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Missions in Honduras: part 3 with Preston and Kem Moreino
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Preston and Kem Moreino's journey with God's Little One Honduras Missions reveals the beautiful, challenging, and sometimes hilarious reality of cross-cultural ministry. In this part 3 with Preston and Kem we talk about times they have had doing missions work in Honduras.
we start out with talking about one of the first times they went. Planting crops at the GLOW Center and assisting with children's ministry in remote mountain villages. Their experiences quickly shatter the myth that mission work requires specialized preaching or teaching gifts. As Preston emphasizes, "Any work that's done for the Lord is ministry," whether driving, cooking, or constructing buildings.
Through powerful stories like ministering at an unplanned mountain clinic where doctors witnessed God's presence and asked for prayer themselves, the Moreinos demonstrate how the most significant ministry can happen in unexpected, even inconvenient moments. Their candid discussion about cultural differences—including surviving an extended all-night prayer service—offers both wisdom and humor for anyone considering cross-cultural ministry.
Perhaps most moving is their reflection on creating tangible reminders of spiritual experiences. Taking inspiration from biblical memorial practices, they distributed simple rocks to youth retreat participants as physical markers of God's work. These objects become conversation starters, allowing testimonies to spread beyond the mission field and into everyday life.
For anyone wondering if they have what it takes to serve in missions, the Moreinos offer simple encouragement: "Go find your passion, go find your giftings, what God has given you, and start using them in the Kingdom of God." Your willingness to say yes might lead to exactly the transformation someone else needs—and profoundly change you in the process.
Have you considered how God might use your unique gifts in mission work? What's stopping you from taking that first step?
Hey everybody, welcome back to the God's Little One Podcast. I'm your host, kent, and today we're going to be having our third part with Brother Preston and Sister Kim Marino. And I gotta say something a little bit. This is actually not the video right now that you're hearing, or this is not the actual podcast part. Like whenever I talk to them, this is actually me editing right now, uh, getting on here at the beginning. So if you're not remember from last time it, I cut it short because it was going long, and this is the second part of that part too. So this is the third part of our conversation with Preston and Kim.
Speaker 1:This is the last part, and I messed up on the last podcast and said that we was going to be talking to Brother Joel on this podcast, brother Joel Sneed, and that podcast is going to be our next one. So I apologize for that confusion. That is going to be the very next podcast. This one will come out this week, not next week, but the next that one will come out. That's a phenomenal podcast. Definitely go listen to it. I hope you all enjoy it and this is a phenomenal podcast. So I hope you all enjoy this one. But anyway, y'all enjoy this podcast and I'll see you at the end of it, or I'll talk to you at the end of it. So I don't know if y'all had went with the. Did y'all just go one time with the Sikh team? Did y'all go any more times with them before y'all's church started getting involved?
Speaker 1:I believe we only went one time with the cc and then, uh, brother randy, uh, your dad, brother phil marino, uh, brother randy snow, y'all's pastor, and then brother lonnie adams from another church. They went on a trip and I believe that was brother randy, and that was their first time coming overseas with Honduras and y'all got involved at that time. So if I'm missing anything with that, how exactly did y'all get involved with that y'all's church? Because I know y'all brought a youth group over here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we had been so a few years ago, brother Brad Stevens and Sister Daisha, his wife. They are over the children's ministry at our church and they had ended up doing the DBS Kids Crusade for our own church that summer and we had been had the opportunity to assist them with that, and through that God opened up the door for us to be able to go and do that same program at other churches and then eventually opened up the door for us to be able to do one of our programs there in Honduras. And so your Uncle, brother Danny, had reached out to us and asked about the possibility of us coming over, and this was actually prior to that trip where Pastor Snow and my dad and Brother Lonnie went over there.
Speaker 2:But I believe it was the summer, maybe, of 2023 that we had been able to go there, and the way it would work is we would put on the kids, we'd go to a church, we'd put on our kids program and then, after we got done with our kids program, our kids program, and then, after we got done with our kids program, usually there would be one member of our group that would preach and so I'm able to see, you know, god just do some great things. And that was really, I suppose, the start of our personal connection, beyond the Sikh team, to the work that's going on there with God's Little One.
Speaker 1:So let's go ahead and do some more talking about that trip. Y'all went on Talk about some stories and stuff that happened.
Speaker 2:Yeah, um. So, like I said, we got there and uh, had the opportunity. Uh was really a a kids focused uh trip and children's ministry focused trip and, um, you know, going up there into the mountains and going to these different churches. Probably one of the most powerful moments that just comes to my mind immediately when I think of that trip was our last full day there.
Speaker 2:We had gone and already done our program several times and it was the last day and we were supposed to be just really grabbing lunch and heading back to Progreso, san Pedro Sula area that day and Brother Luis said there's this clinic that's about 15 minutes away, which, if anybody knows, brother Luis, amazing, powerful man of God, but 15 minutes could be anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes, and so we ended up going up. It was quite a ways out and there was this clinic that was up there in the mountains and Brother Joel Sneed and Sister Josie, his daughter, were with us on that trip and we go up and it's kind of sitting on top of this high point there in that area and it's windy and we set up our puppet stage and the wind's blowing so hard that it starts knocking stuff over and we've got to hold it and pile rocks there to try to keep the feet secured.
