The passports have been purchased. Our vaccinations are up to date. We've begun our probiotic supplements. We've spent our life savings in tiny bottles of travel sized liquids (kidding), and our bags are packed ( in carry-ons this year since they decided to charge $25 now even for luggage on an international flight, and I am not sure how I am going to repack our dirty clothes once the trip is over). Honduras Here we Come!
These past two weeks have flown by as we have been evangelizing, making new friendships, and preparing for our Honduran mission trip that begins this Thursday. We have been packing our 6 army duffle bags full of benevolence items for the children in Tegucigalpa, and we are blown away by the generosity that has been shown to us and the people of Honduras. I cannot wait to show you all the pictures and stories of our trip when we return. After 3 years of absence from the Honduran mission trip, the boys and I are ready to help translate, teach kids classes, and see our family. This will be the first time that our two youngest boys will get to experience Honduras. Please pray for us, we are sorely outnumbered on the airplane ride, and it's a very early flight. We are loaded down with snacks, stickers, electronics, and bubblegum to help ease the craziness. 4 am is going to come early for them Thursday morning. We also ask for you to remember us in prayer throughout this week and the next. We have some specific requests that you petition on our behalf. Please pray for the: gospel meeting seminar vbs and children's classes evangelism efforts restoration efforts safe travels easy immigration passage going and coming health and safety of our team health and safety of our children specifically safe travels of the 7 Latino preachers attending the hearts to be softened and ready to hear the Gospel our families in the US to be safe while we are away our flights to be on-time and to arrive safely We greatly appreciate your support in our Mission efforts here and abroad. Your prayers have already made all the difference. Our mission work here in St. Louis continues to move steadily. Our new family from the D.R. was caught in a predicament as her husband left town for the week for a work commitment and took the car keys with him. So Elias was able to pick them up from University City Sunday morning, and we had all our families in attendance once again. We had a wonderful time chatting and getting to know our new family at the potluck following services. The rice they brought was delicious too! We are so thankful to have two bilingual members from West End fill in for Elias this week while we are away on Mission. Kyle Crews and Paul Sanchez have so graciously and bravely offered to lead singing, pray, preach, and teach Bible class Wednesday night and Sunday morning. If you see them, please give them a pat of encouragement and a quick Thank you! We are so blessed to be able to leave the congregation in such good hands, especially this early in our ministry. We will leave you this week with a sweet picture of our littlest love with his new friend. She walks back and forth during services asking for snacks or toys from Abel, and he usually isn't too obliged to share. (Frankly, when he sees her coming, he tends to start saying NOOO, "DOOE" or "Go!" and pointing for her to go back to her mom). But this time, Abel shared his veggie straws, coloring books, and goldfish gladly, and I was thankful to sneak this sweet picture of them.
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AuthorElias and Kristi Roque have been married for 9 years and during this time have planted/grown 4 congregations. They have 4 boys 7 and under working alongside them. Archives
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