Day 3

Saturday we went out in ministry mode! We split up in two groups. John and I went to Calvary Chapel to bring them water filters, find out what other needs they had, and pray for everyone. The other group went to a clinic to pray for the sick there. We shared God's love and created relationships. One crazy thing that happened was that the pastors of Calvary, Chuck and Tia had just been to Atlanta to take Tia's mom for a surgery. While they were there they stayed with her cousin, and they met the leaders of Bethel Atlanta. Her cousin happens be good friends with the Hales ( who started Bethel Atlanta) and Lauren's dad Steve Hale met Tia and her mom! What are the chances?? Lauren and her husband Brent were with us and couldn't believe the connection! We were all like we are moving to Atlanta for that church! Isn't that crazy!

We had a couple of hours before dinner so we all went swimming of Miss Peggy's dock (she is the one with the health clinic). Then we went to a Spanish speaking church that evening to bring the message and pray for people. Scott and Tracy spoke at the church and then called some of us up to give words of knowledge. This was me and John's first time to do this in a setting like this. I had a word about someone having pain in the arch of their right foot. Sure enough there was someone there-later we prayed and all the pain left her foot! I also prayed for a woman and four of her daughters, one of who suffers from terrible headaches (probably migraines). The pain left her head that night, and I am believing that she will never have headaches again- like me!! They were so grateful and loving! It was so interesting praying for people with a language barrier. My spanish improved over the course of the week, but it had been 8 years since I last had a class!!

Lauren prayed for a sweet grandma who I think had some sort of arthritis or something in her hand. It was all crumpled in and she couldn't move it, but God is good and He healed her and she got so excited! She ran around and made us pray for everyone in her family. John and Jordan prayed for her grandson who was a Honduran version of Paul Egan (it was crazy weird). His name was Ronald and he work at a zipline place on the island. He had fallen off and platform awhile back, hurt his back, and had never fully recovered. They prayed for him and then asked him to test it out and move around. Ronald said it didn't hurt, but he needed to lift something heavy to really test it. So the guys told him to pick up Mario (one of the guys in our group). He tried, but said he still had pain in his pack. They prayed again and told him to try to pick Mario up again. He pick him up and lifted him high! He was completely shocked that he could do that! It was crazy and hilarious all at the same time. Ronald is really on fire and passionate about God. We got to see him two more times during the trip.

Overall, around 80% of the people that were prayed for claimed healing in their bodies. I had never witnessed anything like this in my life. It was amazing. And God used me. Wow.

Day 2

On Friday we really spent the day bonding with each other and worshipping. We shared testimonies from our lives, what God was telling us for this trip, and met with pastors and leaders on the island. Here are some more fun pictures!

We're back!

Well, we made it back home safely, and it was an amazing trip! God showed up. People got healed. It was good! We have lots of stories to share....this may take a few posts...

I will begin at the beginning!

We arrived on the AMAZING island of Roatan on Thursday, April 3. We stayed at the Tri-R Resort which had a campy/retreat type feel to it. There were only 14 rooms so we basically took over the hotel. They served us breakfast each morning and there was room for us to gather, meet, worship, etc. We had really great conditions compared to what other trips experienced. John and I had our own room with air conditioning (a window unit)! Now, the power went out for a period of time everyday so air conditioning didn't matter. We could only have it on while we were there...We also couldn't flush toilet paper down the toilet. That was hard to get used to at first, but eventually we got the hang of it.

We had no plans for the first day except to rest. (We flew out of Sacramento at midnight- so our schedules were a bit off.) So..to rest many of us decided we could best do it at the beach!! Caribbean beaches are my favorite! We had dinner together on the ocean with talking parrots! They whistled and laughed at us too!

I will stop there and continue day two on the next post...I promise I have ministry stories and testimonies!

So long!

We are off to Honduras today! We are leaving a little earlier than we originally planned, but when you are flying to a tiny island off the coast from Houston - I guess you can't be too picky about what day your flight leaves. Our first day will be spent doing a "prayer cruise" sailing around Roatan interceding for it. What a great way to start! John and I are not bringing a computer nor be able to use our phones so look for news after we return on the 14th. Please pray for heaven to invade Honduras and for God to show up in love and power as we minister to the islanders. The remainder of our trip will be spend on a coastal city called Tela.

We love you guys! Thanks for all your support! We couldn't do this without you!

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Pastoring Kids in Revival

I have the opportunity to serve/attend the Pastoring Kids in Revival conference this week. I am pretty excited about it! I do plan on going back to teaching in the fall, but I am trying to hear God's heart for me on how I am to minister to his children. I got into teaching because I want to be a mom. I love kids and I love developing a family-like relationship with them. When you have a class of 25 kids for a year, you become a family- I love that. It's the loving, pastoring side of teaching that ultimately drives me. We'll see what happens...

Honduras update

We are leaving for Honduras in three weeks! I can't believe it! We leave on April 2nd and get back on the 14th. Our first destination is the island of Roatan. It's part of the Bay Islands of Honduras on the Caribbean side. Apparently it is one of the best places for scuba diving. We do have a free day while we are there...who knows what fun we will get to have. We are on the island for a week and then we will travel to Port City on the northern coast and stay from Thursday until Monday. John is helping head the worship team and I am co-leading the children's area of ministry. We also have to have two subjects to preach/teach on at any given time. We love our team and can't wait to bring God's kingdom to Honduras!