Letter to Holy Comforter

November 14, 2007
Santa Rita de Copán, Honduras
Iglesia del Espíritu Santo

Dear friends at Holy Comforter,

I write to say hello and to wish you the blessings of our Father in heaven. The months of October and November have been extremely busy here in Santa Rita. We have organized four spiritual retreats, which have been a great blessing. One of the retreats was held in Santa Barbara in the church of Fr. José Luís Mendoza and others within our Deanery. Thanks to God, many people have changed their lives and the lives of their families, and we as a church have successfully completed many other activities in our community.

All of this has been made possible thanks to God and the pickup truck that you gave to us. The vehicle has served us well this year. We had it painted red, and this should help prevent the spread of some minor rust spots. We have also spent $400 for engine repairs. The engine is in good condition now.

We want to express our appreciation to Holy Comforter for sending us the many Prayer Books that are helping to make our services more participatory. May God bless all who collaborated and donated these books.

I am personally grateful for the monetary assistance that Holy Comforter sends me each year. I want to tell you that this is the only financial support I receive for my pastoral work. In addition to helping me feed my family, the funds have helped me buy medicine that helped cure my wife of an illness recently.

As your sister church in Honduras, we ask for your prayers for a woman in our community that has been hospitalized for a disease in one of her feet. The doctors have told her that they will have to amputate the foot in order to save her life. Our church has helped the woman a little, but we do not have the means to help her pay for other operations. Also, there is a young woman who is an active member of our church. She is pregnant, and the problem is that her baby girl in the womb does not have a brain and the spinal column of the baby is separated. According to the examinations by the doctors, the woman’s life is in danger if she gives birth to the baby. Again, our church has helped her a little with the cost of her examinations.

Blessings,

Concepción Santos