Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
We have such a great God! He sees every need, every desire, everyone; and loves us so much! His faithfulness keeps us going. Just when there is a need, He provides. Honduras is full of needs; the most important need of hearing and knowing God is being fulfilled in our area of La Esperanza. We work with many missionaries who work with churches, mountain villages, schools, youth, the local hospital and more to encourage and share the love of God with everyone.
Team Solheim – In October Club Aslan for young teens celebrated their 7th anniversary. A group of kids from Lenca Link Ministries were invited to come to the celebration and play soccer with the club kids. It had rained and the field was wet but nothing stops a soccer game. Soccer is always fun for both the girls and boys and they played hard. There was plenty of cake and soda for everyone, it was a great celebration. God is reaching out to these kids and they are learning more about God every week.
In November the kids spent a couple of weeks building a city with streets out of card board and construction paper with lots of glue and paint. The kids got to select a building to make: grocery store, police station, bakery, school, church, etc. and the cardboard was laid out so that there were large streets. The week after the city was ready the kids were able to bring their younger siblings to club to play in the city with hot wheel cars. Everyone had a great time exploring the “city”.
There is a new church in town – Our friends Raquel & Steve have almost completed their new church. They found some property just north of town where there was no church and soon the doors will be open to teach the people of God’s great love. This community, as with all communities, needs a good church to attend to learn about God. We pray that God blesses the people of this church with a better life as they draw close to God.
Hospital – Praise God we are continuing our visits to the pediatric unit of the local hospital! It is always full mostly with children having respiratory problems. We did see one young boy whose finger had been cut off. They had gotten him and his finger to the hospital in time for the finger to be sown back on and the nurses were cleaning and dressing the wound. We heard him loud and clear from the next room. When we got to his bed, he had calmed down and was resting. We talked with his dad and prayed that the finger would be restored back to normal. When we went back the next week, he was able to wiggle his finger! Praise God this finger was restored! The best part of our visits is that we pass out tracts with scriptures to the parents. Many of the children get the tracts from their parents and start reading them immediately. Pray with us that these tracts along with our words of encouragement touch the hearts of these families so they will seek God’s mercies.
Amor que Redime – The church we attend, Amor que Redime, is Pastored by Jon & Alicia Looney. Jon preaches in English and Alicia translates into Spanish. Those who attend are a very loving group of families with big hearts.
This fall we began taking up an offering to buy supplies for our Christmas outreach. Our kids get excited each Sunday to put their money into the offering plate giving to Jesus to help others. For our outreach again this year, we selected a mountain village and blessed them with food and gifts for Christmas. There were about 100 happy children from the school who came to hear a Bible story, receive a gift, clothes and a bag of food to take home. We had a great time loving on these folks and they were so appreciative. It is a blessing to be a part of this church.
La Esperanza Bible Study – Each Thursday afternoon several of our missionary friends come over to our house for a Bible study. Yes, believe me, we missionaries need to study the Bible more and keep learning. Gene leads this and usually he shows a video teaching from one of the teachers at Charis Bible College where we attended. We sometimes stop at different places to discuss what is being said then at the end Gene summarizes and we discuss more. There is so much to learn from the Bible and we want to know more so that we can share with those we meet and the churches we attend.
Prison Ministry – As we have mentioned in our 2nd and 3rd quarter newsletters this past year, the prison here in La Esperanza closed in May 2025 but we were given a new opportunity. The new opportunity was to travel to the next closest prison in our area. On October 7th we started visiting the prison in Marcala. This is about 30 to 45 minutes away depending on road conditions. The good news resulting from changing to this other location is that, in the Marcala prison, we were allow to visit twice per month. This was wonderful news to us. We had been praying that we could teach the word to the inmates more often. There have been some very good visits this last quarter. The prison has maintained around 210 to 240 inmates. The numbers rise and fall because this prison is used to house long term inmates and transitional inmates as they process through the system before a final destination. We are excited and blessed that our prison ministry has continued and even grown. But that is not the best news. starting with our first visit in 2026, on January 6, we will be visiting and bringing a message to the inmates EVERY Tuesday. Yes, we have received permission to visit every Tuesday from 1:00 to 2:00. Please continue to pray that these times spent with the men will bring the amazing life changing power of Jesus into their lives.
TM2L – Working at Teach Me 2 Love Special Needs School is one of my favorite times of the week. The kids love coming to school to see their friends, play and learn. They come in excited! Getting them off the play ground to go home is not always easy, they really love being outdoors swinging and sliding. These kids are being taught numbers, letters and math and some are progressing quite well. Several still do not speak very much but communication with them is not a problem. Others are now talking more and their confidence is growing.
As in past years Heart of the King Ministries provided ‘Little Critters’ multiple vitamins for the kids to take. These are sent home so the parents can give them one each morning. Parents as well as the kids are very appreciative and we are happy to help them receive some of the nutrition they need.
Several teams from the states came down bringing craft projects to work with the students. They always enjoy doing crafts and having visitors! It makes for a fun day.
We did not get to attend the Christmas program this year because we left early for the states but we were there as the kids learned the songs they would be singing. It was amazing to watch the practices as they lined up with their partner, marched around the room and then lined up to sing. They learned the words and motions in just a few weeks and loved ringing the bells and shaking the shakers. I know their Christmas program was just adorable as they ended wishing everyone “Feliz Navidad”.
Kinder Graduation – On Fridays Jon and Alicia teach English to the kindergartners at the local school using words like hello, goodbye, how are you, etc. For the kindergartner graduation Jon & Alicia were out of town so they asked us to fill in and attend the graduation. This was a full morning process and we really enjoyed it. The children all wore cap and gowns with many parents, grandparents and others in attendance. We sat with the teachers and leaders of the school and as the child’s name was called out the staff (including us) went down to present the certificates. It was wonderful to see so many children involved in getting a good education.
La Ceiba – We received photos of the little school in La Ceiba, northern Honduras, that we had given a donation to so they could install fans. We visited there earlier this year and the one room school was full of students and very hot with no air moving. They now have rotating fans installed so that all the students can feel the breezes. It really is hard to concentrate when you are so hot, God always makes a way to help the children.
4th Annual Pastors Conference – We have been honored to have Dr. Delron and Peggy Shirley visit La Esperanza and hold minister conferences and other ministry activities in our area since 2022. This year, we had another great outpouring of Gods word and love.
The schedule included a one-day Pastors conference in Marcala, a one-day Pastors conference in Yamaranguila, a women’s meeting, a visit to the prison in Marcala, a visit to the La Esperanza hospital, a meeting with many of the local missionaries, a trip to the central park where we distributed Gospel tracks and talked with many people, a visit to a physical rehab center and six church services. Yes, it was a busy 10 days but God’s word was shared all day, every day and received by many.
Pastor Luncheon – Our friend and fellow missionary Ruth lives in Marcala and works with most of the Pastors in that area. She wanted to do something special for them at Christmas to show appreciation for the work that they are doing. She, along with Nelly who runs the physical rehab center and others, organized a very nice luncheon for the Pastors and their wives. We also attended to help out and talk with the Pastors of that area. It was a very enjoyable time.
Thank you to everyone that helps by supporting Heart of the King Ministries. Many projects are being completed, people are blessed with gifts of food and clothes and everyone hears the Gospel, The Good News of Jesus! Our God is faithful and compassionate; He loves us all!
We love you,
Gene & Robin
Heart of the King Ministries
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