The Leslie Priday Family • Missionaries to Honduras

Praise the Lord that on September 20th, the container finally arrived. Some of the Bibles were damaged from a leak in the roof. None of the other things were damaged. The same day, the two ladies from Oregon arrived. As I pulled into the driveway with them, the truck was pulling away with the empty container. Praise the Lord for my Dad, Halbert, Edgar, and some friends who helped to unload it. Four days later we got the car out of customs. We have a temporary permit to use it while we raise the additional funds for the taxes. Please pray about that. So we have been busy unpacking and finding places for everything in between our other activities. Halbert and Edgar were finally able to start their school work! We got our computer unpacked and hoked up, too.

Mrs. Borene returned to Oregon the 29th. She was a great blessing to us. Mrs. Salsbery is here for three months and is having quilting classes with the ladies twice a week and a general English class on Saturdays. Last Saturday, we had a men’s supper with two missionaries from Trinity Baptist Church of Arlington, Texas, Bro. Napoleon Flores and Oscar Pineda. We had a great time in spite of a real downpour during which we couldn’t hear anyone talking. Each of the men gave their testimony. This Sunday the church in Barrio Abajo is going to the nursing home.

We have visited a new area several times and hope to start there this week. Please pray about that!!!

August 13, 2008

Dear Family & Friends,

Praise the Lord I am writing from Honduras! We arrived last Wednesday, the 6th. We had a few complications with our suitcases with Continental Airlines.
They did not allow us to pay for one over weight suitcase and did not allow us to pay extra for the boys’ guitars. So we had to leave a suitcase and one guitar in Texas.
Other than that, we had no problems on the trip. Everything went very smoothly. We arrived on time. Praise the Lord nothing was lost nor stolen. My parents picked us up at the airport and we made the two and a half hour drive to where we live in Siguatepeque, Central Honduras We found all fine at our house, for which we thank the Lord. The plants, flowers and trees have all grown very much. Thank you for your prayers for our trip and for things here while we were in the States.

Honduras is beautiful this time of the year. We are in the rainy season and everything is so green! It is quite a contrast from Texas and the Western U.S. It has been great to be with my parents and Alba’s family, too. It was exciting to go to church Sunday and see the people of the church. Sunday night they had a special welcome service for us. They gave Alba flowers and had a dinner for us. We had a great time of fellowship. I have already had 2 different churches ask me to preach for them in special meetings.

Please pray about our container shipment. The shipping company mistakenly shipped it here without the proper papers from U.S. Customs. So now they have to ship it back to the States, reprocess the papers, and then send it back here again. Please pray that all this will be done quickly and correctly without a lot of red tape. It was supposed to leave Texas for here the 15th, but it won’t leave here to go back to Texas until the 17th.

Please note that we now have a new email address: lesliepriday@gmail.com. This is effective immediately.
Also, we have a Vonage phone with a Texas phone number, so if you want to call us, it will be like calling Fort Worth, Texas. The number is 8 1 7 - 8 8 6 - 0 4 2 3.
Our regular Honduras phone number is 011-504-773-1530, the fax number is 011-504-773-1531 and Leslie’s cell number is 011-504-9996-1109.
Our mailing address is:
Apartado 99
Siguatepeque, Com. 12111
Honduras, Central America

We look forward to hearing from you! Be sure to visit our web page, we will try to update it regularly. It is www.lesliepriday.com.

Thank you again for your prayers. May God bless each of you in a special way. We appreciate you so very much. We consider it a privilege to be your representatives in Honduras.

Dear Family & Friends,

Wow, it has been awhile since I have had time to send out an email update. We certainly appreciate your prayers. Let me tell you what has been going on.

