Immanuel in Honduras | 以马内利洪都拉斯

This year was my 2nd time going on our church mission trip to Honduras. I remember early on asking God to send me there with no expectations; as my mind thought of a few, I soon felt God’s peace, and instantly my mind was feeling settled.

Upon arrival, I felt like I was home. We were greeted by Living Hope and Honduran friends, it was an amazing first few minutes that immediately filled my heart with joy.  We started right away serving the people of Honduras as God called us to do. Each day we brought the love in our hearts along with medical supplies, doctors, contractors to restore, art & crafts, praise & worship, and evangelizing to all who came. 

We had a day of prison ministry as we did last year and along with last year, this part of our mission had a profound impact on my soul. My visit last year impacted me in a way that I found myself just sobbing at the sight of God’s presence and thinking wow, “God is here, He is everywhere.“ I found myself sharing my testimony again to about 300 male inmates. This time I was speaking to these men of life, not what I had necessarily gone through in the past but how God has come into my life, He has taken it over and completely changed me. I remember looking the men in their eyes and speaking God’s words of power, redemption, and His love for us. The few minutes that I was up there were the most profound few minutes of my life as I felt like my words were heard, that someone out there would accept Christ to come into their life and allow for an amazing transformation.

As I said earlier, Honduras is home, the people there are family and if it is in God’s plan, I will 100% go back next year!

今年是我第二次参加我们教会前往洪都拉斯的短宣之旅。出发前，我记得自己早早就向神祷告，求祂让我带着一颗没有任何期待的心前往。虽然脑海中曾浮现过一些自己的想法和期待，但很快我就感受到神所赐的平安，内心立刻安定了下来。

当我们抵达洪都拉斯时，我竟有一种回到家的感觉。Living Hope 的同工和洪都拉斯的朋友们热情地迎接了我们，那短短几分钟就让我的心充满了喜乐。随后，我们立刻开始了神呼召我们去做的服事。每天，我们带着基督的爱，连同医疗物资、医生、建筑施工团队、艺术与手工活动、赞美敬拜，以及福音信息，一起服事每一位前来的人。

和去年一样，今年我们又前往监狱开展福音事工。与去年一样，这段服事深深触动了我的灵魂。去年的监狱探访让我感动得泪流满面，因为我真切地感受到神的同在，并不断在心里惊叹：“神就在这里！祂无处不在！” 今年，我再次向大约300位狱友做生命的见证。这一次，我所分享的不再只是自己过去所经历的一切，而是神如何进入我的生命，如何完全掌管我的人生，并彻底改变了我。我记得自己望着这些弟兄们的眼睛，向他们宣讲神满有能力的话语，讲述祂的救赎，以及祂对我们的深爱。站在那里分享的那几分钟，是我生命中最深刻的时刻之一。我感到自己的话被听见了，也相信，在那些听众当中，一定会有人愿意接受基督进入他们的生命，并经历那奇妙而彻底的生命更新。

正如我一开始所说，洪都拉斯对我来说就是家，那里的人就是我的家人。如果这是神的计划，我百分之百愿意明年再次回到那里！