He Prepares a Table before me in the Presence of My Enemies

Saturday Morning brought sad news. As Amy came to the Hotel she reported the events of the early morning hours. Jorge and Saul hit a wall while driving in their  truck at 1:30 in the morning; Saul went home to be with the Lord and Jorge was in the hospital.They decline to help him because he had tattoos however, someone took Jorge off the floor and to a private hospital.

We were to begin the second day of the conference under such tremendous pain. Again the enemy plotted against the Word coming to this needy people. We were reminded of what Kim Kim spoke on just the night before; what the enemy meant for evil He will turn to good. Don't let us think for one minute that the Father is still not in control.  Two of our teachers were on our worship team and had tremendous emotions to overcome. I thank Andrew for hearing the beat of my heart as we raised the ladies up into battle arrangement. Worship hit a new height in the spirit and Linnea brought home a message of power.

Saturday Morning Worship and Prophetic Art

The Power of a Deborah

Linnea spoke on releasing the hurts that have been in our lives and the importance of giving forgiveness.  Without this you will destroy the blessings of God. Put off your offenses, write them down and place them at the cross. The team provided a suitcase in which the women placed burdens they no longer wanted to carry. We destroyed them. 

I Peter 5:8

"Be sober, be vigilant  because you adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world."

Our Father is good who gives good gifts to us. Don't compare yourselves with others instead bless them. If you want more of God you have to stop caring about what others think. Let your heart cry out , "Jesus I want more of you!" We must position ourselves in prayer and worship. If you want an encounter with the Holy Spirit get desperate for God. Deborah wouldn't  have been a good leader if she cared about what others thought. So, when God asks you to do things that are outrageous are you willing to step out? 

Linnea handed out prophetic art and called the mothers of Honduras to rise up against the enemy. What kind of victory do you want? Are you going to answer the call of a Deborah? God wants to take you higher and further. Take the ground for Jesus!

I know that I am:

• Strong
• Forgiven
• Unconditionally loved
• A women of wealth of knowledge and wisdom
• Filled with His Spirit
• More than a conqueror

I know the redeeming power of the creators grace and mercy. Rise up Deborah's! He is coming for His Bride.

Shalom, Faithful

Linnea calling out the Deborah's

Preparing the Land And Entering In

PC Church and School

Friday morning after breakfast we headed out to our church and school to pray over all of it. A team of us sought the Lord and  intercession began.. We watched as our prayers removed the muck and the Father re-positioned His ministering angels around the church. Upon entering the church and peering into our surroundings we saw His touch all over then we turned our heads to see a dove alight on the window bar. The dove looked right at the four of us and then flew off. What a precious moment and confirmation of His Presence. It brought a smile across our faces.

Appearance of a Dove in the Window
after Intercession

On our way out of the hotel, Kate slips on the tile. She is hurting; yet another attack. We gather around her in prayer and she feels a lift and is able to continue. She is a Warrior Princess and He delights in her. We arrive at the Church/School only to discover that one of our worship leaders tripped and sprained her ankle. She was in the clinic in intense pain.We gathered permission to pray for her and the Lord of the harvest arose with healing in His wings. She received, she took the step of faith and walked. She was healed and that night she sung for the first time in the Spirit of breakthrough, prophetic songs. Her voice had an amazing touch on the lives of the women.

Kathy our teacher ministers in Song

Returning to the Hotel for final preparation time. Kim Kim is up first to talk but as we returned she has a message that her father is going to have a heart procedure. The enemy continues to wage war against the saints. Distraction- Uplifted Hearts- His Answer. We dive into intercession for him and claim victory in Jesus. She receives peace to move forward. Her topic is the "What's Not to Love?"

His Banner Over Us is Love
Worship with Flags

The introduction of Flags. We walked in with the beat of the Fathers Heart as Andrew lead worship on his Djembe. It was powerful walk of faith with hearts raised and the statement of  "His Banner Over us is Love".

Kim Schneider  speaks on "What's Not to Love"

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

Kim shared her testimony of how God meets us in the pain and the rejections that life brings. She brought to life the meaning of Psalm 42. " As the deer pants for the water brooks so pants my soul for You, oh God."  What the enemy comes against us and he tries to do us harm; God turns to good. 

