Prayer Requests
The need is great for teaching and proclaiming the true gospel all across the western mountains of Honduras. This need is so much greater than any two people can accomplish so please join us in praying Luke 10:2 which reads, “And He was saying to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.;” We believe this is a prayer the Lord will answer so we are trusting Him to provide the right person or people to come serve Him here with us.
Please pray for Jean and me, and the leadership of this ministry, in both the U.S. and Honduras, for wisdom as we think and plan strategically about how to go about fulfilling God’s plans and purposes that He has for us and the people He loves and created who live in this part of Honduras where we serve.
Please pray for the final mission team for this year arriving on September 7th. This team will be ministering to children in the local schools, ministering to the people being cared for at The Ruben House, and hosting the first sports camp that our ministry has ever done.
Please pray for us as we work to finish the construction of a home for a family in need in La Campa.
We have one crate remaining that has not yet been shipped to us from the U.S. Please continue to pray for favor as we work out details with the shipper and Honduras customs so that these items will arrive safely and soon without exaggerated cost. This is an ongoing prayer request.
Please continue to pray for Pedro, one of the long-term residents of The Ruben House. The last surgery to replace the stents in his kidney went well, however, there were significant post-surgery complications afterwards that are still being treated. Despite the stents Pedro’s kidneys are not functioning well overall and he has lots of complications due to his catheterization.
Please continue to pray for Oscar, a long-term resident of The Ruben House who had his leg amputated in May. He is doing well emotionally and spiritually, and working very hard to prepare for a prosthetic limb.
Please continue to pray for chronic health situations with some of our family members stateside. Please ask the Lord to give us wisdom to know what we can do and when we can do it.
Please pray for Jean and me to stay healthy so that we can continue to serve effectively.
Please pray for Jean and me as we begin to make preparations for our year end trip to the states and as we start making ministry plans for 2027.
Please pray for the continued spiritual growth and development of everyone at The Ruben House.
Please pray for the health and well-being of the patients (Ruben, Rosalina, Elias, Pedro & Oscar) and the staff (Marcos, Mauricio, Prudencia, Sandra, Mirza and Ana) at The Ruben House.
Please pray for a man named Luis who came to The Ruben House for his first two week stay in August. He suffered a stroke some time ago.
Please pray for a young boy named Oscar. We have been assisting him with exams to try to figure out why he can’t walk, although not being paralyzed, from a fall that he suffered a few years back.
Please pray for Vicente. Vicente had his leg amputated in March of this year. We were able to deliver a wheelchair to him and begin making plans to help him prepare for a prosthetic leg.
Please pray for the Lord to send us a new part-time nurse assistant/therapy technician. This is an ongoing prayer request as it is proving very difficult to fill this position.
Please pray for Sulmy, our newest scholarship student, who has started classes at a university in Santa Rosa where she is pursuing her dream to becoming a civil engineer.
Please pray for us as we continue to help family members who can no longer live independently and need varying levels of health care and assistance.
Please pray for the Lord to send rain to the nation of Honduras as we are in a severe drought. The capital city is having to ration water with some parts of the city only receiving water for a few hours per day once every 9 days. There are tight water restrictions in most of the rest of the country and varying amounts of rationing. In our area the rivers are nearly completely dry and most everyone has lost or are losing their corn and bean crops so it is very possible that there will be a much greater hunger problem than usual in Honduras later this year and lasting into 2027.
Praises
We are praising the Lord for His ongoing goodness and faithfulness to us and the ministry He has entrusted to us. Things are rarely easy but God is always with us, providing and making the way.
We are praising the Lord for an excellent summer of ministry with the mission teams who came to serve with us. There were 30 salvations and many who rededicated their lives to the Lord, and some who have returned to the church after a time away.
We are praising the Lord for how strong Oscar’s faith has proven through an extremely difficult trial (see above), and how hard he is working at his therapy and exercise to get ready for a prosthetic leg.
We are praising the Lord that we have wheelchairs, walkers, etc. that we can give away to help people with physical disabilities. We are grateful for those who donate and those who help secure these donations so that we can be a blessing to others.
We praise the Lord for each and everyone who prays for this ministry and supports this ministry by giving of their time and financial resources, and in other ways. We can’t do it without you.