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Published: September 10th 2008
Singing Together
Brother Wilmer and Sister Doris with the children from Limón.This Wednesday is Día de los Niños, or, Children's Day here in Honduras, and today we celebrated the day by uniting two congregations for a service.
The Baptist church I attend here has a very small baby church started in Limón, a community about 15 minutes to the east of Santa Rita. There are three adults and about 20 children in the church in Limón. So our church from Santa Rita, (about 10 adults and 10 kids) all drove over to Limón and we sang songs, did a small drama, played games, had a píñata, and followed it with a small service and potluck.
The children are very eager to be in church, and it is our prayer that their desire would spread to their parents. Adults are very hard to win to the gospel here. But thank God the children are open and eager. They love to sing Bible songs and last week, a good number of them made a testimony of salvation.
This was my first time visiting the church in Limón, but I was blessed by the time there. Having two churches united, children and adults worshiping together, was something special for me. It reminded
me of the early church in Acts. Every one of us brought one part of the meal, someone brought rice, another beans, another tortillas, and we all shared what we had. In a country where there is less of everything, having a potluck together mean a lot more than just get together and eat all you can. :-)
Please pray for these two churches, that first and foremost they would grow spiritually but secondly, that they would grow in number. Right now all the men from the church in Santa Rita take turns going and preaching every Sunday morning. It is hard for our pastor because there are not enough people attending to fully support him, so he has to work construction 6 days a week to support his family.
One of the reasons I like the church so much is that there are no social status issues. A lot of problems stem from rich and poor Christians. There is a huge social problem between the two groups, and this is evident even in the churches here. But when I go to church, I don't see those issues and it is really encouraging.
I will try to
post more when the school celebrates el día de los niños. Until then, God bless. - anna
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April Nesbitt
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fabulous!
Oh Anna!! This is fabulous! I'm so glad you're connected with this church! And I know that is SO special for them! Pray that I can come back to visit early next year!!! I love you! April