Happy New year!

Hello all!

wow, to think this is the final day of 2009 and to look back over the year and really think about where the Lord has taken us as a body. in Aug I started this blog because of my life in Honduras. that was almost five months ago, we have grown from a simple blog to a blog with multiple readers the fact I am slowly becoming aware of.
I give praise to God for the wonderful blessings he has given us this year, I have been provided money, safety,wisdom,language abilities, etc. The Lord is so good and it is my heart to see him do even greater things. My goals for this year are as followed but if the Lord has other plans then he can change them:
1. become even closer in my walk wiht the Lord
2.Reach the hispanics with the Love of christ
3.start driving allowing more time for ministry.
4.work closer as the Lord opens the door with the Mission ball
5.reach the Lost
6.walk only in the holy spirit
7.Go to Central America
8.work with the youth to raise up a team of missionaries.
9.keep writing this blog
10.walk one day at a time.
Thank you all for a great year and may God bless your new year!
Josiah

The Mission ball part 2

Hello all

I wanted to write something else about the mission ball, as I was talking with the leader of the Mission ball today, he mentioned that there is a huge need for the text of the ball to get translated, this is why I am writing. I have an idea, if you or someone you know lives in another country you could help translate the ball it is a simple process and easy to do I am supposed to be getting the text sometime this week.
And then start the process of trying to find translators. But I was wondering if who ever reads this blog could help me out if they feel called to do so.
My request is that you pray about how you can help translate the text and if the Lord could open the door for translations. This is the main way to help out the Mission ball besides donations. If you are interested in helping out or have any questions e-mail me at; joyofthesower@hotmail.com
Thank you,
Josiah

The mission ball and it's ministry.

Hello all!

I wanted to let you all know about an awesome organization by whom I have been blessed and who is helping in the mission field, the name is the Mission ball. The goal of the Mission ball is simple; print soccer balls in multiple languages that have the gospel and ten commandments written all over it. Soccer is the number one sport in the world and every country has a team. The mission ball is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Creole. I believe that this is an intelligent way to reach the world. I would love it if we could team together and help out by passing out balls and donating money.
below is the link for the mission ball please take time to read it and pray about it.
www.themissionball.org
Thank you for reading,
Josiah

Merry Christmas!

Hello all!

I wanted to post my christmas blog.
This past year has been eventful and busy, as you all know I have spent the last four months serving in Honduras Central America. I am happy to be home with my family and friends and to celebrate the birth of the Lord, I want to thank you all this christmas season for the prayer and support you have given me these past few months as I lived down south. I am so blessed by you guys and I am glad to see everyone once again. I have experienced a lot of new things, and I will never forget.
As we enter into Christmas tomorrow I hope we all will remember the real reason for the season. I could just give a simple christmas message but it really comes down to this one thing, God became flesh and dwelt among us, we beheld his glory.
Isiah 9:2 says that the light came into the darkness and the those who walk in the darkness have seen a great light.
As we get into christmas, let us keep the light as our focus that is what Missions is all about. and that is what our purpose in this world is supposed to be.
God bless, and Merry christmas!
Josiah-Joy of the sower

estamos aqui (we are here)
Hello all!

We are here in the united states, and it is really nice to be home finally. I am enjoying seeing my friends and family and getting back tomy normal life. As most of you know I am noit returning to Honduras for another six months. it is too long and I have things I have to do here in the states. I would love to because I love honduras, but scfhool is a priority and I must follow the Lord's will for my life. some of you are wondering what Iam going to do now that I am back in the states, my plans are to simply pray and see what the Lord allows me to do. He sent me to Honduras to prepare me for something and I really hopeit is work among the spanish. Please be praying for me as I try to figure out what he has for me now. either way, I do plan on keeping this blog going with updates on my life and reflections about Honduras and any updates on any mission trips or outreaches. Should the Lord tarry I would like to return to Honduras for the graduation of my class and to see friends.
what is my next mission field? the youth group here and possibly El Salvador next summer.
but I want to present another prayer request for you, as some of you know I have been praying about missions in Mongolia, I have been for a while as the Mongolian people are on my heart. I feel a door might be opening but it would be very expensive. Please pray for me as I take this step of faith and really start praying about the possibility of missions to Mongolia. I know this is far fetched as I have learned spanish and yet I might be heading to a totally different place. But I must keep the idea in mind
But please if you remember to pray for me I would be so happy. Also pray for the missions work in Honduras right now, and for the soccer balls.

