Matters of Life and Death
I was speaking with one of WME's missionaries earlier today and we were discussing the situation in Honduras. As we talked I reflected again on the circumstances we have just had in the work. On the last blog post I shared how that 2 pastors that were about to receive CPM training were murdered on the day of the training. This event did not happen specifically because of CPM , that is to say, not because of persecution for the sake of the gospel, but rather as collateral damage in the ongoing drug war in Honduras. Honduras has the number 1 murder rate in the Western Hemisphere (approximately 10 times Mexico, and 3 times Colombia). These pastors were in the crossfire between 2 drug traffickers and the police/military. While this was not "persecution" it certainly was "spiritual warfare". What I shared with the missionary was the fact that this project is just over 3 years old right now. It officially started in May 2008 when the first workers were trained by R...