¡Mi Dios es tan grande, tan fuerte y poderoso! ¡No hay nada que no pueda hacer!
Last night, there was a lot of rain in the area we are staying in Honduras. We heard from the host that the women who come over to cook for the Ministry’s weekly feeding program would not be coming in the morning because of the rain. It would be too hard for them to travel. We wondered if we would even be able to make it up the mountain to visit the three schools.
We were told this morning that there was no feeding program today, and the other team that was supposed to continue digging wouldn’t be doing that either. Instead, we were going into town with our hosts Ever and Gladis to pass out tracts.
Karli, my team leader, Allie, from team R&R, and I were a team and as we walked in one direction, we responded to another team that we were “going where the Holy Spirit was leading” — which was down the street opposite of them!
He led us, alright! We started walking down the street and soon ran into two groups of women who were Jehovah’s Witnesses. I handed them a tract about “Salvation in Jesus” without realizing they had tracts of their own. They received what I had given them kindly, and didn’t bother handing me what they had. As we walked away, I prayed that, even though it was more simple than their pamphlet, the one I gave them would speak the Truth mightily to them.
We continued on and I was drawn to a carnival that was in a small square of the town. As we walked past one of the gates, we saw a woman named Ángela and gave her a tract. Allie told her it was a gift for her and asked if she knew Jesus Christ. She said “Yes!” and ran to her “home” to show us a devotional her son gave her from the States. (Her home consisted of a tarp and metal sheet, about the size of an outhouse.)
She told us her three sons are in the United States — two of them are in jail, and one doesn’t want to talk to her. We gave her the Book of John that we were also handing out, and prayed with her. In that moment, I realized that handing out tracts isn’t solely to tell people about Jesus. It’s also to encourage people on their own walk. She doesn’t have a Bible, only the daily devotional, but God knew she needed love and sent us to her today.
As we finished, I asked if she wanted tracts to give to other people who worked in the carnival. She said we could go and give them to the rest ourselves. We met another young woman who used to go to church, until her mom died. She said God gives her visions sometimes, and we told her that He still wants to talk to her. He loves her.
We let her get back to work and looked around. We saw seven young men sitting on a merry-go-round and all of us were intimidated to go talk to them. They were watching us as we talked to both women. I said, “Yeah, let’s go talk to them, too!”
Allie, the fluent speaker in our group, led most of the discussion with the young men. We told them about Christ and Allie shared a bit of her testimony. We learned that they work for the carnival and travel around Honduras, staying in each location for about 15 days. That sounded a lot like what we’re doing this year! We explained that what we have learned is that God is the only constant thing in our lives — and He is always with us!
Karli shared John 3:16 with them, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but will have eternal life.” And they read it in their own Spanish Books of John that we had given to each of them.
Then, we asked if they wanted to receive Christ as their Savior. One after another nodded their head, said, “Sí,” and asked each other the same. We prayed with them and three young carnies and one street child gave their life to the Lord today.
As we left, we told them, “Bienvenidos a la familia de Jesucristo!” — “Welcome to the family of Jesus Christ!”
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty! There’s nothing my God cannot do!
