Mission Day in Roatan, Honduras | January 21, 2015
Autor: Samanta Mauren | Publicado: 2015-09-04T15:52:00-03:00


Hi everybody, how are you doing?




I'm glad to sharing with you our mission day (NMI Work &amp; Witness Cruise, Northeastern Indiana District Church of the Nazarene)&nbsp;in Roatan, Honduras. It was our last stop on&nbsp;the mission, but not our last day on the cruise.




I would like to start with this lyric below. When I listened this song for the first time, my heart was touched profoundly and I thought a lot about the meaning of the lyrics. This song reflects what I think about our service as Christians. I hope you read or watch the video. May the Lord touch your heart and you take a moment to think about it too!









I woke up this morning

Saw a world full of trouble now

Thought, how'd we ever get so far down

How's it ever gonna turn around

So I turned my eyes to Heaven

I thought, “God, why don't You do something?”

Well, I just couldn't bear the thought of

People living in poverty

Children sold into slavery

The thought disgusted me

So, I shook my fist at Heaven

Said, “God, why don't You do something?”

He said, “I did, I created you”

If not us, then who

If not me and you

Right now, it's time for us to do something

If not now, then when

Will we see an end

To all this pain

It's not enough to do nothing

It's time for us to do something

I'm so tired of talking

About how we are God's hands and feet

But it's easier to say than to be

Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves

It's alright, “somebody else will do something”

Well, I don't know about you

But I'm sick and tired of life with no desire

I don't want a flame, I want a fire

I wanna be the one who stands up and says,

I'm gonna do something”

We are the salt of the earth

We are a city on a hill

But we're never gonna change the world

By standing still

No we won't stand still

No we won't stand still

No we won't stand still



Yes, I agree strongly. It's time to do something! If not us, then who? If not now, then when? That's ok, I know we never gonna change the world, but we can change the world of somebody else!&nbsp;We can always do something for somebody, it doesn't matter if it is big or small. God has no measurements when we do it by love!


May the Lord put our hearts on fire! Let's be Christike disciples, and how He did, let us do so! Loving God with all our heart and with all our mind and our neighbor as ourselves!

Serving one another with great love, compassion and kindness.

We may go, donate or pray. Or we may go, donate and pray!
We are the salt of the earth and a city on a hill.

We should take our position and do what God wants us to do! Amen!




Roatan's flag





Let's starting by saying something about Honduras. Although the Nazarene Church have been present in the country of Honduras, which the first missionaries works were started in 1969. Then some years later the Church of the Nazarene was&nbsp;established in Honduras, but in the city of Roatan it&nbsp;haden't yet. It's estimated that&nbsp;around 88% of the population are Christians, which 47% for them are Catholic and 41%&nbsp;Protestants (Wikipédia). Honduras is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. (Wikipédia). Please keep praying for&nbsp;Honduras!




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Roatan is a wonderful place to visit, I do recommend it! Like Cozumel and Belize, the water has the most beautiful turquoise color I've ever seen in my whole life so far. Everything is breathtaking and looks like you are in a paradise. Oh my goodness!




We departed the ship about 9am and we headed toward the school by van. It was a long way to get to our destination and it was like an&nbsp;adventure in the mountain. The highway was through the mountains. Can you image the climbs and descents? We had a lot of fun on the way...lol...





School


When we&nbsp;got to the school we were received by Missionary's Jason, by the Pastor, by the Superintendent of region and by the Principle of the Public School.






Pastor, I, Missionary Jason, my hubby


The missionary Jason was in the community reaching them with&nbsp;JESUS Film. Jason and his family are serving in Honduras as volunteers, you may help them financially or spiritually.&nbsp;Get to know more about missionary Jason click here.&nbsp;





The Principle and I



Some of our members team were in charge to paint&nbsp;the walls of the School and put slats&nbsp;in the windows to protect them.






Dr Roland








Before we started the VBS, we walked around the community announcing the event. It was so cool!
















Maely leaded the worship and present the message of the Wordless book. Gaby, Joyce, Howie and I helped. There were around 70 kids attending in VBS, in addition we had many adults. During the invitation to accept Jesus, the team interceded for those who were there. Many kids and adults were reached by the message and gave their lives to Jesus. Praise the Lord! At the end of VBS, the kids went to other activities like paint faces, play soccer and get animals ballons.












We brought with us backpacks for all the 50 students of the School furtermore gifts for boys (bracelets with the colors of Salvation) and girls (missionary dolls). Of course, they loved it!



Backpacks





Missionary dolls



Some people asked for prayers - it is the time when miracles happen! A father came with his child who was very sick for many days, Ryan a member of the team heard all the symptoms that the kid had and suspected it was leukemia. Unfortunately the family didn't have condition to treat the kid. Maely, Ryan and some members of our team, including me, prayed for the kid and believe that God healed him. After the prayer he was feeling better. Praise the Lord! How awesome is your name Jesus!


Afterwards we had a traditional festivity, which is called piñata, the kids had too much fun. (see the video)










Later we completed the mission, we have a meeting,&nbsp;where Jason and the Pastor filled by joy got emotional while they were sharing with us what God has done there. This was a very special moment, almost impossible not to cry! At the end of the meeting, Pr Tom&nbsp;(our team leader)&nbsp;did a surprise &nbsp;for Jason, he gave the portable sound that he brought to this trip, now Jason is able to exhibit the Jesus Film efficiently. It was awesome! Jason was thinking about to buy one!&nbsp;

Wow! How amazing is to contemplate the wonders the Lord does!&nbsp;How awesome is your name Jesus!







We returned on board. Soon we had our usual pleasant dinner. Praise the Lord for our friends and for the delicious food we ate.



Hereafter we had our blessed daily meeting! Praise the Lord for this service. We worshipped the Lord and I'm sure our praises and prayers reached the heavens! Some members of our team shared their testimonies. Then I cryied a lot, especially when I heard the testimony from Ryan (as I said above). Maely shared a powerful message about how God works. God touched every heart that were in the room. God is always faithful. Praise the Lord!&nbsp;I'm going to say again: HOW AWESOME IS YOUR NAME JESUS! I could share many more things with you about this mission trip, but it would not fit in here. I hope you had a little experience reading these post.



Another mission day ended and praise the Lord again! HOW AWESOME IS YOUR NAME JESUS!



Also see the video,









See you soon,



Blessings,



Samanta