final week

Hello all,

Yes i know it has been forever since my last update. But this past week has been really busy and yet again I don't have pictures. I suspose I wil have wait untili am back in the states next week. and yes I said that I am nack next week! it is hard to think that I am almost finished with this adventure, only 5 more days until I am done with this life. I will miss evryone so much, and my way of life here.
A few things I want to share are some intresting things that have happened here.
First off I am leanring the funniness of trnaslating certaiun things, for example down here they say Mi amor, this means my love. so when I was with my techer this past week end shoppng for chrismas gifts I kept hearing what do you want my love? but in reality this is like saying what do you want honey? this just craked me up, or thinking of the time when I greeted someone with how are you old woman? instead of how did your trip go?"but thinking of the culture aspects I really will miss everything I think I will feel weird living back in the states finally. I mean there So what am i doing my final week here? I am trying to get packed, and get ready for the christmas program this friday. I am also trying to finish my time here really well, I feel it has been tough and there have been extra battles these past few weeks. I think the spirutal warfare is getting really high. but I am ready to see what the Lord will do in the next five days. anyways, this is most likely my last post before I fly out but please keep reading as I hope to post more of my time here and what the Lord is and has taught me about missions and what my vision is now.

In the states....and now my final three weeks!

Hello all!

as I write this I am in the states for a short weekend, and getting ready to head intro the final three weeks of my adventure, as I sit here and look back at my time I am so amazed and blessed at everything the Lord has allowed me to do. I have overcome great things that I never would have thought was possible. if someone told me two years ago I would be living in a third world country for 4 1/2 months, then I would freak out, but now it all makes perfect sense. I really feel blessed by everything the Lord has taught me and all he has brought me through. as I talking with friends last night at a wedding, that this year was the most unique ever for me. I have thought about all I have given up to be doing what I am doing, my friends, family, life in the united states. Everything, but you know, despite everything that has happened I do not want to do anything else, this is what I want to do and everything I want to do. I want to go into missions full time and i want to do this exact thing. I have loved the adventure and the feeling of hard work and the love of the people. but now as I prepare to leave Honduras for who knows how long I want to finish on a good note and to be a light for the next three weeks. I am going to finish well and I am looking forward to everything the Lord is going to use me during my time back in the states, maybe it will be missions work among the spanish, or work among the youth, who knows what! but i want to finish my time in Honduras and finish well. Well, not a whole lot to yupdate you all on, i hope you had an awesome thanksgiving and I enjoyed seeing some of you guys this weekend, hope everything is going well.
Love ya!
Josiah

Only 4 days to go

Hello all,

I am here only antoher 4 days until I go home for a quick trip to the states for a friends wedding and thanksgiving, I am excited for this short trip.
I hope all of you are doing well,
I have some news, this past week I got my report card from th first period, I have an amazing grade of 87% this si outstanding for someone who is jumping into an advance school, and I fall only 4% under the top scores of the school. I am listed as a person with ALL A`s in peronsality and willingness to help and behave in class and in school. I am among only three of the excelent in personalty people. This is an honor,
on another note, this week has been one of the hadest weeks since I have moved here, maybe it is because I miss everyone and want to go home. But yet the Lord has been faithful and tonight I was able to get a lot done.
Well it is dark and I am going out to supper with a teacher who had their last day today and now my class is taking him out to eat.
I love you all!
Josiah

my week and my accomplishments

This past week has bee very sucessful, I was able to translate for an older couple who are teachers at the school. I am happy about that and it helps me feel more confident in my spanish, I feel that this past week i have been able to talk in more spanish than ever before. Another accomplishment is the fact that the talent show night went very well and was a huge sucess, we had a lot of people show up and everything went smoothly. This up and coming week I pridicvt will go by slowly, but I am praying it will go by really fast. I pridit it will go by slowly because of my antispation of retunring home for Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to seeing everyone, and I am looking forward to enjoying things that are from the states. I am looking forward to eating normal foods. And enjoying my time with family anf friends. I am really homesick right now just thinking about it.
Update on my spanish as always,
Well, I feel like I have not learned much, but according to the teachers and my youht group, I have learned a lot for only being here for three months. I must learn to not get discourged,
Connection with students
I am so FRUSTERATED with this area, I mean I have been here for three months and not had a chance to really build a firm connection. I leave in a month and i feel like I have wasted my time here, but yet I know the Lord has used me a lot and I know has fullfilled and is fullfilling what I am meant to do down here. I am just so frusterated with not seeing any fruit. perhaps they will come later on, I mean i have learned the culture, and the languge. I am doing what I love.
Prayer request,
1. my stomach, I have been feeling sick lately
2.Spanish as always
3. connection with students
4.wisdom on how to deal with my teacher who believes in evolution
5. a student who just recently developed a immense hatred for the USA and now is taking it out on me.
6. Wisdom on how to close out my relationships with the students as I enter my last month
7.School
8. my homesickness, only a week and half until I come home......
Praise reports,
1. my spanish is getting really good!
2 I have witnessed to some students
3. School is going amazing!
4.I am heading home in a week and half
5.God has allowed me patience with the students
Thank you all for reading this blog update, I hope to see all of you at thanksgiving.
God bless,
Josiah

