Category: 2015

November, 20 2015

Dear Colaborers:

Thank you for your prayers and faithful support.   In October we had terrible flash floods in our city affecting some two thousand people.  Many lost everything with six feet of water in their houses.   The structure of many houses was damaged.  No one here in our area has flood insurance because it had never flooded here.  Praise the Lord none of our church people or family were affected.

The men’s conference the end of October was a great blessing.  My Dad, Missionary Harold Priday was our speaker.  We had sixteen men from four churches.   The theme was PREPARING FOR REVIVAL.  The meetings were Thursday and Friday night, and Saturday morning.  We praise the Lord for the great time we had.

This weekend Missionary Miss Shelley Grimm will be speaking to the ladies of the mission.  Now we are preparing for our Christmas program and the New Year.  Please pray for a national pastor for the work in Barrio Abajo.

Please begin now to pray for our 2016 YOUTH CAMP,  Easter Week or Holy Week as we say here.  To be able to have camp with our youth who come from poor homes, we have to help them with half of their camp costs.  Please pray that the Lord will provide these extra funds.  That comes out to about $50.00 for each camper.  We are praying for a special offering of $2,500.00 for this camp.

Next April, 2016, we will be returning to the U. S. for our furlough.  Our last furlough was 2007-2008.    We are already beginning to work on our schedule.  It would be an honor for us to be in your church.  I am attaching a postcard for you to please complete and print and return to us as soon as possible by mail or by email.  Our emaiL is lesliepriday@gmail.com (corrected from last letter).  I will contact you to confirm or change if necessary.  Thank you to those who have already contacted us.    Thank you for your help!

We want to wish each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and a blessed Christmas celebrating the birth of our Wonderful Lord and Savior.  Thank you again for your prayers and financial support.  We also wish you a great New Year filled with blessings from the Lord and fruit in your ministry.  We will be spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with our family here.

Yours with Hope For Honduras,

Leslie & Alba Priday

September, 2015

Dear Pastor and Friends:

It finally started raining in Honduras.  However, many crops were lost and in several parts of the country the situation is very difficult.  Shortages of beans, corn, and even electricity are probable in the next summer or dry season.    Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.  We count it a privilege to be your missionaries here.

Recently one of the ladies in the mission work gave testimony that she was able to lead to Christ two young men who were remodeling her home.   She is one of the people that received a soul winning course.  We praise the Lord for the burden that she has for the lost.  In October we will have an emphasis on evangelism.   Please begin to pray for every contact.  Please pray for a national pastor for the work in Barrio Abajo.

We are planning a men’s conference the end of October.  My Dad, Missionary Harold Priday will be the speaker.  We expect men from several churches.  Please pray for this special time. Satan attacks men fiercely here.

Please begin now to pray for our 2016 YOUTH CAMP,  Easter Week or Holy Week as we say here.  To be able to have camp with our youth who come from poor homes, we have to help them with half of their camp costs.  Please pray that the Lord will provide these extra funds.  That comes out to about $50.00 for each camper.  We are praying for a special offering of $2,500.00 for this camp.

Next May, 2016, we will be returning to the U. S. for our furlough.  Our last furlough was 2007-2008.    We are already beginning to work on our schedule.  It would be an honor for us to be in your church.  I am attaching a postcard for you to please complete and print and return to us as soon as possible by mail or by email.  Our email is leslIepriday@gmail.com .  I will contact you to confirm or change if necessary.  Thank you to those who have already contacted us.    Thank you for your help!

Yours with Hope For Honduras,

Leslie & Alba Priday

July, 2015

Dear Prayer Partners:

Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.  We count it a privilege to be your missionaries here.  We are in an extended dry season as has not been seen for many years.  It usually starts raining in May. Farmers in many areas have lost their crops.  But nothing compares with the Spiritual drought here.  Heresy is spreading as a wildfire, masquerading as true Christianity.

Satan has been battling in the lives of many of the people in the mission with sickness, family problems, unemployment, and financial problems.  Please pray that the Christians will keep their eyes on the Lord and be faithful.  As the teens grow and move away for their education and jobs, they many times also drift away from the Lord.  Please pray for them.

May was a very busy month with a special Mother’s Day celebration, a men’s meeting, and a surprise Pastor’s Day celebration.  It is always encouraging to hear their testimonies of how we have been a blessing to their lives.  To God be the glory!  In July we had a watch night service from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.  It was a time of special music, testimonies, preaching, a bonfire, and several times of special prayer.  I praise the Lord for Bro. Arturo who has started teaching Sunday School!  Please pray for him because his wife does not attend church.

Next May, 2016, we will be returning to the U. S. for our furlough.  Our last furlough was 2007 to 2008.    We are already beginning to work on our schedule.  It would be an honor for us to be in your church.  I am attaching a postcard for you to please complete and print and return to us as soon as possible by mail or by email.  Our email is lesliepriday@gmail.com .  I will contact you to confirm or change if necessary.  Thank you for your help!

Yours with Hope For Honduras,

Leslie & Alba Priday

Leslie & Alba Priday

February 12, 2015

Dear Colaborers:

The last several months we have been trying to obtain the email addresses of each of our churches to send our prayer letters, but have not been able to.  Our home church sends out our letters and no longer has their bulk rate permit so we are trying to send our letters by email. We greatly appreciate Victory’s years of mailing our letters.  Please help us by sending us your email if you are not receiving emails from us.  Our email address is lesliepriday@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.  December and January were busy months.  Alba directed the Christmas programs this year.  We had a drama and a puppet show.  They did a great job and everyone enjoyed them. Following the dramas a pastor friend preached for us and we had a special supper.

The first week of January was our annual week of prayer. We had special prayer meetings Sunday through Friday and a short study on prayer.  This week is always a blessing to us as we seek God’s direction for the New Year.

It was a privilege to have Missionary Miss Shelley Grimm of Vandalia Baptist Temple near Dayton, Ohio with us for a few days and she held a Ladies Conference for us.  Please pray for her as she prepares to come to Honduras to minister this July.

The third week was our Vacation Bible School.  We had three classes from ages 3 to 12.   The teachers and workers did a fantastic job and we praise the Lord that thirteen precious children repented of their sins and received Christ as their Savior!

Our next big activity will be YOUTH CAMP, Easter Week or Holy Week as we say here.  We ask you to once again be praying for it.  To be able to have camp with our youth who come from poor homes, we have to help them with half of their camp costs.  Please pray that the Lord will provide these extra funds.  That comes out to about $50.00 for each camper.  We are praying for a special offering of $2,500.00 for this camp.    We need to know where we stand so we can plan accordingly.  If you can help, please call or email us.

On a personal note, it is great to have my parents, Missionaries Harold and Lena Priday back here from their furlough.  Also, we are excited to announce that Edgar is engaged to Miss Alexandra Orellana.   They will be married here April 25^th.  Please be in prayer for them as they start their new lives together.

Please confirm if you receive this email as we must update our list.

Yours with Hope For Honduras,

Leslie & Alba Priday