We had a great 2 weeks in Oregon. On our way, we spent a few days in Durango, Colorado with an aunt on my Mom’s side of the family. Then we visited the Mark Haynes missionary family on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and visited 3 churches there. From there we spent a couple of days with Liz Smith (Winkler) near Prescott, Arizona and her 9 adopted children. We finally made it to Oregon. We spent a few days with my Grandma. Her health is much better, but at 85, she still has some health problems. We drove 3 hours to Portland to the home where my Grandpa is and celebrated his 90th birthday! We praise the Lord that he was having a good day and we had a good time with him. We also spent a few days with one of my Mom’s brothers and his wife, Harold and Lyla. They hosted the 50th wedding anniversary luncheon of my Mom’s oldest brother, Leroy. It was great to see some cousins that I hadn’t seen for a long time. We got to visit my Dad’s brother and his wife, Raymond and Elaine, also. It was great to see our family there, but sad to have to say goodbye, realizing that age and health may take them into eternity anytime. We were able to visit the aunt that had a fall on Mother’s Day from which she resulted paralyzed, Marie Duncan. We appreciate your prayers for her. She is in good spirits. She cannot talk and can only move her lips and eyes. She is on a respirator. She will hopefully be able to go home in a couple of weeks.

We are so excited that tomorrow we are going home to Honduras. We are in a hotel tonight near the airport. We have to be at the airport at 4:30 A.M. As my uncle said, that’s before breakfast! We fly to Houston and change planes and then at 9:00 leave for HONDURAS. We arrive there at 12:00 Texas time. Last week, immigration there was on strike, so prayerfully they will be working tomorrow. When we get out of the airport we will have a 2 ½ hour trip home to Siguatepeque. My Dad will pick us up at the airport. We are anxious to finally see my parents Alba’s family and get to our house and sleep in our own beds tomorrow night!

Tonight we had supper with Steve and some friends that brought us over here to this hotel. It was sad to say goodbye to Steve. Please pray for him. It will be lonely for him.

Please pray for us as we travel that everything will go smoothly and that we won’t lose anything and that nothing will be stolen out of our suitcases.
Also, pray for the shipping of the container. There seems to have been some complications on the boarding of the ship. Will keep you posted.

Thank you for your prayers and may God bless you.

In Christ,

Leslie, Alba, Halbert, & Edgar Priday
Missionaries to Honduras

From now on, I will be adding PDF files for printing or downloading. All you have to do is click on the link on the top/header of the letter and it will show up.
This month’s (July) Prayer Letter is HERE.
Thanks,
Edgar Priday

July 5th.

MOVAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA.

HEADED WEST.

HOT SUN BEAMING INTO FRONT WINDSHIELD, COOKING US IN THE FRONT SEAT.

100° Fahrenheit outside.

3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON

Suddenly, the air conditioner starts blowing hot air. Maybe it is frozen up so we put it on vent a while.

Turned a/c back on, still, hot air.

How far are we from Bakersfield?

How long would it take to fix it?

How much is this going to cost?

But it is Saturday afternoon, everything will be closed.

SUDDENLY, COLD AIR STARTS BLOWING OUT AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF HOT AIR! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS MERCY UPON US ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

God sure is so good to us.

So, we continue on, trying to make it to a favorite restaurant for supper, Andersen’s Pea Soup restaurant.

Don’t think we will make it to Redding tonight, but we will get close enough to make it to Redmond, Oregon to Grandma’s house tomorrow after church!

Please continue to pray for us. We had good services in 3 churches on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and a good service in Prescott, Arizona Wednesday night.
Had a great but short visit with friends ( Liz Winkler Smith) there and had a great July 4th with them. Thank you for your prayers,

In Christ’s Love,

Leslie Priday & Family
Missionaries to Honduras

I have uploaded the Presentation Video for everyone to watch. It’s located in the Video Section.

More to come!

Thanks,
Edgar

This is our Video Presentation and Report of our Ministry in the country of Honduras. Please Pray for our Needs list in at the end.

YouTube didn’t let me upload the video in a Full Version so I had to cut it in half and upload it in 2 parts. Just play the first and then the next…Sorry for the inconvenience!

Thank you,
Edgar Priday

Video 1:

Video 2:

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT IF THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH PLAYING THE VIDEO, I’LL FIX IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.