January 2010 Prayer Letter

Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,

Hallelujah! We have made it to Honduras.  We have moved into our own house and have purchased a truck. The most exciting part of our new ministry is before us. As many of you know, we are working with veteran missionary Jason Tate in Ojojona, Honduras. Our ministry will eventually take us to a town called Campamento.

While we are in Ojojona, we are going to be starting a youth group at Light of the World Baptist Church. We have been meeting with some of the teens in the church and getting to know their hearts. While we have been soul-winning, we have realized the great need there is to reach the youth of Honduras. My wife’s heart has been knit to a young girl named Alison.  We live in the same town.  Her mom has to work in Costa Rica from February to November. During those times Alison is left on her own.

Please also pray for two young men that we are trying to reach, Joel and Carlos Miguel. They are cousins and are in need of some guidance. We believe God can do marvelous things with them if only they will give Him their hearts. Since we have been here three teenagers have come to Christ.  Daniel will be going to preach once a month in Campamento.  This will start the transition of leadership to our family.

Pray also for our residency process. We learned that the immigration laws recently changed.  In a third world country, there is a lot of instability and the laws are constantly changing.  In the past, missionaries would begin the process for residency and then wait 6-18 months in order to receive it.  During that time, their families would have to leave the country every 3 months for 3 days to a non-bordering country.  Now, when a missionary starts the process for permanent residency they automatically gets temporary residency status.  This means we would not have to leave the country every 3 months.  Right now we are getting our papers finalized in the States and then they will be sent to us here in Honduras. Once we start this process, we have to finish it.  We will not be able to stop or delay the process.

Thank you to the churches have responded to this need, but please continue to pray as we are still lacking $2,900.  Prices do fluctuate because of hidden costs.  Thank you for your prayers and support.

Missionary to Honduras,

Daniel Jacobo
Isaiah 61:1