Noted for its beauty and grandeur, Honduras is where God has led us to send a missions team to spread the Gospel through a partnership in the International Mission Board's Operation Go ministry.
About 90% of the population is mestizo. There also are small minorities of European, African, Asian, Arab, and indigenous Indian descent. Most Hondurans are Roman Catholic, but Protestant churches are growing in number. While Spanish is the predominant language, some English is spoken along the northern coast and is prevalent on the Caribbean Bay Islands. Several indigenous Indian languages and Garífuna (a mixture of Afro-indigenous languages) are also spoken. The restored Mayan ruins near the Guatemalan border in Copan reflect the great Mayan culture that flourished there for hundreds of years until the early 9th century. Columbus landed at mainland Honduras (Trujillo) in 1502, and named the area "Honduras" (meaning "depths") for the deep water off the coast. Spaniard Hernan Cortes arrived in 1524.
We worked with international missionaries Cleve and Carol Turner in the province Olancho. Thank you for the prayers for our team.
Honduras is a wonderful place that is in deperate need for mission teams to come and reach the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.