Speaker 2:But it was amazing just to see these children gather. It was just a concrete slab out in front of this clinic and they gathered and began to sit down. And that day as well, several mothers came and we did our program and went through and began to pray with those different people and it was powerful to see their response as they began to allow God to work in their lives. Right is they began to allow God to work in their lives, Right and so. But after we concluded, Brother Joel Sneed got up there and he began to preach to them and I remember, both throughout his message and then in the time of prayer afterwards, several of those mothers with tears just running down their faces. God did a work in their lives and it was an opportunity that was unplanned. It was an opportunity that truthfully, in our minds, we had done everything that we had come there and planned to do. It was one of those situations where it did feel like it took a long time to get there and we kept wondering if we were ever going to make it.
Speaker 2:But God did some powerful things in the lives of those children and in the lives of those mothers that day, and it's been a challenge to me that sometimes we can look and we can feel like maybe things are inconvenient situations or opportunities that aren't planned out, maybe quite as much as we want them to be. But how, if we're willing to go ahead and step out and be obedient, how God can do great things, yeah.
Speaker 1:What about you, Kim?
Speaker 3:Just to follow that story I remember. So he mentioned that it was kind of on a high point. So it's kind of like these rolling hills and I remember you could see. So there were coffee plantations that kind of surrounded it on the hillside and there were people that had gathered and because it was open air they had you, the volume was decently loud. But these people were sitting on like the hillside, like I mean, probably I would say at least a half mile away. But because it was like going up it was like that sound in that valley against the mountain was being able to reach them. And I just remember thinking like not only is God ministering right here and now to these people that are gathered, but there's these people out here that haven't been reached, that he's touching as well. And so also, when we got done, there were two doctors and those were the ones that kind of opened up an opportunity for us to be there.
Speaker 2:And.
Speaker 3:I remember they, after the prayer time they said we want what you have and they asked us that we would pray with them and that God would strengthen them and use them there in that community to help those people, but that they could tell us there was something different. And I just thought you know how the power of God bears witness and people could tell you know that there was something different, something more to life, you know, yeah, that's awesome A couple other things Go
Speaker 1:ahead.
Speaker 2:Oh, go ahead.
Speaker 1:No, you're good.
Speaker 2:No, I was just going to say two other things that uh kind of stood out to me about that trip. Uh, one thing that was really just a neat experience, um, and I guess gave me a greater appreciation for, um, some of the things that God's little ones is part of and does. There was we had the opportunity to put together several of the packets. We got a station running where we were able to, you know, put the super foods together and coming out of the dispenser and different things like that, and so just to see you know how that process is, for that then to be distributed was a really neat opportunity, right opportunity.
Speaker 2:And then on as well, that trip, brother Miles actually came with us on that trip, and Brother Miles and Brother Kenny Daugherty and then Brother Anson Miller, and so it was just, it was a great time. And I remember Kenny Kenny. He loves driving over there in Honduras and he loves driving a standard, yeah, so he thoroughly enjoyed that. But I remember brother Anson Miller. He's a little bit more calm driver and so we ended up shifting some people around so that the more adventurous ones could ride with Brother Kenny.
Speaker 1:Those who were out, there for an adrenaline rush. They could go with the crazy driver and the ones who just wanted to get there.
Speaker 2:They could go with the other guy. That's good, true? So yeah, it was just a wonderful and great, great time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you talked about on y'all's first trip. Y'all was planting stuff at the glow center. Uh, anything you want to say about that before we move on?
Speaker 2:no, I mean it was just, it was neat. Um, you know, to be a part of you know, a lot of times we can get in a mindset that ministry is just a children's program or it's just preaching or it's just singing. But whether it's planting, or whether it's putting together food packets or whatever it might be, any work that's done for the Lord is ministry. Any work that's done for the Lord is ministry.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's like my last podcast that I posted, or no, I don't know when the time this podcast comes out, but I did a podcast with my dad, jonathan Schmid, and my dad, he's not a preacher, he don't do nothing like that. He's there to drive and work, and when we was in Honduras this last trip that I was with y'all, he made a statement to me and he said that his ministry, or his calling, is to work.
Speaker 1:And so all he did that week is he drove us up the mountain, drove us back down, he cooked breakfast and he worked around the Glow Center. He did a lot of work. Yeah, he worked around the Glow Center. He did a lot of work.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he worked around the Glow Center and so that's ministry, that's missions work 100%, 100%, and that's something that I just encourage anybody maybe that ends up listening to this podcast and has a heart to do something for God. But maybe you feel like your talents or abilities are in different areas. God will use whatever giftings and abilities we give to Him.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:And it's amazing to me and has been amazing to me over the years, to see the different ways that God uses people and truthfully, I know, from putting up that gate to you know, putting down or building the Glow Center truthfully years ago, and putting on the new roof and different things like that. And putting on the new roof and different things like that, it takes people that are able to do all sorts of different things, working together to see the kingdom of God move forward.
Speaker 1:Right, right. So anything else about those trips that we have mentioned y'all want to talk about before we move on.
Speaker 2:I don't believe so no, all right, so y'all want to talk about before we?