• He stays with us in everything
• He says He will never leave us
• He says in the world you will have trouble, but be of good cheer I have over come the world

In a dream one night when Kim was really hurting she was awakened at 3:33 am. The Father had her turn to Jeremiah 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know." When you are really hurting remember to call on Him who is faithful and He will answer. He gives us what we need even in hardship.

She brought to remembrance these verses to claim in light of our situations here on earth.

John 16:33

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer I have overcome the world."

Matthew 5:10

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."

Be blessed for the Kingdom, won't you?

Faithful

January Women's Conference

Destination Puerto Cortes, Honduras
Portland Airport 
 As we weighed our bags, shifted the contents to wiggle our loads down to 50 pounds we discovered Andrew's Passport is in his copier at home. Still feeling His peace; Kaitlyn arrives with it. Thank you! Moving to the ticket counter and getting boarding passes we discover that the airlines inadvertently tagged Kim's bag to go to El Salvador. Lisa catches the mistake and they run down into the baggage area to recover and re-tag my  bag. The night before Rick discovered I got upgraded to first class. This gave me uninterrupted opportunity to work on my talk as there was no one seated next to me. Thank you Father for this provision of time.

Upon arriving Houston we meet Martha and Sarah in the luggage area and head out to pick up our transportation to our hotel. The Van couldn't hold our whole team so Kim Kim, Andrew and Kim hung out until it could return. We had an entertaining conversation with a lady on the sidewalk as we moved around to keep warm. Our shuttle arrives and we catch up with the group at the motel. Our two rooms are on opposite ends of the hall. We all have a good time getting to know each other telling stories and laughing into the night.

San Pedro Sula Airport

We get into Houston only to find they want to charge us again for our extra luggage praise the Lord we found favor with the airline; no extra baggage fees.

Arrival in San Pedro Sula.... and the blessing of finding two carts to carry our extra floppy baggage. The benefits of getting off the plane first and  getting through customs. All luggage arrived safely. As I introduce the team to Amy and Oscar I headed over to get our van. It wasn't ready and the 20 minutes she promised turned into almost 2 extra hours waiting. We can still see the enemy at work. We made a Pizza hut stop and spent some time chatting as Oscar ordered food enough for 20 people. No one left hungry :)

Omoa-Rooms-Prayer
We got settled in and and had a team meeting as we needed to finalize the introductions of the conference and the closures of the conference. At home, I saw Andrew cutting through the atmosphere beating the rhythm of breakthrough. We discussed the introduction of flags and worship to a higher level. But the end of our first evening Andrew got a vision of a three fold chord wound with two other three fold chords. It was a nine fold chord and it was us we were united. We lifted our hearts in prayer, prepared for the next days activity and blessing from the Lord. Great Anticipation was before us.

Banquets, Dreams, and Realities

Banquets, Dreams and Realities

Three years ago we put together our first banquet then our second came and we told others about our dreams, about our children and about a hope for their future. Today, I entered the reality of that dream. It has confirmed the fact that God desires us to dream, to envision what could be, and to walk in His reality today. We opened up our school this August in Puerto Cortes with our village children. Half of our school is our children. They will be getting a better education than possible in the public or private sector in Honduras. It is a result of sharing our dreams with you. Many Thanks……

When I arrived the contour of the land had dramatically changed. A two story building replaced an old swing set, a couple of trees and a small home adjacent to our local church. The mountain behind us is gone but inside the walls are beautiful children learning and studying to make a difference in their lives. As I walked the halls, I never envisioned its beauty but today it stunned me. The realization of what Papa God has done for these kids is amazing, simply amazing.  We are looking forward to generations with truth and the wisdom of God to make difference for His Kingdom right here in Honduras. These people are lovely, gentle and peaceable. They make you feel like family. One day they will be known as peace makers you watch and you will see.

Do you have a dream for the Kingdom? You should….Look into Jesus eyes and ask what you can do for the Kingdom? He will give you freedom to dream, freedom to bring and freedom to create for His glory. Our King is awesome, this dream came true because we dared to believe, dared to dream and now He has made it reality. These children will have a better life and these children will bring change for the good to their country and you will watch and see. Praise be to our God and Father who gives more abundantly than we can ask or think.