My week experiement.....

As I mentioned in my last post about doing the week long experiment of walking daily in the spirit, I feel I need to update you all on it, so far it has been wonderful and I have seen some awesome fruits start apearing,
I have enjoyed my time this past week with the Lord, and my time with the students. I have been more productive this week then everbefore. I am so blessed, this experiment is going great, and I feel the need to keep walking in spirit. I will try my best, but I must admit I have not done my part the whole time. There were times when I messed up, but God is faithful. allow me to give some examples of times when I was happy for this experiment,
I had the chance to witness to two students on the bus, whle riding home one day.
I also was more patient with some students, and one of them, a kid who tends to pick on me. Talked with me and started trying to be friends.
Not to mention the opertunites to be able to witness in front of the whole class. When it came to matters of Evoulution, morals, and other issues.
other news:
I am heading hoem for Thanksgiving, I am so thankful for that, I am looking forward to attending my friends wedding and seeing everyone. I will then be retunring to Honduras for another 3 weeks, before coming home for good. I am missing everyone, but I know I will miss Honduras a ton and I am already making plans to come back here in a few years to visit. I also, am praying about my role in life after Highschool. I have felt a strong burden for this region and really want to seek the Lord about giving myself as a missionery.
I went to the oldest church in Central America this past weekend, that was fun. I will try to upload pictures soon.
for now, I need to go I am supossed to be syping in to my youth group!
God bless,
Josiah

my missions challenge

Dear Friends and Family,

I have a missions chalenege that I am going to try for this one week, and pray I keep it. And as I am doing it i want each person reading this to do the same experiment and see what happens, I have been poraying and reading the word and really feel like this is the next thing that will change my focus of missions.
The experiment,
go one whole week, walking in the word, and the spirit, making every decision based on the word of God. I know this seems too hard to do, and I know I will not always suceed. But what effect would it have on each one of us if we tried it for a week or two? so, as I enter school on Monday, I will try to walk in the spirit and the word. Not afraid of my faith, and willing to be a witness to everyone Iu come in contact with. Its time to get real about faith and about what our goals for the kingdom are. It is so hard to express my heart for this experiment i so desire to live out my life in the spirit so that way I may be fruitful. So that way my missions focus can really be challenged, I pray you apply this experiment to your lives as well, in the work place, school, church, every aspect and everything you do everyday. But the question I am challenging myself and you to ask is this, what are we trying to do to please god in this experiment? and are we ready for the results and the trials of this experiment? what cost will we pay this next week? please pray for me as I enter this experiment and I will do the same for you. If you want to ask questions about this or want to share something, simply sned me an email (forgive the grammer, this spanish keyboard is weird) joyofthesower@hotmail.com I will try to answer them as best and as fast as I can. God bless you this next week and always keep praying for me in Honduras.
In christ,
Josiah, joy of the sower

Hola!

Hola Todo!(Hello all)

I hope you are all doing well, I am doing ok, missing everyone as usual but blessed as always. I want to share my heart in something. I have been reading about who Jesus was and abotu the first church. I feel a burden for missions as I read my bible, and I feel like there is something new and exciting brewing brewing in the church for missions. I want to propose something,
as I read my bible, it becomes clear that the holy spirit is indeed real, and alive today. I feel that we must get back to the basics of the word of God and the moving of the Holy spirit. Therefore, my porposal is that we all start walking daily in the spirit for at least one week. just to try it, would it change the way missions is addressed today? yes, it would. we could be so usefull if we would walk by the spirit. Anyways, I am going to challenege myself to walk this way for a week, and see if I can live that way.