Speaker 1:move on, I don't believe so no, I don't think so. All right, so y'all's next trip was I actually was that next trip the one that I went on with y'all that first one, yes. So, the next trip that one was wrapped around doing a youth retreat, if I'm right on that. Yes, yeah. So, go ahead and talk about that trip.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so that trip was a really neat opportunity to me. We're youth pastors here back home and so I have a burden and a heart to see God work in the lives of young people. And while we were there, talking ended up talking to Brother Danny and the door opened up for a youth focused trip that November I believe it was, and so we went, y'all went and got there and just a great great group of young people that we began to speak to and to preach to, to sing and just try to connect with, minister to and ultimately pray with in the sing and just try to connect with, minister to and ultimately pray with in the altars and see God work, yeah it was and we had some great services.
Speaker 1:But there was one thing about that trip, the circumstances that were. Before we talk about what happened on the trip, there was a certain circumstance that was going on, why that trip was, why we was in the states, that kind of uh was could have affected that trip. So I don't know if you remember what that was, but why don't you go ahead and talk about that if you remember what it is?
Speaker 2:you may have to remind me what that so why we was before we left.
Speaker 1:I was planning on coming on this trip with me my dad, uh, a friend of mine from our church, dre. We talked to him on the podcast and uncle danny, yes, well, y'all was coming. I ain't met y'all before, but there was. I can't. It was some bordering country, I think, what. What is that panama pan? I think it was.
Speaker 1:Panama was having an uprising yes and there was like an advisory yeah, no right, not in that area in honduras. There was an advisory not to buy in because we didn't. There was like an advisory yeah, no right, not in that area in honduras. There was an advisory not to buy in because we didn't.
Speaker 1:There was a chance of you getting stuck there absolutely well, my family me and my dad, we, we decided we basically canceled going, didn't even end up going, but uncle danny said that y'all had prayed about it. He had prayed about it and y'all were all still going. My mom felt good with it. So we, we all ended up going and we're back still absolutely yeah it was that was probably that was. I've never had anything like that happen before. That was the first time, and but it's a good thing we went because we had a phenomenal trip.
Speaker 2:Without a doubt.
Speaker 1:Go ahead.
Speaker 2:No, and that's just one of the things that you know. Sometimes there are different things that maybe make you question if it's worth it, but I'm definitely thankful for the way that God allowed that trip to go forward and then orchestrated it while we were there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was a phenomenal trip.
Speaker 2:Probably the thing that stood out to me most about that trip was and to this day it's one of the just most powerful moments I've had the opportunity to see and to witness. But we got done ministering after one of the services and I remember, as I believe, pastor Luis started it and then others began to follow. But as the pastors and pastors' wives that were there began to get up and began to apologize to the young people of their churches for overlooking them, they had a focus of ministry for children and they had a focus of ministry for adults, but they began to talk about how they felt that they had lacked a focus of ministry for the young people. And there in that moment is God not only ministered to these teenagers and young 20-year-olds that had a desire for God to work in their lives personally, but how God began to work in the leadership of those churches to give them a burden for their young people and for their youth, that there was an importance in investing and pouring into them so that the work of God could continue.
Speaker 1:I'm going to be honest with you, preston. This is the first time I've ever heard anything about this. I didn't know none of that. That's powerful. I didn't know, nobody had ever said anything to me. I didn't know none of that, that's. That's powerful. I didn't know. I nobody had ever said anything to me that they was doing that. That's crazy, son, that's powerful, uh it was on the second or the like.
Speaker 1:the last day we was doing the, the uh youth park, because it was the our, the main focus was youth. I think it was two days we preached and stuff, but then the second day we separated the boys and the girls. The boys stayed in the sanctuary, we went to another building, the guys did and y'all kind of taught them in there.
Speaker 1:So I want to have y'all both, because I wasn't in there with Kim and them so I don't know how it went with them. But I want to start with you. Preston, go ahead and talk about that experience.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so that was a really awesome moment. I love church services because I love the way that the Spirit of God moves and seeing people respond and the deep work that he does in the altars. But oftentimes in life, whenever we get up from those moments, we have questions about how to practically apply some of the things that God is speaking into our lives and some of those changes that we feel like he's trying to make. And so, as we split off the young men and young ladies.
Speaker 2:It was just this really powerful moment as we began to allow them to ask questions, begin to talk about the different struggles that they had, about the importance of purity and about the importance of allowing it to be more than just a momentary experience that they had had in the power of God, but that what God had done in them in those few days would be something that would affect their lives going forward. And so what I loved about it was it was kind of a where the rubber meets the road kind of conversation and got to share some of the battles that we've faced personally and struggles that we've gone through, and hear some of the things that they related to in those very same ways, and then give just some godly advice and counsel on how to walk in it and how to live out the difference that God desires to produce in our lives.
Speaker 1:Right, how about you, kim?
Speaker 3:Well, I don't particularly think that public speaking or teaching or preaching is something like a talent that God's given me. Well, I'm serious, and so that was one of the first times that I've really just spoken public. I love talking one-on-one with people.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just spoke in public.
