Gog & Myblog

A lot has happened since the last post: we´ve spent a couple short weekends in Quimistan and went on ¨the tour¨ of Honduras with Ron Drumm, from the Henderson Boulevard Church of Christ in Tampa, Florida. I won´t recount everything, but the following was our agenda for the past week: Sunday we visited three churches: San Pedro Sula (SPS), El Pedregal and Rivera Hernandez. Around 50 saints meet with the church in SPS, where your brother Julio Cesar Aguilar preaches full-time. The rented upper room which serves as the church´s meeting place was overflowing as we listened to two sermons preached by Ron Drumm and Jerry Faulk. The singing was wonderful and, as usual, the hymn titled¨Bienvenido¨ (¨Welcome¨) was entoned with enthusiasm. The church in El Pedregal is much smaller. Approximately 10 brethren meet for worship in this shantytown, which is illegally constructed on the grounds of a nearby university. Around two weeks ago, authorities were sent into this community to remove some...

This past week I enjoyed a trip to Guatemala. It felt a little like going home since I´d spent some time there in 2012 and developed some meaningful relationships. I boarded the Hedman Alas bus in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Thursday morning and arrived in Guatemala City that afternoon. If you ever want to be nauseous, I highly recommend the 9-10 hour bus ride between those two cities. The views of the Sierra Madre are beautiful though. Calixto Ventura and his daughter Elizabeth had been paitently waiting at the station for 2 hours when we arrived. I spent the night in their humble, hospitable home. Friday morning I took the Alamo bus to Quetzaltenango (aka Xela). From the station, I took a taxi to La Granja Penal, and then walked the half mile or so down the dirt road that leads to Jeronimo´s house. I stayed with Jeronimo in the winter of 2012 for about a month. David Raif, who now preaches in Philadelphia, put me in contact with him initially. Jeronimo is a very spiritually mature,...