My short update.

Hello all!

I wanted to quickly update you all on my grades in school. I have all A`s,B`s and c`s in my classes. my spaish grade is a C and that is really good for not speaking good spanish. I am blessed and I feel like it is a good witness to the students for me to get a good grade in all my classes. I feel really blessed,
I also feel blessed because today I got talking with a student and he asked me if I was serious about wanting to go into the mission field. Also, I have been blessed by being able to speak even more spanish I have a new determination to leanr spanish and really wish I could have more time to study it. My host family tells me tha when I go back to the states, I ned to keep leanring spanish and make sure I dont forget it or get rusty on it. They told me to just find ways to speak spanish. I feel this is good, becuse I feel more and more that I am being called into something more then just this time here. The Lord is stirring my heart for the Central American region and I love being here and will miss everyone when I come home in Dec. Anyways, it}s dark now and I need to get home.
God bless,
Josaih

photos of Honduras

Below are some photos of my life here.

Hello All!

Hello All!

it`s been a long time since my last update and yet now I dont een have that much to update because of a lot of work today. I hope you are all doing well, I want to qucikly update you on school. This past week has been touhg and challenging as it was finals. I have gotten good grades in all classes and I am not in danger of failing. The Lord is faithful in my classes, and I am blessed for that.
a few prayer request for me are as followed:
1. Spanish
2.connection with classmates
3.patience
4.culture adapting
5. soccer balls to be delivered within a month
Thanks for your prayers I need to get going on work.
Josiah

Random Posting

Ok all two blogs in two days! wow, I guess I am making up for lost time this past week.
I hope this blog finds you all all well once again. I figure I would just be posting a random blog about random sorts of things.
As I sit here I have some thouhgts I have been thinking about. The first one being how much am I willing to die to myself to be able to truely be a lfe changer?
maybe someday I will upload a poem I wrote about dying to myself, anyways, I wish I could die to myself fully and truely be a "missionery" I wish I could be witnessing day in and day out. I wonder often what is considered to my mission field and am I truely acting as a missionery? what defines a Missionery? am I truely serving God or should I be doing more? how much of an effort am I making? anywasy, I guess the point I am trying to make is, I am feeling dscourged by lack of fruits showing in my time here maybe I need to just be patient and let it grow in time. Anyways, trhis is a random posting and just a bunch of words some might never want to read. I am just ranting,My second thought is the thought of long term work in Central America region, I am feeling more called and more confident of my work here, I feel as if the possibilty of being here in the region could be very real. No direct dissions as I need to finish Highschool, anyways, this is not a for sure thing and it could dramticaly change in the next years, but anyways I am feeling at peace me being hee for only 2 more months. I want to come back to Honduras to vist and see all my friends again. This post is so random and I am homesick and slightly bored.
God is faithful though and maybe someday I will be back to this region, I really feel this is where I am called. My time here is only 4 mnths I need to take advantage time of this time and do my best effort!
time to close this post
God bless,
Josiah.

Honduras life and more

Ok people,
lets do this!
wow, never thouhg a week could be so long.....this past week has been tough, full of homework, and random things, now I am preparing for yet another long week of test and more. But Among my craziness I have been overwhelmingly blessed this past week and Life in honduras is treating me ok despite the languge, odd foods, and other things. Anyways, I have had some good times w/ the classmates lately we have connected well. I have been busy with school and trying to leanr spanish, finding ways around my town, doing random things, connecting w/ the classmates and students.

Let me update you all on my spanish speaking skills, so far I seem to be coming along well and tonight for the first time I was able to full understand the youth, this is great, because I always have such a hard time understanding youht because they talk faster I think and because they use more slang and other words then adults. as if understanding Spanish is not hard enough
Meanwhile besides leanring spanish, I am keeping a steady grade in french, this is amazing as I am trying to leanr Spanish and French. On my French Oral test I got 9.5 out of 10 points! my teacher was amazed and says I'm ready for testing and also I am leanring fast.
some other classes I keep a steady grade in is Espaniol, this class is touhg and I just simply do my best. The teachers understand I'm trying and they have been helpful. This past week, I have had some incidents regarding some students but things have worked out and I was able to witness to them. Anyways, tonight Honduras lost against the United States (I can't say America because we are in Central America so they say that they are Americans) anyways, I sorta wanted Honduras to win so that way they could go to the world cup, they still have chance but a very slim one. Anyways, hopefully they make it, Honduras needs to go to the world cup it would be very encourging to them to be able to make it. I need to get going it's almost midnight here,
So long!
God bless,
Josiah

This past week and the Lords work

Hello all!