Speaker 3:I love talking one-on-one with people and, you know, having like those friendship relationships and being able to be a confidant to people and someone that can pray with them, but when it comes to like the larger crowds, it's something that was very out of my comfort zone. And I remember, you know, when I first heard that we were going to split off and, you know, talk to each group, I was like, oh no, you know what am I going to say? And I remember just praying about it and I don't think what I delivered was. It probably had a lot of flaws, and especially working with the translator. That was something I hadn't done a lot of, even though I had been around a lot of people that did work with it. I just wasn't normally in that position and so, anyways, I remember we talked about the power of the tongue, because one thing I felt God lay on my heart for that trip was in their culture, even knowing that they have their coffee bean picking season the rest of the year, I think there's a lot of downtime. I know they have their everyday activities, but I think there's a lot of downtime. I know they have their everyday activities, but I think there's a decent amount of downtime, and I know that girls tend to want to talk and if not careful it can be about things that aren't good. You know, they're not following the birth of whatsoever. Things are pure lovely, you know. And so I remember we had a discussion that day where I spoke to them about it and then we ended up doing some Q&A about it and I could tell it was something that was hitting home because, like, I would mention something and they would giggle, you know, because I would say, have you ever done this? And they would kind of laugh. And you know, I think it's just one of those things though, that like recognizing where the culture is at and allowing God to kind of guide you through that. Like that's for me what it was Like. I felt him put that verse on my heart about the power of the tongue, but also I knew some about their culture and that kind of helped guide me to maybe what to speak to them about.
Speaker 3:Anyways, we had a great time of not only discussion but also prayer after that group break off, and it felt like there were quite a few young ladies there. That it was funny. There were a few that you could tell they had grown up in church, right, and they were very familiar with the bible, very um conscious of what god had for their life. And then I also I got this feel that there were quite a few girls there that I don't know that they had grown up in church. It seemed like they kind of were just coming in because it was something cool happening, and so so I thought, you know, god could use that opportunity to plant a seed in their life. And you know, maybe they've never seen a pure life before that day, or even heard that it was possible, but that day they were able to hear something different and hear the gospel, and so that was a cool opportunity.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, we had some phenomenal services. We had something interesting happen that we wasn't planning on happening that week. That ended up happening. That the beginning of it it was a good thing it happened. The end of it we kind of wish it would have ended quickly. But if y'all know what I'm talking about, the all-night prayer service.
Speaker 3:Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1:Definitely we can talk about that in a good way and a bad way, because it was phenomenal. When we started, we had a God moved.
Speaker 2:Let's talk about that part first, before we talk about the rest, so go ahead and talk about that. No, I mean. One thing that I will say most other countries put us to shame in here in America is their willingness to continue in prayer.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:And so you know, I mean it's the willingness just to seek after God and to allow God to work and just His presence to fill that place as they seek. And so we had had a full day, if I remember right, and I got the opportunity to go to this all-night prayer meeting, completely unplanned yes, completely, it was not on the schedule, it was not something that we had had on our itinerary, but just something that ended up popping up. And so we said, sure, let's go do it. And we got there and I remember it was good. You know, there was maybe a little bit different structure to it than you know.
Speaker 2:I remember there was several people that got up and spoke and several people that sang, and you know, then there would be kind of intermittent times of prayer in between those and you know just some awesome moments where you could tell people were anointed and were seeking after God and hungry for the Lord to move.
Speaker 1:Yeah, there was one specific. It was going all right at first, but then there was that one specific lady went up there and she was talking and the service broke out and you know, I don't know if Uncle Danny or Brother Luis told you all this, but Uncle Danny told me this. Nobody knew who knew she was not supposed to be up there talking. They didn't even know what she was like. Elijah. Basically, is what they told me.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:But she got up there and talked and the Holy Ghost moods. People were praying, crying. We had one little boy I've got pictures of it just over there praying. I remember, Brother Danny, I don't know if you were praying for him, but y'all were praying for him. I assume you were. And he got the Holy Ghost that night and you know we don't know Spanish. We don't know Spanish. I know words, but I can't, I am not fluent, uncle.
Speaker 3:Danny, don't know Spanish.
Speaker 1:I know words, but I can't. I am not fluent. Uncle Danny don't know Spanish. He said he was listening to that lady speaking. You could hear when she was going in Spanish and when she started speaking in tongues you could hear the difference. Absolutely, she was powerful. Well we had that powerful breakout and I don't know how long it went, but it was powerful. And after that, let's talk about what happened after that. Go ahead, preston. Wait, wait, wait. I have a verse.
Speaker 3:Okay, Are you ready for this?
Speaker 1:Go ahead.
Speaker 3:Okay, it's in Matthew 26. And he cometh unto the disciples and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter what could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Okay, and it gets to verse and it says and he came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy, and I feel like that encompasses my experience. At about midnight and one o'clock, I was really struggling to stay awake.
Speaker 1:You were struggling. My dad and Dre were in the truck resting.
Speaker 3:Yes, they were.
Speaker 1:Oh man Go ahead.
Speaker 2:There are moments where there are moments where God does great things, and that was definitely one of those moments that night. But there is such a thing as wearing out the saints of the most high, and I remember that night after God had moved and God had done some great things. And I remember that night after God had moved and God had done some great things, and I remember your uncle saying something along the lines of I feel like the Spirit of God has accomplished what he desired in this place tonight, in this place tonight, and. But in spite of that fact, there were some others that decided that it needed to continue and so began just to continue to get up there and speak and to try to get some sort of response.
Speaker 2:You know, yeah, when you're in a church service and you don't speak the same language as those that are ministering, it can be one of those things that can be a little worrisome sometimes to begin with, because you don't know exactly what's being said. Now, the presence of God and the power of the Holy Ghost, it transcends languages, and so when the Spirit of God begins to move, there's something powerful and invigorating about it. But when you don't feel the Spirit of God moving. It can become wearisome to even the most seasoned saint. I believe, yeah, I wouldn't consider myself a seasoned saint.
