Our short-term mission team has been very active. These missionaries from Soaring Oaks Presbyterian Church of Elk Grove, California and Faith Presbyterian Church of Sonoma, California are doing a great job.
On Sunday we attended one of the churches in Armenia Bonito. Three of the youth from the short-term team went to the front and sang a worship song for the congregation. Pastor Andrews, with the help of an interpreter, preached a message on Psalm 110.
Monday morning the team started their first day of construction. They finished the cement floor on a house we are building for Marcos and Jolie. The group mixed cement and applied and smoothed the floor. It was hard work on a hot day.
In the afternoon the team put on a Kids Club for 22 youth in Armenia Bonito. We all played soccer and then went into the community center. The team told a gospel presentation using the color method. After the story the team helped the kids make necklaces using colored beads.
The group is doing well, if not a little tired after the first day.
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In the evening we took nine members of the team to the local soccer stadium. We watched a professional soccer match. Our group cheered as the hometown Victoria team played the powerhouse Marathon to a 0-0 tie. The team had a great time with this major part of local Honduran culture.
Our next short-term mission team is here. 
Mike and our teammate Sean worked at patient intake, where each person was weighed, measured, had their blood sugar taken and their blood pressure checked. Mike and Sean also prayed with each person and provided them with evangelism tracts. Each person then met with Erin, where they received a professional diagnosis and prescription. Finally each person met with Maddy and our teammate Josh where they received free medicine and instructions of how to use it.
The months of June, July and August is the chief period when U.S. churches send teams of short-term missionaries into the mission field. We are halfway through our first short-term mission season. We have received three teams and we have three more still to come.
To organize these teams is a huge undertaking. Preparation, administration and execution is a fulltime effort for our entire team. It is physically and mentally draining. But, the benefits far outweigh the toll. Our ministry receives a huge blessing from our visitors. They are all hard workers and learn to love the people they are serving. The short termers also provide us with a charge and remind us how lucky we are to be working here.
At the midway point we are excited to say that this summer has already been a huge success for our ministry, the Honduran people and the churches sending short-term missionaries. Satan has done a wonderful job this summer adding doubts and concerns into people’s minds. But, God’s glory will not be thwarted.