I hope this update finds you well and about the Lord business. As I sit here in Honduras I think of each one of you guys and I miss you all. But I want to share about my past week and how I have been blessed. As some of you may or may not know this past week has been full of many test in school and a lot of homework.
I hav some good news regarding the results of some test, so far I have passed my test and proved to be getting good grades thanks to God. My classmates are somewhat am,azed and I keep telling gthem it's because I study and prepare for test. Please keep them in your prayers, and also the teachrs as they teach us. Along with studying for test I have had a chance to connect with the classmates more this week then before possibly. These are all praise reports but now I want to share what the Lord has done for me spirtualy. He has opended his word to me so much, I have been reading in Luke about Jesus last days on earth and how much he served the diciples rather then worry about his death. I am so blessed by how he did not worry about his future but the future of those arround him. I don't why I feel that can be aplied to me but maybe it's because I know what I'm doing and where the Lord has me and I know I'm in his will. But how many of my classmates and students don't know who the Kord is or a will for their livs that are so precious? Am I so blind to the truth that not everyone is saved? my point is after reading and studying the Lord has spoken to me even more about reaching them then he allowed a door this past thur to be opended at recess. I was able to talk about my faith with a student who has moral stands that are against the bible. The lord is slowly working
Below are some prayer request placed on my heart:
School
my teachers
Classmates as always but please pray for seeds to be watered
a particulur student at school with whom I have been able to have some talks with
My host family, they are conn ected well with me but please pray for my roomate that I can be a witness to him, he came with me to youht group tonight for the first time so the Lord is moving!
spanish skills
Praise reports:
Test went good
School is going really good
The Lord is faithful and true
Thank again for all yor prayers, please keep praying!
Josiah

Ocean Pictures.

Hola all!

Here are some pictures of me in the ocean.
the last one is of the biggest mall in Central America.
The lord is doing a work here as always I have had schol of this past week due to political problems but I am ready to return.

What is going on right now

Right now in Honduras as some of you know there is some upsets polticaly.
I just wanted to say I am ok and that La esperanza is ok. Keep praying for Honduras.
I am remaining netrual in this time, please keep praying and know that my sister and I are safe here and we are not in danger.
There is a curfew in effect for my city but nothing huge, no school but we will hopefully return tomarrow.
God bless,
Josiah

The ocean and beyond......

Hello all!

again no photos I}m using a different computer and seem to have forgotten my camera cord.
but today I had the chance to see two big things today, the first one being the ocean and with me never seeing the ocean before it was amazing! it was the Atlantic ocean, the biggest in the world. Also, I had the chance to see the biggest mall in central America and the biggest sea port in central America all located right within Honduras! truly amazing as the mall is four stories high and packed full of American stores and coffee shops! the ocean was cool as well as I could sit on the "ocean bottom" lol. Very cool, besides those things i also met more reletives of my host family a few of them speaking fluent English. They however are convincing me to speak only in Spanish so I can learn. It has been a nice vacation and now I do not feel like going back to school on Monday, but it will be nice to be back on the mission field(:
the students are also most likely dreading coming back to school because of the fact of more classes because of no parade. But ti will also allow me more time to connect with the student because we won`t be at school with the band until 5 in the afternoon. I am looking forward to that fact.
some prayer request:
Health I am somewhat sick right now
Students
my bible time it has been good but I feel like I need to read more
my host family
safe travel from my vacation back to my home
the next up and coming week as I hit more clasess and more intense work
the Soccer balls coming this next week
Praise reports
I have had the opportunity to witness to my host family more this past week
Fruit might be starting to show
The lord has allowed to have internet access a lot lately
Safe travel so far
My Spanish is coming along

Thanks again for reading this!
God bless,
Josiah

What is commitment?