Speaker 1:Well, I remember my experience. So we had the phenomenal thing and I'm standing there like, okay, this has been great, we had a great service, now it's time to go. And then they just start playing music, it's time to go. And then I, just then, they just start playing music and they keep playing music. I'm looking at my phone, at pictures, right now. I've got a picture of Dre and my dad laying with their, with their chairs reclined in the truck, waiting for us to be done and the timing on that is 12 am.
Speaker 1:That service lasted till around 12 am. What time did it start? I don't even remember what time it started.
Speaker 3:Oh no, that service was still going.
Speaker 1:Oh, it was still going when we left.
Speaker 3:It was like one something when we left, I think.
Speaker 1:Here's here's, Keep talking. I'm looking at my times on my phone.
Speaker 3:No, I mean it might have been 1230. Maybe it was one something when we got back. But yeah, I know you're not supposed to be envious, but I was definitely envious of them. I was kind of could have done this.
Speaker 1:What I was doing is I wasn't even y'all was in the front the whole time. My dad and dre were in the truck. Me I was kind of going in between the truck talking to them, standing in the back of the service in the truck, talking to them. Then I ended up at the end walking up to y'all but I'm looking at my phone right here and we walked in about 6.33. Around that time we was at the church and, yeah, we got out of there around 12. But the problem was we had people riding with us up the mountain, so we had to wait for them.
Speaker 1:That's why we were still there, because we had to wait for them.
Speaker 2:I remember that and I remember eventually it came to the point where, you know, brother Danny said all right, it's time for us to go and they can either join us or they can, you know, say if they prefer that we are going to go ahead and take off and all out of here one funny, if I remember right or no I do remember right, uncle Danny he went up there and he kind of testified a little bit but he was ready to go, so he didn't give a preaching when he got done.
Speaker 1:Brother Luis little bit, but he was ready to go, so he didn't give a preaching. When he got done, brother Luis interpreted for him. When he got done, brother Luis said I'm just going to talk for a couple minutes, and didn't he preach over an hour.
Speaker 2:I do believe he did. I think at least 45 minutes or more.
Speaker 3:That's that Honduran time.
Speaker 1:we're talking about my Uncle, danny said that when my papa was alive, the founder guys would have won. That would have never happened.
Speaker 3:And it was just, it was it was.
Speaker 1:I'm not. I'm not dogging that at all. I'm not dogging any of that. That was phenomenal Cause and that kind of leads into something. That cause that's their life, they're that, they love that. When you've got Americans from the States who can't understand a lick of the language, who are up here to do stuff and they're coming to do this, it's just a rough situation.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, Well, and you know, it's one of those. One of the things that I've found in life is that there is indeed a balance in all things, and so I think it was wonderful to go and be a part of you know, but also realizing that there were things to do the next day. There does come a point where I was thankful for the leadership of Brother Danny Sweeney, saying let's go ahead and get some sleep so that we have energy for the next day.
Speaker 3:For me too. I feel like it had kind of lost some of it Not purpose, but just because I wasn't able to understand it and I know the presence of the Lord is there either way, but because they were doing a lot of speaking and a lot of singing, I've just been sitting there. I have no idea what's going on. You know, I'm getting it when they say Holy Spirit or say God every once in a while, but, like for the most part, I'm not knowing what they're saying and so it kind of loses some of that benefit.
Speaker 1:I feel like, yeah, and it was like Go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 2:No, you're good, oh no, I was just going to say, though, if I remember correctly, I think Kim did get at least a 15-minute nap somewhere.
Speaker 3:Oh for sure, I probably snuck a couple of them.
Speaker 1:She went down to parade so she could get a little rest. No, I'm playing yeah.
Speaker 3:I don't need the check to do that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was funny and that was the final day of the trip, if I remember. I think we left the next day so it was it was a funny way to end the trip. Put it this way, it gave us talking about something to talk about. It gave us something to talk about so, before we move on, is there anything else about this trip we want to talk about?
Speaker 2:I think that just about covers it All right.
Speaker 1:I will admit on this podcast to all the listeners. If you don't like this, I apologize, but we are going a little bit long today and the reason is I've already kept these people for two podcasts and I want to make sure we got enough content. So we're just going to put it all into one longer podcast and if you all complain, then go listen to a different podcast that we did. That was shorter. No, I'm playing, but I do apologize for the time to whoever doesn't like it being this long.
Speaker 1:We usually don't do it this long, but with this podcast, we're making exceptions, so we're going to move on. I think the next trip I was also on right, it was the one that we just went on or on, or did y'all go on one before? Yeah, yeah, there was that one, so that was that was our next opportunity to come back there. That was a phenomenal, okay. So this trip the dates for this trip was the beginning, the end of february, the end of february and the beginning of march of this year, 2025, and it was me, my dad, brother, danny, you and kim, and then y'all had four young people from y'all's church Julie if I get the names wrong.
Speaker 1:I know the names but Julia Jenna Tanner, and then I can't remember the last one.
Speaker 2:Ryan Ryan.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's good If, if he Ryan, if you hear this podcast, I apologize, I'm bad with names, but we had a phenomenal podcast, or phenomenal week, so go ahead and let's talk about that week.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, it was just um wonderful from start to finish. Um, this was one of the things I do love um about getting the opportunity to go on some of these different missions is the opportunity to get different people involved. Right, and we had a phenomenal group this year and loved, just absolutely had a wonderful time being with you and your dad and brother, danny, and uh it. It was a different trip than the one that we had been on before.
