Pastor's Conference

Pastor's Conference

Posted by Ashley Hoover

A couple months ago we were able to make a couple trips to speak at two different pastor's conferences to share about the ministry of CEF in Honduras. It was a great opportunity and I believe God will do some amazing things with the contacts we made and the interest that was shown among the pastors. Here are some pictures from Baptist pastors. I didn't get any of the second trip.

Our display of material.

A few of our amazing committee members that manned the table and sales.

The National Director Altagracia sharing about CEF and how they can become involved.

We gave out Mailbox Club lessons to each pastor to use.

The committee president, Eliud, handing out Mailbox Club lessons.



Explaining the Bible lessons/answering questions

Setting up the table

Missions Monday

Missions Monday

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Navidad 2011

Navidad 2011

Posted by Ashley Hoover

I realize Christmas was a couple months ago but hey, I’m a little behind on here. :P My first Christmas in Honduras was a memorable one. I learned of the foods traditionally eaten and customs celebrated. All with my family here that is super special. In Honduras Christmas is celebrated on the 24^th. In the past they celebrated with fireworks and I’m told it was quite the spectacle. Now they aren’t permitted but there were still some that we heard and saw.  It is a day spent with family. I got to help with the food prep and cooking which was fun. There was chicken, pork, mashed potatoes (the international part of the meal that I brought to the table. J) , salad, rice, cheesecake (another thing I made) and torrejas which taste kind of like French toast but sweeter that are cooked in milk. Usually people wait until midnight to eat. We passed the time cooking and talking. At midnight we celebrated with a hug and dug in!

 Helping prepare the food.

The next day, the 25^th. We headed off to the beach! After spending 24 years celebrating Christmas with snow I didn’t complain much. J However it was a lot different and almost didn’t feel like Christmas without it. After a few hours of driving we arrived to a very hot and sunny beach to rest and relax.

 Me and my fam. (and a friend) I love them so much!

 My lil bro, isn't he adorable?? :)

Copan outtakes

Copan outtakes

Posted by Ashley Hoover

Outside of purpose of our trip to Copan which was of course to share the Gospel we did have a little time to walk the streets and see a few things in our free time.

Checking out the brooms at the local market.

The group the first night.

Climbing the tower of a fortress thing. the ladder was a little shaky.

Returning from the fortress.

A really nice hotel in Copan.

Relaxing in the hammock after breakfast before returning to Tegucigalpa.

Recharging with some amazing coffee the first day.

While we were visiting homes the first day we visited a place where the ladies make scarves and things to earn some money.

A plant with really tiny chili peppers. :)

More pics of the fortress.

Atop the fortress.

Trying my first green mango! :)

Coffee break day 2.

God kept us safe despite having to changes tires twice on the way back. Thank you for praying!

Mission trip to Copan - Day 2

Mission trip to Copan - Day 2

Posted by Ashley Hoover

After we shared the Gospel on Friday we visted as many of the houses as we could inviting the adults to come listen on Saturday and seeing what kind of needs they had. When we returned to where we were staying we sorted through the gynormous pile of clothes we had brought with us so that each family would have something along with some toys for the children. After a nice breakfast we loaded up the car once again with all the sacks to give away and made out for the village.

 Melissa sorting the toys

 Just a few of the clothes

 When we reached the point where we left the truck we had to get all those sacks the rest of the way up mountain. Kinda like this...

 (I took notes for next time. ;))

 We played more games with the children and this day there were a ton! We estimated at least 150 children came out and I think almost all the mothers as well. We divided into groups for more personal teaching.

 The red group singing a song.

 My blue group getting ready to play a game.

 We shared the Wordless Book with our group. There was a lot I felt that needed explained for them to truly understand. More than what we could do in two days but God's Word does not return empty and a seed was planted. As a side note, one of the things the Mayan believe is that people come from corn.

 We shared the missions story of Madugu since our focus was the Wordless Book.

 Afterwards we distributed mini Wordless Books that some people from a church I visited in the US made for me.

 Explaining the WB with the adults.

We also gave out the clothes and toys to each family. They were receptive and grateful though we came away impacted by the need and hoping to make another trip in the future.

I will write another post about all the non-ministry things we did in the free time we had so there are a few more pics coming! :)