Newsletter 2013

Beverly Says,                                                                                   

Hello from Honduras                                                   

The last three months have been very busy.  We have had two teams here from the states.  One came to pray and minister to the national pastors and   teachers in our schools while the other came to help build classrooms in our school in Choluteca.  What a blessing they were to us and to those they ministered to.  

Last year a team from Coffeyville KS left me with a personal gift of money.  I put it with some more money and bought new desks for the high school.  We are so thankful for these new desks.  They are such a blessing to us, and they also improve the look of the classroom. God is so good. Thank you for your support.

English classes continue to be challenging at times!  It is so sad that education is not a big priority in Honduras.  The desire to learn of other things and places is quite low.  In order to learn about other places in our world, I decided to incorporate other cities in our daily lesson about weather.  I was shocked when most of my students did not know where  China was on the world map.   Some of them did not know where Central America was found, let alone San Jose,  Costa Rica!  They know now!  So every day, we locate a different city while reviewing previous places.

For Bible verses in English,  they are learning choruses from Psalms, Matthew, and Isa. etc. Songs like, Come unto Me, from Matt.11:28-30, and   I Saw the LORD,  from Isa. 6:1-3.  They have already learned, Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord, which we also sing in Spanish. 

So next week, it is my turn to give the devotional to teachers and students.  I’m so thankful for the friends that God has given me that will help me edit what I want to say.  AND one of my former tutors will be coming back next week to help me continue in my learning more Spanish.  She will also be staying to learn English with another adult student. Yea!  Many people here say that they want to learn English.  But when the basic greetings are learned,  that ends the lessons.  Learning is not all fun and games. It’s a lot of hard work!  And many are allergic to that.

So for prayer requests: That God would pour out a desire upon the students (people) in Honduras for a better education at all levels, especially for those that are becoming teachers.  You can’t teach what you don’t know.

Thank you so much for all.  May God continue to bless you.        

 Beverly                           
                                                                                                                                                April 2013