Speaker 1:It was the same uh it was another uh youth conference yes, but but it was very different.
Speaker 2:Yes, another youth-focused trip. Yeah, same focus, but different situation. Yeah, because every time you go it's always going to be a little bit different. Yeah, and this year the crowd was a lot smaller.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was a bad time for us to do a trip, to be honest.
Speaker 2:Yes, we had a lot to do a trip, to be honest. Yes, well, and you know one of those things that the crowd was smaller and maybe you know, in the future you know working around the coffee season and different political situations and stuff like that that we ran into but I really believe, at the same time, that God ordained this trip for that, exactly Like I would say is that the crowd was small.
Speaker 1:What I mean by hard time is this is the time where they make their money. So what little bit they make, they make now. We had political rallies going on both days. The day we got there and then one of the days that we was doing stuff, there was a festival going on in town. So you had all that taking people. But who needed to be there, who God wanted to be there, was there, or at least God knew who was going to be there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely. And the people that wanted to be there, they were there, exactly, you know, yes, wanted to be there, they were there.
Speaker 1:Exactly, you know yes.
Speaker 2:If you wanted to be somewhere else. There was plenty of opportunities and plenty of other places that people could have been.
Speaker 1:They chose to be there.
Speaker 2:Brother Luis kept yes, brother Luis kept saying a phrase, something along the lines of I feel like God has just brought us together and wrapped his arms around us.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:And that's what I felt like. It was a smaller group, but it was powerful in the way that they responded and each and every person in those services just with tears streaming down their faces and with a heart that was hungry for the power of God to move and work in their lives, and it was really both challenging and then truthfully encouraging to me to see what I felt like was a group that was of one mind and one accord as we came together to seek after God.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was a. We had some good times. We had some phenomenal services. One thing you talked about earlier, about how people up there will be more reserved We've seen a lot of that on this trip. We might have had two people both days walk up for us to pray with them.
Speaker 1:We went to the people and prayed with them, but we had several people who were just praying hard. I remember we had one guy. I've seen this guy on several of my trips. He's a young pastor and he just gets in every time we pray with him and it was powerful. A funny part of that trip which I knew I was going to talk about, this Pastor Kim. So if you heard me earlier, I called Kim Pastor and there's a funny reason for that, Kim, go ahead and explain how you got that title.
Speaker 3:How did I get that title?
Speaker 1:I'll be honest, I don't even know the exact way we did it. I just remember you was talking to my dad, Preston. Do you remember how that?
Speaker 3:came about.
Speaker 3:I do, I do remember. So we were sitting around the table one night and somebody told us one time Do you remember who? It was Preston who told us about the sermon. If it couldn't get across, it doesn't matter what. What we were told one time is if, if you can't get your sermon across someone in 30 minutes, then you should probably just go sit down, like you should be able to get that across in less than 30 minutes. Well, somebody had said that at the table and I said you know what? I think it be 15 minutes. And dad piped up and he's like you know what? I'd go to your church. And then that is how the joke started of calling me pastor and it did go away the rest of the trip.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's hilarious, I suppose. Oh, it was so funny, we all got a good kick out of it.
Speaker 1:Oh, my word and if I get to go on a trip with you again, it will continue. That was funny. Yeah, it was. We had some fun on that trip.
Speaker 3:We'd be playing now you guys are, you're fun to joke with, but your, your dad. I got him with the joke and he said you know what? I think I'm leaving the church and I was like, oh no, my one congregate is leaving it was so much, it was so funny.
Speaker 1:That was just, oh my word. I remember that one night we was playing a game and we was all just dying. It was so much fun. Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 3:Those are great times. You know what I feel like god gives us a special little moment of just refreshment you know, we had, you know, an hour or so, a couple of those evenings that we were able to just hang out and have some quality game time, you know, and and laughter is good for the soul, you know, and so I felt like it was refreshing, it was fun, it gives us memories to look back on and friendships, you know.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, it was. It was I. I said it on the trip and I'm going to say it here. My favorite trips is when I get to. I love going on trips where I don't know nobody and I get to meet new people. And that was like this trip. I knew y'all, but I got to know the rest of the people that came with y'all all of them and we had a blast. I enjoyed getting to meet them.
Speaker 1:So let's go back to the services and stuff, anything about the specific services y'all want to talk about? I know I got one other thing about the services I want to talk about, but y'all got anything else?
Speaker 2:Just the. It was awesome to me to see the way everybody worked together. Yeah, you know, like I said kind of at the beginning or just a few moments ago, there was a phenomenal team there and sometimes we do, we look at ourselves and we think, oh, I could never do that or be a part of something like that. But I'd encourage anybody that listens to this podcast if you haven't ever taken the opportunity to go on a mission trip and you have that chance or opportunity presented to you, go and do it. Ryan Brother, ryan Hudgens did a phenomenal job preaching there on Wednesday morning about not turning back, and then Tanner Hudgens, his younger brother, you know just preaching about, you know shining that light, and you know several different ones giving testimonies. We had a time of games that Julia put together and just kind of, like we talked about earlier, seeing different people do different things. There was a really powerful moment, I thought, where Jenna Hawkins, one of the young ladies, that went on the trip with us.
