Grand Evangelistic Campaign - EBS, the church of Christ in Barrio Nueva Esperanza, and the Metro Church in Orlando, FL

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Sunday: Sunday started off with cooler weather and a nice breeze. A number of congregations gathered to worship together, including La Mansión, El Colegio, and Nueva Esperanza. The Messengers sang again for us, Samuel Ramirez led us in song, and then Juan Carlos led our thoughts in the sharing of the Lord's Supper.

Dan Holland, a preacher from the Metro church, shared with us from Luke 15, the story Jesus told of the Prodigal Son. But the theme he emphasized for us was the part of the older brother. Jesus called us to celebrate with him in the great celebration of the return of those who have wandered from our God. Dan was interpreted by Ricardo Lee, from the Woodmont church of Christ in Nashville.

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		Samuel Ramirez
				Barry
		Julie			Darcy
		Bret			Lynn
		Marlene			Doug
		Juan Carlos
		Dan & Rick

After the crowd had dispersed, the crew from the Metro church packed up their equipment and we had a lunch from Tonita Pacheco, the Director of EBS. Then we took some time for photos before we headed for the spot where we would baptize the 2 young ladies.

		Metro crew			Metro crew with Tonita Pacheco, Samuel Ramirez, Joanne Tomkins and others
		Metro crew with Tonita, Joanne, and Dania Mejia. Nice sombrero, cowboy.			On the way to the baptismal site
		This spot has the Samuel Ramirez seal of approval.			Confessing that Jesus will be both their Lord and Savior.
				Yeny being washed clean from her sins in baptism.
		Happy Birthday from Marlene for your new birth in Christ, Yeny
		Claudia being clothed with Christ in baptism.
		Happy Birthday from Travis
		Prayer of joy
		Celebrar! (Celebrate!)

Later Sunday afternoon, we visited the Central Park in Catacamas, Olancho and had Sarita Ice Cream. That is practically a required stop for every visitor to Catacamas.

And yes, that is a BIG tree.

Saturday and the Third Night: Saturday was a very busy day with a men's seminar in the morning, a youth rally in the afternoon, and then a time of gathering in the evening. A good crowd heard the small chorus from the church in Nueva Esperanza, the Messengers and then a lesson from Dan Holland. This 3rd night there were 4 responses. Two of those wanted to be baptized and two wanted encouragement in their walk with Jesus.

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		The children like to hang around David Linkinhoker
		Samuel Ramirez leading us in worship.
		Alfa sings their hearts out to us once again.
		The Messengers enthrall and encourage us in song.
		Claudia and Yeny came forward desiring to give their life to Christ in baptism and Karla and Angela came forward desiring the prayers and the encouragement of the brothers and sisters for assistance in their walk.

Second Night: The second night went much better than the first. Freddy Lopez supplied a generator sufficient to keep the sound system going, then God blessed us with a gentle rain to cool us down, and then Dan Holland preached an excellent lesson from Luke about the different soils - each one signifying a different type of heart. The examples he used were excellent for all us hearers.

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		Special surprise: a choral group from the iglesia de Cristo de Barrio Nuevo Esperanza.
				Hugo Espinal and Juan Carlos, 2 brothers from the iglesia de Cristo en Barrio El Colegio, Catacamas.
				The wonderful chorus of the Metro church in Winter Springs (Orlando), FL.
		AV Crew: Alex, in the white shirt, saved the day with quick thinking the night before.
		Travis is always surrounded by kids.
		During the sermon by Dan, the children did special things with Travis and his crew.
				Dan Holland preaches a sermon that convicts us all.
		Rick Lee translating.
				Our intrepid interpreter, Ricardo G. Lee
		A member of the audience is chosen to make a point about inpenetrable soil.
		Juan Carlos reminds us that money is useless unless used.
		Samuel Ramirez finishes the night out with a call to remember that we aren't assured of tomorrow.
		Darcy found an old friend.

First Night: The first evening, overcoming power outages and brownouts that left their sound equipment useless, the chorus sang and Dan Holland, pulpit minister at the Metro church in Winter Springs (Orlando), FL, preached about finding treasure in the gospel and in Jesus Christ. Special thanks go to Alex Lastra for figuring out how to work around the power problems.

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