Buenos dias de Honduras!

I hope that all is going well with everybody and that you are enjoying the summer. We have had a couple of intense weeks and we are really starting to feel peace here in Honduras.

First of all I would like to thank you for your prayers and support for little Isiah. I went and visited him the following 3 days after I sent the letter and he continued to look better every day. By Wednesday he was walking around looking much healthier. Currently he is doing well and appears to be without sickness.

I have now had the privilege of being on 3 weeks of medical/evangelism brigades. The experience of working on the bodies of hundreds of Hondurans has been extremely reinforcing to us on why we are here in Honduras.

The first week of brigades was May 26th-May 30th. It was a true blessing to have the president of the Christian Chiropractors Association, Dr. Charles Hollensed, join the team. We worked together to see over 400 patients with many physiological health problems! To read how a brigade works please check out our blog at http://schroederfamilymission.blogspot.com/ . We hope to regularly write on this blog and encourage you to share with us on that site as well.

The patients that I have seen have many physical pains and challenges. So many have daily headaches, mid-back pain, shoulder pain, and very damaged lower backs. I have seen many wrist and elbow injuries as wells and knee and hip pain. The overwhelming commonality between patients is that they do very physical work which is very damaging to their bodies, and they have no knowledge how to take care physical problems themselves and no access to professional physical care.

I treat every patient that comes to my station for care and they have ranged from 4 months to 91 years old. Last week I saw between 65-90 patients per day and I truly felt blessed to have the opportunity to deliver chiropractic care for the first time to these patients. Many felt immediate relief from their pain and were extremely grateful. After they visit my station they then go to the evangelism station. I believe that physically touching and caring for my patients better prepares their soul for the evangelism station.

Last week Jamie was able to work at the site on Thursday while another missionary, Donna, watched Reed and Ella for the day. I think that Reed and Ella really enjoyed a break from their parents J. In the morning Jamie functioned as a nurse practitioner seeing about 30 patients with many different conditions. In the afternoon Jamie worked at an evangelism station in which she shared the Gospel with about 25 souls! She was very nervous going into this station because it is not something most of us are used to doing, even though we are called by our Lord to bring others to Him. Jamie worked with a translator to communicate with the Hondurans that came to her. She talked with them about their history and asked if the have Jesus Christ in the heart. She would then ask if she could share with them about Christ and their salvation. She had an amazing afternoon where 8 people prayed for the first time to accept Jesus Christ into their lives!

After the day was over Jamie felt humbled to have been present for those conversions. She new that it was not by her knowledge of the Gospel or her merit that brought these people to Christ but rather the Holy Spirit moving in people. I get emotional about the fact that if they truly accepted Christ, Jamie will see all 8 of them again some day! Also, some of the other people she saw that day may also let the seed grow that was planted in them!

The first week of brigades saw 98 first time conversions to Christ, the second week 88, and last week 118!

Prior to our departure many of our correspondence letters had the verse from Matthew 9: 37-78
…“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
This verse has truly been shown to be true to us because the harvest sure is great!

I get excited that someday YOU will see hundreds of Hondurans in heaven that may have never heard the Gospel if you did not make this commitment to bringing Christ to Honduras through sending us. So I suggest you start learning Spanish now!

We praise the Lord and thank you for your commitment to Honduras and our family here. We feel that this is where the Lord wants us now and we feel blessed to be serving here. Please keep this ministry in your prayers and please pray for the hearts and souls of your brothers and sister in Honduras.