What God is doing and where we're going

We wanted to give a quick update of what is happening with us the past few weeks. We are back in the U.S. now for the holidays to see family and friends and to update our ministry partners on what God has done over the past year and what we see in His plans for us for the coming year. So far since we have been back in Oregon the past 2 weeks, we've been able to visit Salem Evangelical Church in Salem, OR, and Calvary Community Church in Albany, OR. We are so thankful for all the faithful servants who attend these two churches and how they have supported us over the past several years and prayed for us. We are excited about what the future holds for us and those who God has called and will call to be a part of his grander plan for us in Honduras. Seeing everyone and sharing what God has done has reminded us so much of how we are all part of the Body of Christ, functioning together. Without each other we are nothing!

A visit to our favorite beach in Pacific City, Oregon.

The weekend after Thanksgiving we plan to travel to Monterey, CA, to visit Kirsten's cousin's family and to attend a wedding of some friends we made this past summer from a short term mission team from Shoreline Community Church. We'll also be attending Shoreline and seeing our new friends and ministry partners there. Please pray our trip there and back would be in God's protection and our time would be fruitful and blessed.

Update on our ministry in Honduras: 

Prior to traveling to the U.S., we held a meeting for the fishermen of the community of Nueva Armenia to address the problems they have encountered with fishing and to work at finding solutions. Although the meeting went well in our first meeting, we had a few interruptions. In particular, there was a guy across the lagoon (about 50 ft. wide in this area) revving the outboard engine on his boat, and because the meeting was at the pier, the engine noise was very disruptive. We learned from one of the fishermen at the meeting that this man who was revving the engine was known in the community as a trouble-maker. A week later we had our second meeting with a much larger group of fishermen. During this meeting, the same man revved his boat motor disrupting the meeting. After several minutes of interruption, he suddenly stood up in his boat and fell face first into the water. He laid in the shallow water motionless as others nearby went over to see what had happened. When they dragged him out of the water they found that he had died! When the news carried across the lagoon, the pastor at the fisherman's meeting stood up and said, "may he rest in peace" and the meeting continued uninterrupted for the rest of the meeting. We don't know all the details about this man who died, but heard that he had no family in the community.

Pastor M. giving his suggestions about the fishing issues.

Say what you want about this situation (coincidence), but we believe the Spirit of God is moving through this community and it will not be stopped by anyone! Often in cultures such as this, God does things to get people's attention that are supernatural. This is referred to in missiology as "power encounters." The Bible tells us that God's work is dependent on the faith of those he is working among. And when you have faith that God can do anything (and the culture hasn't stolen your faith and belief in His power), he does anything! Please continue to pray for Nueva Armenia and those fishermen that the Lord has already selected to become men of God. And please pray for our time here in the U.S. and that we would connect with whom the Lord would want us to and that we are refreshed and renewed.

Thank you for being a part of this journey with us!
La Familia Wells