Rest of the Summer Newsletter

Proverbs 3:7 View this email in your browser September 2017 Summer Teams This summer concluded our first full year as coordinators of short-term teams. Michelle mastered the task of feeding the masses. We are grateful for the dozens of people who came down to put their skills to use working alongside of us.  We are also grateful for our wonderful summer interns and our amazing teammates who made it all run smoothly. New House for Peter Project Peter Project, our team's ministry to at risk boys moved into a new house recently. The house has a bigger kitchen for cooking lunch, a large dining area, study rooms, and outdoor space to kick around a soccer ball.  And the rent is less than the previous house! CCI Formalization The local church we attend, Centro Cristiano Internacional is very focused on church planting and have started several groups around the city. One such group in Corozal, just outside of La Ceiba was recently formalized as a church. Pastor Miguel is one of our students. Tegucigalpa Team We had the chance to visit the other MTW team in Tegucigalpa.  They were busy building and prepping furniture to get their offices set up. Pastor Josué (right) came into this desk which supposedly belonged to a lawyer who was convicted of the biggest act of fraud in the history of Honduras. He and Eric are sanding down the entire desk to give it a new finish and fresh start. It was a joy to see how God is working in and through their team to establish a church body in the capital city. Team Planning Meeting Our semi-annual team planning meeting took place earlier this month. How encouraging to see what the Lord has done over the last six months and look forward to future progress through the ministries in which He has entrusted us! Honduras Missionaries Conference For the first time our family attended the annual conference of Honduran Missionaries. We came away with new friends, additional tools for ministry, and a feeling of refreshment. 0 Pastor Gregorio Pastor Gregorio worked with our team in the community of La Fe for a year and a half. He struggled to gain traction in establishing a church in the community. Discouraged, he decided to move on to a small community in the mountains. We are thankful for his service and wish him and his family well in the next stage of their ministry. Book Reviews If you'd like to know more about Honduras' history or just need a good book, I recommend these. The Fish that Ate the Whale is a fantastically written account of Samuel Zemurray, United Fruit Company and the banana industry of Central America. Highly entertaining and fascinating to learn how one man had such influence in shaping the country we now call home. 5 stars. The Lost City of the Monkey God is a first-hand account of a recent archaeological expedition into the extremely remote rain-forest jungle of La Moskitia, Honduras (not too far from La Ceiba). The book provides lots of Honduran history as well as good personal experience of what it is like to travel within the country.  4 stars. Jacob and Asher have enrolled in an art class taught by our friend, Noe.  He is an accomplished artist and hopes to one day use his talent on the mission field in Indonesia. Prayer Requests Last year, Michelle wrote about a woman who has visited us almost weekly since we moved to La Ceiba. A couple of months ago she showed up at church and has continued to come. Please pray that she would see Jesus amidst her extreme poverty and that the Holy Spirit would guide us in how to love her well. In our last newsletter we asked for prayer that we would learn how to encourage our seminary students in the long process of seminary study. God has already reinforced the need for this through a discussion with our Honduran teammate, Raul who shared how vital encouragement is in a culture without a history of long-term vision. Please pray that we would increase our words of encouragement towards our students. I(Adam) am learning that prioritizing the areas of my life means more than just ranking their value but actually applying my time and energy accordingly. Please pray that I would continue to learn to set healthy boundaries and to pour myself into those areas that I claim are of highest priority (i.e. God, wife, children). Adam Michelle Blog Email Copyright © 2017 Cains On A Mission, All rights reserved.