Something that has been on my heart lately is the topic of commitment, this past week the Lord has spoke to me so much and it hurts but it's good. I was doing some bible verse searching recently and came across this bible verse from 1st Peter 4:19 “Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to him in doing good, as to a faithful creator”(NKJV)
This verse spoke to me and really made me think about my level of commitment to what the Lord has me doing here in Honduras, I was thinking about all the Lord has allowed me to do and how blessed I am. But I also was thinking of how much I need to commit in the next 3 months. 3 months is 3 months and it is my time of commitment. It's not long so I need to give it my all, it is God's will for my life, so I need to do it all for the glory of God! Commitment is giving it your all and simply being used by God for his glory. We are to Commit our SOULS to him in doing good, in doing the work of God!
how amazing we get to serve the creator of the universe!
I pray you will be blessed by the level of commitment when you decide to step out of your comfort zone and really commit to what ever area God has called you

What I ate today

Today was intresting, I ate Fish eye it was somewhat good,
nothing copared to cow stomach soup. Anyways, Içm on vacation right now.

Hola Todo! (Hello All)

Hola de Honduras!

Well I have some news to do with my last post, I will not be getting internet for another week at least, and when I say week I mean a honduras week time frame(: we"ll see when I get it,
I also have been busy getting ready for the parade tomarrow! I also am antispating the arrival of soccer balls from the mission ball! www.missionball.org it will be nice.
Yesterday I ate a soup that has cow intestnines in it! it was good, and toay we had our last final band pratice\jam it was good before our big performace Tomarrow! I}m heading to the ocean on Wed and I am hoping to be able to mkae it to some of the youht retreat this weekend, but we`ll see. I had t chance to meet more reletives of my host family yesterday that was fun! they speak fluent english, thinking of englihs a week ago I met two canadaians who looked as lost as me on my firt week, standing i the middle of the city park looking confused. I figured I could help, so I went up and talked with them and pointed them in the direction of a tourist place making sure they wee going to be ok(:
just another day in Honduras life!
well I need to get going,}
God bless,
Josiah

No time to post(:

I seem to be neglecting the blog, part of the reason is because right now I am increidably busy, with the parade and other sorts of stuff. But I have some good news! my host family is most likely getting internet and so I can blog even more(: praise the lord for the abilty to communicate! As I think of communcation I am reminded of how far my spansish is coming.
Today I had yet another chance to use it is awesome! anyways, the Lord is faithful to me in every way,

right now I am really buys but after the independence parade things will return to normality for me or at least what normaility for me in Honduras is like. I have had homework plus band everyday until 5. But after Tue it will calm down and hopefully I can serve the classmates more and focus on more ministry. As for my ministry here, the Lord is mocing he has allowed more opertunites yet to minister to the students in ways I wish I could explain. I was praying about how to witness to them when I opend my bible to luke and read about how Jesus said that he who wants to be the greatest must be the servant of all and to let your light shine before ALL men. I just felt like I was called to simply live by example.
Anyways, the lord is moving my "Student ministry" it is such a open mission field and the door is open but I'm not sure how to use the opertunity besides show them by loving them and being an example. I have to get going,
Dios es fiel!
Josiah

estamos aqui (we are here)

Hello all!

We are here in the united states, and it is really nice to be home finally. I am enjoying seeing my friends and family and getting back tomy normal life. As most of you know I am noit returning to Honduras for another six months. it is too long and I have things I have to do here in the states. I would love to because I love honduras, but scfhool is a priority and I must follow the Lord's will for my life. some of you are wondering what Iam going to do now that I am back in the states, my plans are to simply pray and see what the Lord allows me to do. He sent me to honduras to prepare me for something and I really hopeit is work among the spanish. Please be praying for me as I try to figure out what he has for me now. either way, I do plan on keeping this blog going with updates on my life and reflections about honduras and any updates on any mission trips or outreaches. Should the Lord tarry I would like to return to Honduras for the graduration of my class and to see friends.
what is my next mission field? the youht group here and posibly El Salvador next summer.
but I want to present another prayer request for you, as some of you know I have been praying about missions in Mongolia, I have been for a while as the Mongolian people are on my heart. I feel a door might be opening but it would be very expensive. Please pray for me as I take this step of faith and really start praying about the possibilty of missions to Mongolia. I know this is far fetched as I have leanred spanish and yet I might be heading to a totally diffrent place.
But please if you remember to pray for me I would be so happy. Also pray for the missions work in honduras right now, and for the soccer balls.

