Prayer, praise and provision.The Water for Life ministry returned and drilled 2 more wells for us. One for the school across from us that turned out great. Enough water for the school and surrounding homes... including our local mayor. So maybe a softer tone toward our Honduras Missions ministry.Plus it keeps all the school children from crossing a busy highway to our property for water. Seven people have been hit including one of ours in the last 10 years. The second well was in the mountains for the Ven a Mi Baptist Church. Water is not as abundant in the mountains, but we are hoping it will provide the church and surrounding area clean drinking water for the first time.Pastor Ruis is healing well with the meds and care that was provided. So much so he came to visit us and is now preaching up in the mountain for one of our preachers. He plans to return to Cuba

Please keep us in prayer. Thank you

4th quarter 2019 Prayer LetterPlease take the time to read and rejoice with us.

This is a documentary of a friend's ministry, the Matthew 25 Foundation. He came and filmed and I thought we were going to be a small part of the film. It ended up being a large part about Honduras Missions(us). And very humbling to watch. Please take the time to clink the link, see a bit of our history, and praise and pray for us. Thank you for every rememberance.https://youtu.be/AUO6CRCRdhg

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Below is our 1st half of 2019 Prayer Letter 2 pages. It is sent by email also to our ministering saints and prayer partners. Please take the time to read it and keep us in prayer. If you would like the email copy also please contact me at [email protected]. I am desireing to post more in the blog if equipment permits. Thank you.

Please take the time to download read and share the work our Lord is doing. Thank you for every prayer and remembrance.

Need some heavy prayer for pastor Ruis. He has finally returned from Cuba to Nicaragua. I talked to him on video chat today and need to visit as soon as I am able. He is very sick. His feet are deeply infected from the many miles of walking and helping in Cuba in the Hurricane aftermath. He is insulin diabetic and cannot afford the meds or care he desperately needs. He needs to be under hospital care and direct antibiotics very quickly.Need prayer and much provision for Ruis Padilla.Now the report from him...* All 15,000 bibles arrived in Havana without issue. Amen!* He has distributed 10-12,000 so far. Amen!* Done several movie outreaches. 130 civilian salvation decisions, 87 military soldiers chose Christ. 7 of them officers. AMEN!*And Honduras Missions has been offered free land to build a church building on.... amen! That would put us in 3 countries planting churches if it comes to pass...Ruis would like to go back and has an open door invite if the Lord allows him the health to do it. Need prayer and wings...Rom 1:14-15 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!** If you would like to help click on the paypal link on the right of this page and just put "for Ruis" in the notes. Thank you***

AMEN DAY. House calls on mountain tops.... We saved the hardest for last day of a week of hard soulwinning with our medical team that is visiting. A small field but white unto harvest. Was well ripened fruit on the mountain top. 3 hour very rough ride up. We got a late start because the old kia lost the clutch and was delayed an hour. And opted to split the team and use the new motocarga and see if it would make it.(it did). But the newer kia lost the trailer on the rough trail so yet another delay. Finally arrived and find the building we were to use under construction. Ask around and one man who was present a few weeks ago when I preached up there let us use his small home...on the other side of the riverbed and 100yards up the mountain... and haul all the medical and gear across and up. We saw over 200 souls trust the LORD just in this village... even with a late arrival due to loosing the trailer on the rough road. The Drs managed to see what seemed to be every needy villager for meds and glasses...

21 baptized today on the Lighthouse property. A former drug dealer, a former gang member, a preacher's daughter,

Been putting off maintenance of the kia truck(something very contrary to an old mechanic) because other priorities kept pushing to the front of the line. Never enough for all that is before us. That plus our extreemly bad roads has now made this a problem. While in town yesterday it started thumping and growling. Stopped and checked it over and price parts. Needs front end parts, bushings, bearings and tires a little over $1000 in parts + tires to put it back in safe service. It is needful to ministry runs hours every day and it is crippling when down. Praying the LORD provides a way.

This is a big wow to me. Our Bible institute student's and teacher's ministry. They go and teach full time bible classes in several public schools in the mountains of Honduras(in green shirts in photos). They sacrifice and do this free and full time all day, 5 days a week. The photos are them handing out bibles and using them in classes. The Bibles that were donated and sent to us. Through Directline Ministries..

Update Pastor Carlos, Luz and Cindy several years ago. Carlos passed Nov 17TH, 2017. today. He no longer needs a wheelchair and is laying crowns of glory at the feet of Jesus.

Ritchie prayer letter 3rd quarter 2017