Urgent Update: WednesdayIf you’ve been following our updates, you know that Hon duras has been going throughalot ofpolitical unrest for the past some time. It hasintensifiedover the last week with the expulsion of the currentPres ident, witha new Pres ident instated. Mostof the localsrecognize this as a good thing for the demo cracy of their country andwant [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / July 1, 2009
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June UpdateGreetings from Papua New Guinea! The last few months have been extremely bust for us as Carina and I have been hosting several missions teams that have come to serve here at Living Light Foursquare Church. We are continually blessed by these missions teams who sacrifice time, money and comfort to come here and minister selflessly [...] read morePosted By Paul and Carina Greer / July 1, 2009
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Wendy and her new doll
Wendy has been growing so much this month, she continues to be our worshiper and dancer. She has been memorizing scripture at school and comes home everyday reciting the scriptures to Carina. Carina's mom sent Wendy her first doll this month (dolls are expensive in PNG) and its brought tears to [...] read more
Posted By Paul and Carina Greer / July 1, 2009
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Living Light Bible CollegeTop: Bible College students leading service at a new church plant in the Central Province. Bottom: Bible College student sharing God’s word to coastal village. I have now completed my first semester as principle of a Bible College. To be perfectly honest, I felt ill equipped to take on this great work. That was mostly due to [...] read morePosted By Paul and Carina Greer / July 1, 2009
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Update-TuesdayHere’s a great article from the Wall Street Journal that summarizes what’s been happening in Hon duras. Go to: http://online.wsj.com /article/SB124623220955866301.html (just eliminate the space between the link) We’re not worried about a civil war anymore, because there are only about 2,000 supporters of the ousted pres identin a country of 7 million. But the thing of concern [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 30, 2009
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June-Update MondayYou can read your own updates on Honduras news, since most of it is politics at this point. Don’t want to get in trouble posting my opinion… But as for facts, we are still hearing army heicopters overhead. (We live only a mile from the Pres idental House.) The Em bassy is still saying just [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 29, 2009
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Update-Sunday pmOkay, this is starting to feel like a reality T.V. show! Here is another link to explain that there has been a replacement pres ident put in for the rest of the ousted pres idents’ term of six months. He is not comm unist. He is one of the nominees for pres ident next year [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 29, 2009
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Update-SundayWow, what a day we’ve had! Jeff decided to go to church to the 7 am service, to get home before anything happened along with the illegal vote that was being taken in Hon duras to change the con stitution. I stayed home with the boys since I’ve had the flu the last four days. [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 28, 2009
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Update-SaturdayCom munist Ven ezuela has now outrightpledged their support of overtaking the pres idency of Hon duras.Our Pres ident also tried to say the Catholic church was in support of his becoming d i c t a t o r, which got a quick rebuttle from the bishop. (Honduras is 97% Catholic.) See the following articles [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 27, 2009
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Update-FridayYesturday, the pres ident of Hon duras took an group of 1500 supporters and stormed the local Ar my Ba se to take over the voting process. He wants to make an illegal vote to keephim in power indefinitely. There was mil itary presence on the streets, but there was also a great flash flood [...] read morePosted By Jeff and Joy Maurer / June 26, 2009
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