God is in the details...

We have had an old friend pastor Kiefer and 4 of his children visiting whom I have not seen for near a decade... Though he and his church have not ceased to pray for us in all that time. When last we visited I was in the USA at their church and Lisa was already in Honduras. (brave missionary who sends his wife first to check it out :) Actually I had commitments to fullfill stateside and Lisa went to deal with pressing situations here. After she arrived, through an unplanned and strange turn of events, the government placed in Lisa's care our first Lighthouse child, Jenny. I was visiting Pastor Kiefer's church at that time and they began to pray for her and the yet to be founded Lighthouse ministry. She rebelled a few years ago but the protigal child came home humbled and repentant just before Pastor Kiefer arrived. hmm Details...
 It has been a blessing to watch.

 Pastor Kiefer preached messages yesterday about "choose ye this day". Because of a one day old west VBS activity planned at the Lighthouse Baptist, we had some older youth present who were not there for word of God. I let it go during the play and beginning activities, but halfway through preaching the LORD moved me to speak. They were disruptive, one even with his back toward preaching talking and texting on a phone. I interupted the service and said a few hard truth, pleading words. After a few moments, he and the click with him chose to leave. But his older brother (19years old) came forward at the altar call wanting to serve God. Details...
While in the mountain VBS Saturday, we also went and had a service in the home of a family the mountain preacher was trying to reach for several years. The first time the family ever desired to hear God's word through the church. Hike a short distance up a dry creek to the home and Pastor Kiefer preached and our 3 families sang. Many were moved, all were joyful, but it was short lived. As the service closed, in a next house, a crazy man upset at the world shot and killed the 20 year old son of the family we were preaching to. Our mountain preacher is there comforting them through the funeral. Details...

We have been waiting a couple of months to finish electric in SanGeronimo because the electric company had not run a line. Planning to install electic in the building anyway today with Pastor Kiefer, we picked up supplies last week. 7am Sunday morning as we were leaving for church in another city, a neighbor ran out saying the electric company is at the other church wanting to install the lines and wants our parts...Really??? ... 7am Sunday the day before after waiting months? Smile... Details...

Another issue was  one of our mountain pastors had taken out a micro loan (Few hundred dollars) feeling preasured to accomidate his growing family. He took in two orphans who both parents died of aids. Both also members of the church. The loan helped build another adobe room and fix a distant well. The problem is his only real dollar income is from growing corn wherever someone will allow. It barely keeps his family fed. Often does not. So he defaulted on the loan and received notice to pay or leave property(property was collateral) by today. I begrudgingly put out a plea because even wanting to, I could not help. If it would only have caused him hurt I might have said nothing, but the home of two fatherless and the possibility of loosing a pastor preaching in the uttermst parts was outweighing another economics lesson... And God is the Father to the fatherless. I put out a plea and ministering saints answered... one even sold his shotgun to help. So today I will meet with the pastor teach a strong economics lesson and praise the LORD a roof remains over the fatherless...  Details...

Here is a link to a you tube post a friend put up after his visit here. It is an early morning walk through of the Children's Lighthouse property on Jan 3, 2015. He was who the LORD used for the seed money to build the children's  home in 2008.  Details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L2KuiCR484