Sunday Church and Fellowship and The Lord at work

Sunday was another great day here in Honduras. Church took up the morning with the majority of the team heading out to Margarita. As it looked like it would rain it was decided to move the service back inside the church building, which of course meant meeting on the new floor! The stage, steps and all the grouting is still to do, but the main floor was complete enough to place out all the chairs and the service to go ahead. In the end the rain was short lived but it was great to be able to praise God with the new floor in play. Pastor Richard gave the message and was instantly translated into Spanish. The message was based on Psalm 86 entitled Give Glory to God. The congregation got a kick out of the funny story in the middle of the sermon too. The afternoon was spent fellow shipping in various ways. And then the most EXCELLENT news. Fred the man who had been transported to the hospital a few days before as he is dying of cancer, accepted the Lord.. Praise Jesus!! This truly makes everything worthwhile. Anael came over to staff housing to pick up children's clothes we had brought with us. He will use them with the many children he ministers to up in the mountains which surround this area. The rest of the week was planned with Richard Shields and Mark will return to Margarita one more time for just Monday morning to help more on the tiling of the stage. After lunch they plan to join Phil and Richard at the children's center as the ceiling work continue. This will their major work for the rest of the time here. Dr Rich and Amber are a part of the hospital and Dr Rich has been taking call along with Dr Nick. Linda and Beverly continue to be our support staff especially in the kitchen. The role that sharing meals with the missionaries here and hosting them is vital and should not be under estimated. We have indeed had to say next year to some of the invitations and opportunities to share this ministry as time will not allow for everyone to be involved.