March 23, 2009
Dear Pastor and Church:
Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We praise the Lord for His help and blessings since we last wrote you. Much has happened in the recent weeks. The fruit the Lord has given us is also your fruit as have prayed for us and given financially.
Our first Women’s conference was a great blessing. We prayed for 50 ladies and the Lord gave us 53 from Western, Northern, and Central Honduras, from 11 different churches. Broken homes, divorces, widows, battered women, sexually abused women, abandoned women, every problem of which you could think multiplied by many instances was represented. Alba directed it and my Mom translated for the speaker. We praise the Lord for Martha & Johnny Johnson and Kathy Young of the CARE CRISIS MINISTRY out of our Home Church who came for this conference. Mrs. Johnson did a fantastic job as the speaker, teacher, and counselor. She did a great job singing for us in all of the services. We had sessions Thursday and Friday night and Saturday morning. The women were richly blessed and encouraged and we are already planning one for 2010. Bro. Johnny also preached several times for us. While they were here we had a baptism service at a river about 35 minutes from here so we had our Sunday services there and everyone took their lunch. I was privileged to baptize four.
Right before the conference, Pastor Edwin resigned from the mission church, Calvary Baptist Church. Please pray for this work. God continues blessing, though. Praise the Lord that the people are remaining faithful. In the new work in Las Flores, there has been sickness and two ladies have had serious surgeries. We are looking for a place to rent where we can have Sunday School classes also. We have outgrown the family’s living room where we meet.
During Easter Week, April 7th to 11th, we will be having Youth Camp. Please be in special prayer for this very important time in the lives of our youth. Several churches will participate. Please pray for the speakers. Also, pray for those who need help financially to attend. Camp costs $43.00 per youth, a huge sacrifice for people here. We are trying to raise enough money to cut that price in half. If you would like to help, please send it to us in care of the Mission Agency address below and designate it for YOUTH CAMP. Please email us if you are able to help so we can include that in our budget. Our email address is: lesliepriday@gmail.com.
The last two weeks we have been blessed with the visit of our oldest son Steve. We were able to take a few days and travel to the coast and to the Mayan Indian ruins. Please pray for him as he returns to Texas. May the Lord bless each of you in a special way. Thank you for being a part of our ministry here.
Yours with Hope For Honduras,
Leslie, Alba, Halbert, & Edgar Priday