I don't know when I have ever been so excited to participate in a mission trip, and now our flight is just a few hours from taking off.  All the preparation is complete and we will soon see what the Lord has in store for us there.

Thanks to my East Baptist family for your generous support in helping me to go.  Your gifts have left me almost speechless.  I have told several people that it's in my heart to be going more often to this mission field that is ready to harvest.  You might just speed along my dreams!

I will be dividing my time between two projects while we are there.  I will be working to help train several groups of pastors who are hungry for all the Bible and church formation instruction they can get.  One other team member and I will be focused on this effort.  I am also hopeful that I can spend a good amount of time in the two villages where the rest of the team will be working.

Pray for the village of La Laguna.  There is a small church there.  We will be building an open air shelter for/with them to provide a place in which they can worship.  We'll also be doing work with the children and bringing school supplies and gifts for them.

The second village in which we will spend most of the remainder of our time is El Membrillal.  There are no known believers there.  Their chief has expressed an interest in the gospel and the door is wide open for us to freely share God's love with the people.  Pray with us that the chief and others would be saved in the near future!

If I can get an internet connection I'll try to update this blog sometime during the week to let everyone know how things are going.  That might prove to be tricky as the villages do not have electricity!  Perhaps I will be fortunate enough to find an internet cafe in one of the towns where we will be teaching.

God bless you all and thank Him that He is still working and changing lives around the world!  All nations will bless His holy name!
--Pastor Jon