Speaker 2:She handed out a rock to everybody and talked about how they're in the word of God. They come across the Jordan River and they pile up rocks as an altar and as a memorial so that whenever they pass by it or whenever their children pass by it, they would tell and they would remember of how God had brought them across and how God had brought them across and how God had brought them out. And you know, just as she had us hand out those rocks to everybody as a hopefully a reminder, you know that they still have sitting somewhere where they can see it, of the things that God did in their lives that week.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I remember we uh, in those games he was talking about, brother Luis and his wife got in there and played and it was so much fun watching them.
Speaker 3:My word, that was hilarious. They were so competitive.
Speaker 1:I've never seen him do that before I was loving it. I took pictures and stuff. It was so funny.
Speaker 2:I loved it. I loved it too. Oh yeah, so funny, I love it. So I loved it too, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:So, uh, we're getting about to the end of this podcast. We've gone very long so I'm not going to say too much. But I would like to say, on that trip we did the classes again like we did on the. On that one, we was talking about where we separate everybody, but the guys went outside this time instead of going to a different building. Uh, talk about that experience for both of y'all.
Speaker 3:This is my favorite part. Like I said earlier, I love a little bit more of a one-on-one conversation, yeah, and where I can kind of get the mind of whoever I'm talking to kind of see what they're going through, what is it that we can help you get through. And so that's kind of what we did in our ladies discussion and there were a couple things that were great. So it took just a few minutes to really get the ladies to respond or to pipe up with you know maybe what they're struggling with or some questions. But once they did, I could tell that they were engaged, they were wanting to learn and I really felt like they were receiving. But that was awesome, that they like were starting to share and really ask questions that were pretty in-depth. I mean, like one of them talking about like what she should do because she's dating this guy but her parents don't necessarily approve, and so we talked about you know what does God say about honoring our parents and kind of what does that look like? Because she's an adult now and you know what I mean, and so just giving her some practical guidance there.
Speaker 3:But also what was awesome for me was this was the first trip, but also, what was awesome for me was this was the first trip, so Brother Luis is who we've worked with on the ground there in Honduras.
Speaker 3:Each time that's our connection through Brother Danny. But seeing Sister Sandra, which is Brother Luis's wife and then his daughter Tirza, on this trip, I really felt like God was even doing a work in Tirzan through her, so she not only would translate for us in the group, but then she would share her heart and maybe some advice that she had for them. And you know, from a biblical perspective and I just thought you know, it's not just us here Like these people have this family that loves them and wants to see them grow. And I'll just be honest, sister Sandra is awesome, she's hilarious, and so we had a fun time and she made us laugh there in the girl's circle and you could just tell like there's something about her. You know she's a mama and so it made everyone feel comfortable. It made them just have this presence of a lady that loves God but loves people, and it was just a great time, right.
Speaker 1:Go ahead, Preston, if you've got anything you want to say about that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, just it was.
Speaker 2:It was again that moment where we were able to give some practical advice and steps on ways to live it out.
Speaker 2:You know, it's it's wonderful to see God do things in a service, but we don't live in church service all the time, and so I loved that opportunity that we had, kind of, like Clint had said, it took just a little while to get some interaction going, you know, break the ice, and for people to be comfortable to those men to be comfortable, to, willing to kind of share some of the things and questions that they had, but I felt like it was a powerful time as well, as we got to go into some different topics and talk about some different questions that they had and then also give advice about accountability and about ways to keep what God has begun and also grow in it. You know, and having you mentioned, there was a young pastor that was there, and so being able to give some advice that was not only applicable for everyday life for everybody that was there, but also, you know, some things that hopefully will be able to assist him as he goes forward in ministry. Right, yeah, to assist him as he goes forward in ministry.
Speaker 1:Right, and I think we're going to go ahead and end this podcast with one more question. This has been a phenomenal long podcast.
Speaker 3:We've had some great stuff.
Speaker 1:I've enjoyed it, Thank y'all. But I got one more thing. I just want to give y'all just some time to give some closing remarks. Both of y'all just go ahead and give some closing remarks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was figuring out if I was going to talk first or if she was going to talk, it don't matter to me. First off, I just want to say thank you, kent, for having this podcast. It's an awesome platform and you are a phenomenal young man, and so it's exciting to see the different ways that.
Speaker 2:God is working and using you. Using you. I said it a moment ago, but I would encourage anybody that hasn't yet been on a missions trip. If you get the opportunity and if that door opens up, take it, go for it and it will open your eyes and to the world around you in a greater way. But I believe there's also something that God does in our lives as we step out and begin to allow Him to work through us, and he then works in us. And we love Honduras, we love the work that is going on there through God's little ones, and we are just excited to see the way that God continues to pour out His Spirit there and do a work in the children and the young people and the adults and in the pastors there in Honduras, and believe that the best is yet to come.
Speaker 3:Amen, go ahead, kim.
Speaker 3:I just have a thought. Brother Taylor was my pastor growing up and he always said missions is the heartbeat of God and it's home missions, foreign missions, home missions, foreign missions, home missions, foreign missions. And so my encouragement to anyone who actually made it through this entire podcast would be to go find your passion, go find your giftings, what God has given you, and start using them in the kingdom of God. Use them at your home church, in your community, there, your home community, and then see if you have opportunity to go use them overseas somewhere or in another location, see what God has for you, because really it's just a heart attitude that says yes to God, yes to the opportunities that he passes along. And sometimes that's going to be doing the hard work right. It's going to be cleaning the toilets, it's going to be sweeping, it's going to be handing out stuff, or sometimes it's going to be those moments of getting to speak to people, and no matter what it is, as long as you are doing it for God's glory, he will bless you and use you.