First month

Wow! this is now my first month in Honduras, it has gone by so fast. I want to update you all on school, I orginally had a long update and very imformative but seem to have lost it on my computer somewhere. anyways, school is going well and I am making friends, it is very stressfull as I am praticing in the school band until 5 then heading home and doing homework. after the parade I hope to be more free to do more ministry and focus on the students. The relationship part is hard but I have only been in school 3 weeks or so. I am thankful for God blessing me and allowing me to have relationships with some students, I am also very happy for being invited to play soccer with the students nearly everyday. I am a horrible soccer player but I can improve.
four of my classes are in spanish and therfore very difficult to do well in but the teachers are understanding and they have helped me out a lot. I really feel that the school is my mission field and if the lord permits then the youht group, but right now the school is my mission field. The students all need Jesus and it is only a matter of trusting the Lord for me to be able to witness to them. I am not sure what the best way to reach them is besides just being an example.
I have had the opertunitys to wittness to them multiple times therough moral conversations.
they also have been watching me and seeing how I act sometimes asking questions regarding my faith. Already the Lord is blessing my ministry among the students, it is amazing. I was feeling discourged and wondering why I'm here when the lord spoke to me therouhg both my sister and his word and told me that the students are my ministry, not just going out and starting a bible study but really seeking the Lord and allowjng him to simply use me everyday I walk into the school. I hope I have updated you enouhg on school,
God bless
Josiah

Week 2

Me in my uniform

A Fort we vistited

my host family and me

My host family

Hello!

I have now been in Honduras for 2 weeks, 2 weeks have gone by so fast,

I am excited with all that is going on here, and all the Lord is doing,

I went to Gracias, Honduras this past weekend to see something other then La Esperanzana,
it was nice, I am thankful for the fact schol is going well.

I am also happy that I am making friends here, my life has been good and a couple of nights ago, my host family was talking to me about me staying or the whole school year(: I`ll consider it in three months, lol. anyways, below are some pitures from the weekend. I am feeling a little homesick this week, but my host family is helping me.

Blog upate

Blog update 2!

Sorry, I have not wrote much internet connection here is shady, sometimes I can make it to the internet and other days I can't. I just sent out another update but perhaps I'll put some other information in this blog.

I am loving it here, I am kinda homesick but I think my first month will be hard, it was harder yesterday when I celebrated my 16th birthday with my sister and host family, I was kinda sad because it was the first birthday away from home. But I'm happy and thankful for the host family who so willingly takes care of me. The Mom and Dad are amazing, The boys are funny, and I'm feeling at home here. It helps to Have Felicia and a Host family that loves me and I love them. I am also looking forward to meeting another foreign exchange student in late August. She is from Italy or so I hear, another girl is coming from America but going the neighbor school of Southwest. On Thur I toured the school and met my teachers, they are very nice. I am learning Soccer like crazy, and my Spanish coming ok. I am taking a french class in English it should be interesting because I'm learning Spanish too. I'll be really Bi lingual! I'm also enjoying the church, the message on Sunday spoke to me, (it was translated) it was talking about Joseph and his test of faith with Potiphers wife, but the pastor was talking about spiritual test and maturity and giving up the pleasures for God's will. To top things off I have been reading about in my devotions about denying your self and following Christ and to cast of anything and go and tell all God has done for you. I am so eager for what the Lord has planned for me. I am so excited!

Dios te bendiga,
Josiah

pictures

Here are some pictures

I honestly thought I would have more by now but I am really busy I think I wil to get some

of my host family real soon!

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Blog update

I visited the biggest lake in Honduras and toured La Esperanza, I am getting familiar with the Spanish language, I enjoyed touring La Esperanza and scouting out my missions field(: The town is wonderful and the lake was awesome! We ate fish and fried bananas yesterday and today we had Beans, tortilla, beef (Very good beef) with real pineapple juice. I am not looking forward to school starting and I am also slightly nervous about it, I known God will work it out and his plans are not my plans. I also know that the Lord has called me and he is faithful! I am happy here and I have not felt the effects of homesick yet, a couple of prayer request are:

Pray for me to be able to hand out tracts.
Pray for the word to be spread to my host family and for me to be a witness
Pray for the La Esperanza
Pray for My school work that I can get good grades
Pray for my Classmates

Praise reports:
I have already planted seeds in the hearts of my host family
We made it to La Esperanza safely
I am quickly adapting to the culture(:

I am sorry about no pictures right now,
I have to go it is getting dark out
I will post some later.


I am really busy and I just got back from a soccer game and surprisingly enough the players were impressed. I am listening to the sounds of the city as a soccar game is going on. I am also preparing for a soccer game between Costa Rica and Honduras. The town is crazy about it! I have to go now
Dios Es Fiel!
Josiah