January Prayer Letter
Dear Pastor and Church:
Your prayers have been greatly needed and appreciated the last few weeks. Alba’s mother became severely ill Sunday afternoon, November 29th. With the help of one of Alba’s brothers, we rushed her to the hospital. The next morning she became worse and was put into ICU. Monday night, November 30, she passed away about 8:55 p.m. She was buried on Wednesday December 2nd. We praise the Lord that Steve was able to get a flight down and could be with the family for a week. Our church had a service at the wake and a short service at her burial. I preached both times. To those who sent flowers, cards, emails, and called us, thank you very much for helping us during this time. We thank our Home Church, Victory Baptist Church of Weatherford, Texas for a special offering to help us with these expenses. We praise the Lord that she had accepted Christ as her Saviour so we know we will see her again soon in Heaven. In 2009, my Grandpa died, Alba’s sister-in-law, my great aunt, and Alba’s mother, and other friends. Truly, Heaven becomes dearer to us each year.
We thank those who prayed for the elections here on November 29th. The elections were the smoothest, most transparent, and with biggest turnout in history. There was no violence, praise the Lord. This little country has stood up against the pressures from the U.S. and the socialist countries around the world. The new President will be sworn in January 27th. The deposed President is still hiding in the Brazilian Embassy of Honduras.
The Christmas Cantata was a great blessing and success. Because the missionary wife who organized it had a family emergency and had to miss a month of practice, they asked Halbert to direct it. Although he had no training or experience directing, he did an excellent job!! Edgar ran the sound system. We are very proud of them. It was an exciting service. The attendance was 112!!
The New Year kicked off with a special church dinner on Sunday night January 3rd. The 10th through the 14th we had our annual Week of Prayer with special messages on prayer and a prayer meeting each night. It was a great blessing. Please pray for the upcoming Ladies Conference, February 18 – 20. Mrs. Martha Johnson from our home church will be teaching again. Please pray for us as we organize it, for Mrs. Johnson as she teaches, and for my Mother as she translates.
We are also busy planning our Youth Camp that will be March 30th – April 1st. The cost per person is US$48.00. We want to help the teens to be able to come by raising half of the cost for them. If you could help, please send an offering to us in care of the IBFI mission office designated for YOUTH CAMP. Your investment in these lives will bring eternal dividends!!
Please continue to pray for our health and for our financial situation. We praise the Lord for a special offering from Faith Baptist Church in Artesia, New Mexico. Thank you again for your prayers and financial support. May the Lord bless you greatly.
Yours with Hope For Honduras,
The Leslie & Alba Priday and Sons