, Caleb, Noah, and Levi have been busy helping Mark pack the crates, while Christy plays the part of record keeper. Every item in each crate needs to be accounted for, so Christy is inputting on an excel spreadsheet all the items that are placed in each crate.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, as we have also been busy with shopping for appliances, tools, searching for health insurance, getting paperwork ready to apply for residency in Honduras, etc.
We are thankful to everyone who continues to faithfully support our family each month and for praying for us as we make the transition. May our God bless you for your partnership in this ministry for His Kingdom!
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As you know, our family has been praying about moving to Siguatepeque, Honduras as full-time missionaries at MEDA (Ministerios Evangélicos De las Américas), a ministry in Honduras that is committed to training men. They hold Biblical conferences throughout the year and also run a seminary. The ministry has been very effective in training men throughout Central American in the study of God’s Word. As you know, Christy and I were able to visit MEDA in January. We were able to meet the other missionaries and learn about the ministry. I also returned in April with other men from our church. Both trips were very profitable and I was able to learn about their needs and how our family can minister in Honduras.
We have received an official invitation from MEDA to join their ministry as the Facility Manager. The training that I received at The Master’s Mission will be very valuable in taking care of the facilities and grounds. I will be overseeing the current Honduran men, working with them and training them in various processes. We will also be involved in serving in a local church. In the future we hope to also be involved in some of the remote villages that currently do not have a church.
Since we will be serving in Honduras, this means we will need to change the mission organization we will be serving under. We will be serving under the same mission board as our fellow missionaries at MEDA, Cornerstone Ministries International. We are thankful to The Master’s Mission for the valuable training we received from them. For those of you who have supported us financially, we will be contacting you when this change has been completed. Until then, you can continue sending your contributions to The Master’s Mission.
There are many factors involved in the timing of moving, but as for now we are tentatively shooting for August. Please pray for our family as we make preparations for our move to Honduras.
