The events of the past week in Honduras have been tumultuous–those of us who love Honduras and the people of Honduras have watched with sadness and hope. We have prayed for our beloved brothers and sisters in Honduras, thousands of fellow-Christians in hundreds of churches established over the past 30 years. We can hardly understand the emotions and experience they are enduring. We continue to pray and ask you to pray as well–especially on this day when President Zelaya, who was escorted out of the country by the military a week ago, has vowed to return.
Emotions are running high and we can only wait and see what will happen with the presence and power of the Lord for which we pray. All of the North American mission groups which were housed at Baxter Institute have been safely evacuated. We are in a unique and potentially precarious situation in comparison to other mission efforts in Honduras. We not only have dozens of Honduran employees that we want to protect, we also are concerned about the students who come from all across Latin America with connections and roots in various countries involved in this situation.
We trust you can understand why we are purposefully maintaining a low profile with minimal postings about the situation. Generally, our work goes on normally with minimal disruption, although we have taken some measures to limit the exposure of our students to potential harm on the streets.
Again, we solicit your prayers for Honduras–for the safety of Christians, for an outcome that encourages the spread of the gospel, and for the glory of God among his people and in the world.