The Kairos Discipleship School returned Friday night from their 2 ½ week mission trip to Honduras. They worked in two remote mountain villages north of La Esperanza, deep in the Opalaca Mountains. These villages are so remote, to reach the villages they must drive in 4×4 trucks for two hours on a “road” that has only existed in recent years. The people who inhabit these villages are Lenca Indians; they pre-date the Mayans and Spanish.
During their time they conducted two medical clinics and constructed a roof on a new church building–erecting trusses and laying corrugated tin roofing. The Kairos Discipleship School started working among this indigenous people four years ago and adopted the village named San Pedrito. Since that time, the school has been returning every year.
Initially, the Lenca people in San Pedrito were afraid and would not even come out to meet the visitors. Year after year we have returned to conduct medical clinics, build houses and conduct children's programs. It has been amazing to watch God work. Today, there is a growing congregation, a church building (now with a roof), a pastor, and the men in the church have made a commitment to take the Gospel to the surrounding villages.
The trip was also very successful for the Kairos Discipleship School students. It was physically and emotionally challenging. That often brings spiritual challenges too. They experienced a lot of rain, cold temperatures, and mud with no showers. But, they pushed through, grew, and have played an important role in expanding the kingdom, not to mention their own faith.
Our partnership with Mercy International in Honduras is a strategic investment. It enables us to take a fresh crop of discipleship school students each year and produce a strategic impact in a location. As a result, a church was planted and is now thriving.
The students are on now on spring break. Classes resume in our Kansas City location on March 17.
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