Moving Forward

A few weeks ago I was talking with the 'president' of La Fe and he asked me if we could build a building for a church for the community. I know he asked for this in part because he knows we are funded through churches and that we want to start a church, but he still asked. In the moment, I was not too excited or interested, because we are being deliberate about not just giving 'stuff' without really thinking about it and about the long-term implications on our ministry. However, when I got home and talked with Ashley and talked with my team leader and thought and prayed about it, it seemed that may be the Lord's way of opening the door to beginning a church in the community. After all, that is why we are here.

We know that a church is not a building. We know that constructing a building is not planting a church. We also know that if we can build a building and if we can find a Honduras pastor to preach and teach the Gospel and love the people of La Fe, we can have the beginning of a church plant. Even if this happens, we will still have a long way to go to have a thriving church that is impacting the community and sharing the Gospel with other communities.

I want to ask you all to pray. Please pray that the Lord would make it clear to Ashley and me that He wants us to move forward in construction and in searching for a pastor.

This is especially exciting timing, because we have our first (of 8) summer teams coming to serve with us in La Fe in just seven short weeks. This construction project could be part of what these teams do in their time here in Honduras.