More News from Honduras.

I want to thank everyone who prayed for Mario, one of our church planting coaches. We put the prayer request out online and a number of people prayed for him. Here is what happened:

Mario and Paco, one of our 2 men CPM teams (Luke 10), specifically the team we call team 4, has just been deployed into a new department of Honduras. They are based in the city of Danli in the department of El Paraiso. They are just beginning the process of looking for persons of peace and making the relational contacts that will result in new Discovery Bible Studies.

On December 13, Mario was on his motorcycle and was the victim of a hit and run incident. A truck hit him, knocking him from the motorcycle onto the road. The truck then sped away. Mario hit his head on the road and for a while, bleeding from the nose and mouth, looked to be possibly seriously hurt. His teammate Paco got him back to their home and gave him some medical attention, then they contacted our Strategy Coordinator, Randy Travis. Randy is at our base, many hours from Danli. Randy instructed Paco to get Mario to a hospital, which he did. After some tests and medication, Mario was sent home and is doing better. He has a slight concussion as his only reminder of the incident. The motorcycle suffered what we think is about 400 dollars damage. Praise God for his goodness in preserving Mario's life.

Please pray for all our teams as they travel in very hazardous conditions to bring the life changing Word of God to people who as yet have not received it.

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