Missionary Report Jun
2008
MISSIONARY TO HONDURAS, C.A.
Ted
Tweet, Apartado Postal 1880, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, C.A.
Honduran phone # 011-504-551-0302; USA phone # that rings in Honduras (859)
448-3585
E-mail tltweet5555@aol.com
Sponsoring Church:
Bryan Station
Baptist Church, 3175 Briar Hill Road, Lexington,
KY 40516
Dear Brothers
and Sisters in Christ,
“This is the day
which the Lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it. It is a
beautiful day today in San Pedro Sula, the
birds were singing as I studied and read this morning and continue as I write
this letter to you all. I love to hear their music as they sing.
Last night the 2nd
of July, when Bro. Bautista and I returned after the service in Jesús de Otoro,
it rained the whole way home. A lot of the roads are not marked with
stripes or side lines so it was treacherous driving all the way home. We
are always thankful to the Lord for the way He protects us as we make our way
home. I preached on the subject of the Holy Spirit and how He works
before we are saved and during the process of salvation and how He indwells us
after our conversion. The Lord gave me their undivided attention as I
preached.
I want to thank
you for praying with us regarding the leading of the Lord in our lives at this
time, and know that all of you are waiting to hear from me. Many of you
already know, because of the internet and I know that news flies fast in this
world today. I will now give you the word from “the horse’s mouth”.
After much prayer I have accepted the call to pastor the Philadelphia Baptist Church
as soon as I can liquidate many of our possessions. We will need to rent
a container to bring back the rest of our things. We are trying to sell
the cars and the house as well. I hope that we will be able to make the
move soon. The Lord will accomplish His will in His time, so we are
relying upon Him to lead us and the buyers. It may happen tomorrow or He
may want us to continue preaching and teaching here for a bit longer. It
is in His hands and I will trust in His Divine providence and pray for wisdom
and protection as we go through this transition.
Until we move,
we will continue to be your missionaries in Honduras,
Central America. Please be patient with
us and know that we will let you know when we move to Alabama. We have always been
transparent with those who support this work. In 23 years, every month we
have reported what is going on with the Tweets and the mission efforts.
This will be a big move for us, but it is what the Lord wants for us at this
time. Please pray fervently for us and this move.
During this
month we were blessed to have both Bro. Lisandro Córdova,
pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church
in Rio Esteban, and Bro. Anastacio Suazo, pastor of both the Balfate and Lis-Lis
Baptist Churches,
preach for the church here in San
Pedro Sula. They were invited by the Dios
Soberano Baptist Church.
It was a blessing to hear them proclaim the Word of God. Bro. Anastacio said that they have eleven men in the church in
Lis Lis, and Bro. Lisandro said that they have over
thirty-five in their men’s class. This church baptized 14 people two
weeks ago, for which we praise the Lord. Some were couples who were living
together as a family, but had not gotten married. Now they’ve been saved
and wanted to get married and baptized. Others were some of the young
people who have grown up in the church, and the Lord has saved their souls.
The church had a prayer meeting for one week which was scheduled to start
at four in the morning and close at six, but each morning more people came; and
by the end of the week, they closed the service at twelve noon! “The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” There were
fifty brothers and sister on their knees starting at four in the morning!
They had a devotion led by one of the brethren before they separated in
groups. Many of them had walked twenty five minutes and got wet crossing
the Rio Esteban river. The Lord is so good to us, how faithful are we?
It is rare that
we ask for ourselves, but the need to move things to the USA and get
them to Decatur, Al will be expensive. I will have the numbers to give
you in the next month’s report or sooner. I have heard the container
placed in Miami will cost about three thousand
dollars plus the truck to haul it to Decatur.
Sylvia and I are so thankful for each church and pastor which have this
mission work upon their heart. The support, which many of you given to
this work for so many years, has been used for this work 100%, and it is
continuing to produce souls for the kingdom and members of the Lord’s
churches. Do not forget to support these brethren in your prayers as they
continue to work in this country.
I want to have
the liberty to call upon my supporting pastors and churches for the need which
will continue to exist here. The need to come down here once and while to
preach a conference or revival meeting will be important to them; some of them
have already mentioned this to me. We need to all be praying that the
Lord will work in the heart of a man of God to come down here as a new
missionary, because the need still exists here for someone to come. May
the Lord bless you all as you serve our great God.
Your brother in
Christ, Ted Tweet