{"id":1606,"date":"2018-01-18T22:07:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T04:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:36:26","slug":"first-mission-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"First Mission – Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"
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En Route Above the Clouds Over Houston<\/p><\/div>\n

From January 10th to January 16th as part of a nine person mission team, I visited Olanchito Honduras.<\/p>\n

The team was mostly from different churches in North Louisiana with one tag-along from Northwest Arkansas, me. This was my fourth Honduras mission trip with this team, and the first time to meet three of it\u2019s members.<\/p>\n

We all bonded wonderfully, and were led by the Spirit seemingly in every endeavor. Early in the week, and certainly by weeks end, we had become the best of friends! \ud83d\ude42 All of us felt a sense of awe at what God had done through us and around us.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Descending into Miami International Airport on my way home, it seems so surreal already. And I\u2019m peacefully full of joy about all we did and experienced. So much so, I\u2019m happy to try to write about it, or not write at all? It is more than I could put into words anyway! We all felt that way as we shared our thoughts at an after-dinner debrief in Tela last night.<\/p>\n

And what would a web audience, some probably known to me, and some unknown, like to hear about? Ah, these are more like questions for the Spirit of God, Who led us wonderfully throughout the week. So I\u2019ll rely on Him to bring things to mind and tell parts of the story.<\/p>\n

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In A Prison<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d<\/i><\/b> John 3:8<\/p>\n

I\u2019m against long blogs, so this may require several short ones. Some possibilities include:\u00a0A Women Named Carmen, Hannah & Whit \u2014Dynamic Duo, Honduran Pastor\u2019s Exorcism Story,\u00a0Daniel of Olanchito \u2014 Deliverance and Restoration, La Balsa Revisited, Tim \u2014 A Birthday to Remember, Prison Encounter, TV in the Park, Theology 101 \u2014 Pink & Tozer, Those Who Stay with the Luggage, A Proclaimer Indeed, Tegucigalpa \u2014 Laura & Divina. We\u2019ll see how the Spirit leads?<\/p>\n

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In a Park<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

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A summary might read like this.<\/p>\n

[1] We prepared materials and held a two day pastor\u2019s conference for fifty-one people, mostly pastors and wives, who came out of the mountain villages to receive encouragement, training, and fellowship with each other around the Bible.<\/p>\n

[2] We ministered in a Honduran prison for two hours with music, a spiritual invitation, and prayer for inmates who responded. We encouraged the prison fellowship leaders who seemed nonexistent three years ago. Lastly, we distributed some books, food, tooth paste and tooth brushes to inmates who seemed very appreciative.<\/p>\n

[3] We attended a Thursday night meeting in a local church with a \u201cCelebrate Recovery\u201d\u00a0 ministry where Kevin taught and Gary shared.<\/p>\n

[4] We attended a Sunday night meeting at the same church with about fifty people where we saw deliverances and healing as the Spirit moved in response to our prayers and His purposes. Jennifer shared a powerful testimony of the healing, salvation, and the seeking out of one young Honduran woman that only the Spirit of God could have orchestrated. Then Tim shared a powerful testimony from his own recent life about forgiveness in a rapid-fire fashion that left Laura, his translator, gasping for air! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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As We Arrived<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our Peaceful Mission House and Base of Operation<\/p><\/div>\n

That\u2019s the long of it! And perhaps the short of it? \ud83d\ude42 But a few more short stories will follow. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Stay tuned! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Adi\u00f3s, amigos<\/i><\/p>\n

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[Click here<\/a> for a short video]<\/p>\n

[Click here<\/a> for photos of the mission….]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From January 10th to January 16th as part of a nine person mission team, I visited Olanchito Honduras. The team was mostly from different churches in North Louisiana with one tag-along from Northwest Arkansas, me. This was my fourth Honduras mission trip with this team, and the first time to meet three of it\u2019s members. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,9,7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendoftheking","category-be-a-leader","category-be-a-man","category-kingdom-events","category-understanding-our-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}