Speaker 1:And with that we're going to go ahead and end this podcast. Thank you, brother Preston and sister pastor Kim, for being on this podcast with me today. It's been great.
Speaker 3:Thank y'all.
Speaker 1:Thank y'all for giving me your time.
Speaker 3:God bless y'all, y'all have a good day.
Speaker 1:In this podcast we talked about one of the girls who came, jenna, having to pass out these rocks as a reminder, and I want to talk about that a little bit. And I want to read Exodus, chapter 13, starting in verse 3. And Moses said unto the people Remember this day in which he came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, For by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten. And this talking about the feast of unleavened bread, and I'm not going to read all of this. But in exodus 13, 5, it says uh, and it shall be when the lord shall bring thee into the land of the canaanites and the hittites and the amorites and the hevites and the jebusites which, swearing to thy fathers to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey. Thou shalt keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord, and thou shalt. So we skipped verse four and now we're going to skip verse 7. Verse 8 says and this verse is talking, or this is Moses talking, and he's telling the children of Israel to remember what God did for them, remember what he did for them. Remember what he did for them. And, talking about this rock, I actually went on my shelf in my room and actually went and got the. I still have the rock. I brought it home with me and I've got it in my hand right now and I want to talk about that.
Speaker 1:You know, god has done some powerful things for us and if you're a Christian, if you're saved, if you serve God, then God's done something for you. I mean, he saved you, he created everybody on earth, he created everything. He's done something for you. You can't tell me he hasn't. I know he has. You're breathing because he allows you to breathe. He made you to breathe. So God's done something for us. God's done stuff for us, and not just that, he does phenomenal things for us. And remember those things. Remember what God does for you, whether it's when he saved you, whether it's when he healed you, whether it's whenever he gave you guidance or delivered you, or whenever you got the Holy Ghost. When I got the Holy Ghost, I put a reminder on my phone that goes off and it's got the date and it's got the time and it's got, uh, and it says it says the day, date and the time that I got the Holy, and says I got the Holy Ghost, and that's a reminder that I got the Holy Ghost that night. And if you've got, or whatever God has done for you, get a reminder of that. You know, this is not nothing crazy, this is something very simple. This is a rock. There's nothing special about a rock, but this is a way to remember what God has done.
Speaker 1:That trip was phenomenal, not just for the people in Honduras, but I was going through stuff at the time and it helped me and it was a phenomenal trip and this is a reminder of that that I can hold on to and I can go put in my hand and I can go remember that, uh, we had youth camp, uh, not that long ago. Or, uh, we had youth camp a couple months ago and my, my aunt, my aunt is our youth pastor, or my aunt and uncle are youth pastor and she went and got these puzzle pieces and she had us write our name, the date of the camp and the name of the camp RFPYC. It says Kent 2025, rfpyc, and it's a reminder of what God did, because the camp was phenomenal and it was a reminder of what God did so. If you've got whatever God has done for you excuse me, whatever God has done for you in your life, get you a reminder, whether that's a rock, whether that's something from that time, whether that's just a reminder on your phone. God touched me at this time. I encourage you, try it. It can't hurt nothing, excuse me, it's a way to remember what God did for you.
Speaker 1:But there's something on that verse that I want to read, the last verse I read. It said and thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying this is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. It's basically saying to tell your children, tell your son, tell your son why you're doing this, the reason that you're remembering this and I want to use this for this the miracles God has done in your life, from saving you to healing you, to providing for you, to protecting you, to guiding you, to giving you victory. Whatever God has done for you. Don't keep those to yourself. Share those. That is part of our testimony. That is for us to share, whether that's for us to share them to the lost, whether that's for us to share them to a struggling fellow Christian. Share those memories with everybody. They are powerful, they are part of our ministry. We're called to go into all the world and preach the gospel. What are we going to tell them? We're going to tell them about Jesus, but tell them about your personal experiences, your personal experience with Jesus. Tell them what God did for you. So I encourage you, get you a reminder for what God has done for you and tell people what he has done.
Speaker 1:Well, I hope you enjoyed this very good and very long episode of the God's Little One podcast. This was the second part of the part two podcast. So the first podcast with Preston and Kim we did part one. That was that whole podcast entirely. The part two podcast that we did. That was part of the part two podcast that we recorded. This one was the second half, or not half, they weren't both exactly the same in length, but this was the second part of the part two podcast. So this was part three. So I hope you all enjoyed this conversation. It was a blast to be able to do. I enjoyed it and we had a good time and it all went good.
Speaker 1:And I apologize for the confusion with brother joel or with saying that his was going to be this one. His is the very next one, so not this coming monday, but the next monday we'll be posting his. His podcast is very, very good too. It's phenomenal, and I hope you all enjoy that. And those podcasts we'll be talking about. On the first one it's a part one and a part two. On the first part we'll be talking about him and his well working with God's Little One and Brother Daniel Sweeney, the founder, and stuff like that. And the second one will be more pointed towards the work he's done with uh four corners, global outreach. So those are some phenomenal podcasts. I hope you all enjoy them. Keep listening, cause they're coming up the very next podcast. That's what it'll be, so I hope you all enjoy those. But anyway, thank you for listening to this episode of the God's little one podcast.
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