Monday of week 2
Today we were in Belfate working at
the church at Dr. Dodson’s. Dr. Dodson runs the School of Christ here at his
home. He trains pastors and other leaders in the different churches how to be
disciples for Christ. He puts them through an intense three week training. They
stay in the dorm on his property one week at a time. They will stay for one
week and go home for three weeks and then come back again for the second week
of training and then later for the last week of training. He has a tremendous
ministry here and he and his wife take this School of Christ to other countries
in Central and South America.
Today we saw 75 patients and
dispensed 30 prescription glasses. A
number of the people who came to the clinic today attend his church here. Nana
and Marlene, our local interpreters, helped us at our different stations and
also shared the Word of God. No one was
saved today unfortunately. Many of them
were already saved. I heard Bucket
sharing the Word with a patient all the way on the other side of the church. He
was getting so pumped up and excited for Jesus! Tuesday, Dr. Dodson will take
us to another location to have another clinic. Dr. Dodson told us today that he
has been so excited to see what our eye clinic has done for his people in this
community and his church. Our team was here two years ago. He said that he has
seen people who could not read a Bible before because of bad vision, finally
take their Bibles and start reading. He said this has made a positive
difference in his church and community and he can’t thank us enough for being
willing to come here again. We feel that we are the ones who are blessed
because of these people and how much they love and welcome us. Seeing people
read their Bibles for the first time in a long time has happened over and over
again at our many clinics in the past. That is such a joy and a blessing to us
to see the look on their faces and the excitement in their voices as they read
God’s Word. Serving Him here in Honduras is a blessing and an honor I can’t
describe. I can only thank God for the opportunity to come here and serve Him
in this way.
Please pray for the evangelism
ministry. In past years, we have seen more people get saved. Evangelism is our
primary goal. It is rare for us to not see anyone get saved during a clinic
day. Last week, we encourntered many Catholics at Belaire for our four days of
clinics. I took the time to work with Gloria for a while at her evangelism
station. I loved that opportunity. The ladies that were with her said they were
already saved but she shared God’s Word with them anyway. Please pray that we
will be able to go out and save one more for Jesus this week.