Shalom,

Faithful

Outage

Outage,outside teaching and outrageous sighs.....Today brought us another power outage lasting 5 hours. Teachers were creative as they moved into God's shade and light breeze to work on pronunciation. The remaining staff got fast at work preparing for Friday's graduation. We knew electricity was on in Puerto Cortez and we had computer work to be done so off we went...and we hit the finish line. So come Friday, families of our youngest children will be on hand to watch our graduates receive promotion from their teachers. What a celebration we are going to have! Can't wait... come back and view the pictures right here on Hearts in Honduras!

Lisa and Rick you've Trained them Well!

Tonight was the nino's "La Carta Night". So many happy faces with dum dums sticking out of their mouths and trying to talk at the same time. The children got right into their envelopes of mail. They began coming to us for new english words to write, excitement was in the air. Tonight, I was so impressed with the boys stepping up to keep the room stick free. Stick free? What do I mean? Well they are learning to care for their own home more and more and little by little by putting the trash where it belongs. Small victory yet a giant step the right direction. A little birdie told me she has been working on it in their class. Kudos for Maria!

Outrageous Sigh!

Let me tell you my highlight tonight in the lettering writing...Cristian opened up a simple 4x6 card with the words, "Te Amo Mucho Cristian" Love Lisa and this child face lit up with a smile as broad as it could go and gave a huge sigh. This tender note hit the heart string of this boy right to the core. We thank you for taking the time to send a quick note because it meant so much to the child on this end receiving it. Since words can't accurately reflect his heart here's his picture.



So as I sat there taking in the evening I began to see little feet, bare feet and unusual looking feet. Then I would slip out of my chair and borrow one shoe and be gone. You see all of you helped them when you bought plants at the plants sale. With what we earned we brought them shoes so those little feet can run and jump and play. Here is a sample of shoes we replaced on those precious little feet. Thank you ever so kindly.

As I took my seat once again, Ezekiel came over to me and gave me a picture. This picture fits my life. Look, what do you see? You see, Jesus has me on a fishing trip for life. It is joyous and has tremendous rewards bringing heaven to earth. Come along, sharing is fun!

School Rewarded

Thank you Lord for good Honduran coffee; and the house mommies for having it ready early!

Today, we headed to the classroom to help with english and math activities. Roman numerals, rounding, word sounds and english bingo were some of the fun we had in class. I think I have found where the children will speak english and not be shy. Oh what fun it was to hear them speak and speak full sentences and in good english. These little ones have been hiding lots of words and conversation but no longer. I've found the secret place where they speak. :)
We had a school district employee evaluate our school today and she couldn't say enough wonderful things about it. She was simply amazed at the classrooms, the kids and what they saw. PTL! Cudoos to our wonderful staff!

The highlight of our trips are "La Carta". From the monent we step foot in the village until the night the boys and girls get to receive their letters they ask, "When is La Carta?" The children love to receive letters and love to write back to you. They keep up with what is happening in your lives and are truly concerned about you. So keep theose letters coming! If you haven't written one of our children go onto h2hcv.org and contact us so you can begin.

Motion

What goes up and down and stays in motion with pumping? Hum…Yes, you guessed it; eight little children swinging on the swings. All eight children were laughing and calling out me, me, me. They wanted to swing higher and higher, oh my.From the high swings to follow the leader they were lead into the air conditioned room. Our team painted hands, stamped their hand prints and produced multiple finger painting cards. When all was said and done each finger was colored multiple times with Crayola paints and washed just as many. We had fourteen little ones running all around, waiting for a turn to paint and someone to tell them, well done.

Today, our newest little baby weak from malnutrition walked with the help of one of our team. This was the highlight for our day as he smiled proudly walking the entire room. I am sure God was watching him and delighting in what He saw. Another child saved from the hardships that exist all too often in this nation.

In another part of the village the older children were getting hygiene lessons for their teeth, kinder graduation pictures were taken and of course more English. I am amazed at how quickly children can learn once they put their minds to it. Today was a good day filled with lessons, laughter and lines. Thank you Papa for another chance to touch your little ones….