YFC Aben and Jenny in Honduras: Updates and Pictures

Updates

Karen and Pastor Giovanni

We have had a new pastor at the Rock for 9 months now. Pastor Giovanni has done a great job getting to know the church and reaching out to the community. He has a wife, Cindy, who helps with the kids on Sunday mornings. They have 2 kids, Karen and Samuel. Karen was actually one of Jenny’s students 4 years ago, and is a big help with translating. With your help and the help of a team from Pennsylvania we were able to bless Giovanni and his family with a car, which was a huge need! They are expecting their third child, a girl, this fall!

This team season we were able to do a lot of evangelism and construction work. The last team helped to build a room above the kitchen to have a full time guard at the church. This is important as we continue to grow and be blessed by God’s provisions.

Construction above the kitchen

The little boys helping out

The school year is going fast! Its hard to believe in November they will finish another year of school. When we go to the States this fall, we will be collecting school supplies and clothes for the kids in the school and church. We are excited that our Saturday morning English teachers are going to organize a shoe drive!

the Independence Day parade

September 15 is Honduran Independence Day, so all throughout the month the country celebrates patriotism. This past Sunday, our kindergarten students had the opportunity to march in a parade with other kindergarteners throughout the city. As Independence Day draws nearer, the older kids march in parades. It is a very exciting month. There were probably over 600 people and children marching in the parade on Sunday, we were the last school in the parade.

Finally, one of my dreams is being fulfilled! We have had interns over the years that come and go, and teach English to the kids at the Rock a few months at a time. We also have the help of bilingual school teachers that volunteer on Saturday mornings to teach English to the kids in the school and community. However, Jenny, my new wife, will be starting daily English classes at the Rock and the kids will be exposed consistently to English. In this way, they will be able to progress, with a consistent teacher who knows each kids strengths and weaknesses and can work with them to learn English.

The past few Saturdays we have had evangelism outreach events in the community and it is amazing to see God work. At one event there were gang members sitting on top of the walls around the soccer field listening and when the call was given, 8 guys came forward to give their lives to Christ!! Although they didn’t “come” to the event, they sure received the message!

Very Rainy Evangelism Event- God stopped the rain