Since February, 1991, the history of the church in Honduras has had many changes. My wife, Reina, and I were converted in 1988. I started to preach in 1990, collaborating with the preachers who needed to travel to other places to preach in other churches. At that time, I was working in a secular job with an International Development Program for rural areas, Named Foster Parents Plan International. The Lord's work in Honduras, as was mentioned in Paul Earnhart's articles (Christianity Magazine, February 1991, p. 10; March, 1991, p. 10), was disappearing, as was the case with these churches: San Luis, La Entrada, and Aramecina a few years later.

If I remember well, at the end of 1991 or starting 1992, Florentino Maldonado divided at least half of the congregation of the church of San Pedro Sula over the "one-cup" issue. The San Pedro Sula (SPS) church asked me if I might preach for them. I said yes, because Sergio Fernandez had moved to preach at the church of Tela, since Carlos Osorio (Tela preacher) had traveled to the USA. I was still working with Plan International. I asked the congregation to be patient for limited time to do a better work for the church. I was doing the two works about six years, and taking care of my family only with my salary from Plan International. In 1995 my boss wanted to move me to initiate another program at the west of the country, but my wife and I did not accept, because there was no other preacher for the SPS church. I quit my secular job to attend the church, and thanks to our loved brother, Craig Hearne, I could get support from some churches. I think brother Craig was encouraged to visit the church in Honduras when he read Paul Earnhart's articles. And thanks also to brother Wayne Partain for putting me in contact with other churches for support.

A couple of years later brother Maldonado came back to the faithful church to preach in Comayagua, at the center of the country, but he had not come back to San Pedro Sula to repent of his sin. During a visit of our brothers Craig Hearne (NC) and Raul Lopez (Houston), we visited the existing churches around the country. In our visit to Comayagua, brothers Sergio, Raul, and I went to visit our brother Florentino in his house to ask him to repent and travel to the San Pedro Sula congregation to repent before the church, which he did days later. We were happy for that. My wife and I often visited brethren who remained in the one-cup church and we were able to study at least with some of the 15 members lost, with the help of Wayne Partain's visit. We visited again brother Adolfo Brizo and his wife, and they were restored. This was a blessing for the future of the Church. At that time, there were only six faithful churches: San Pedro Sula Church, Hicaque, Tela, Comayagua, Catacamas, and Siguateque. In spite of my secular job, I continued visiting on weekends for about two years the La Entrada Church and La Esperanza Church, but no full time preacher could move to preach to those churches, so the churches without preachers disappeared.

Brother Craig Hearne, from New Bern, NC, continued visiting us each year until the present (about 20 years doing that) and has been a great blessing for the Honduras churches, visiting churches, teaching, making contacts for support for preachers, etc. Many other churches have been established with his collaboration because of his contacts to locate support for preachers. Thirteen years ago, another great servant of God, Jeff Archer (from Huntsville, AL), traveled to Honduras with brother Craig, and in those years of visits, like brother Craig, he has collaborated with Honduran churches. For about eight or nine years we also have been visited by brother Ronald Drumm from Tampa, Florida, and his help is much appreciated. Obviously, they have been inviting brethren to travel with them each year and thanks to our Lord, and these brethren, we were able to meet many more each year.

The San Pedro Sula church continues training men to preach. At this time, they are as follows: Adolfo Brizo, Jose Santos Pacheco, Oscar Rolando Cano, Manuel Arturo Pacheco (my son-in-law), Daniel Emilio Menjivar, Daniel Fernando Menjivar (Junior), Rosa Martir Burgos, and Reynaldo Portillo. Most of them started new churches: Adolfo Brizo, in the neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, La Rivera Hernandez church, five years ago, with 46 members at present; Jose Pacheco, in a neighborhood of SPS, the Chamelecon church, three years ago, 14 members at present; Oscar Rolando Cano, in a neighborhood of SPS, El Pedregal church, in a neighborhood of SPS, 9 members at present (two years ago); Rosa Martir Burgos, the Omoa church, 5 years ago (one hour from SPS), 12 members at present; Reynaldo Portillo, La Estancia church in Gracias Department (4 hours from SPS), three years ago, 27 members at present; Daniel Emilio Menjivar, Cedros Corquin (5 hours from SPS, he travel weekends to Corquin), 3 months ago, there are 13 members at present; and Adalid Humberto Guzman, who was a liberal preacher and was persuaded by us teaching him the truth when he was working six months as a mason in a house of sister Nora Calona in SPS. After he learned the truth, and came back to Marcala city, he started a church where there are 22 members presently. We did the same with Juan Antonio Melendez, and La Ceiba church (3 hours from SPS). There are at present 26 members.

At the northwest of the country the churches have increased at least by nine more than in 1991, The list of former churches (1991) and new ones are:

1. San Pedro Sula church (downtown, 54 members)
2. La Rivera Hernandez Church, SPS
3. Chamelecon Church, SPS
4. El Pedregal Church, SPS
5. Omoa Church, Puerto Cortes
6. Tela Church
7. Hicaque church, Tela' village
8. Rio Platano Platano Church, Tela' village (It was a liberal church but brothers Sergio Fernandez and Carlos Osorio taught them the truth)
9. Ceiba Church
10. Catacamas Church
11. Marcala Church
12 La Estancia Church
13. Cedros Corquin church
14 Camayagua Church
15. Siguatepeque Church

Our sincere gratitude to all the brethren of the USA who visit us every year (Craig Hearne, Jeff Archer, and Ronald Drumm, and others who travel with them). Our great gratitude to our beloved brother, Wayne Partain, who with his books of Sermons, articles, etc., has been very useful in the preachers' training. Please pray for the Lord's work in Honduras, and also come work with us as much as possible.