Greetings all. I want to use this blog to talk for a moment about what is going on here in Honduras. You may send this article out to help people know what to pray for. I do not claim to be an expert in this, so my apologies if I got any facts wrong or am unfair in any way.
Mel Zelaya is a leftist leader with some socialist tendencies in his last year of office as President of Honduras. The next election is in November. However, Zelaya would like to change that. He has been promoting an international survey for this Sunday that would allow an extra "ballot box" on the November ballot asking if you would like to have the constitution changed. Amongst other unspecified things, this would allow President Zelaya to run again (Honduran presidents are only permitted one term)
The problem is this, on Tuesday the Supreme Court declared the survey illegal (at least doing it so close to the election). Mr. Zelaya decided to go through with it anyway (calling the Supreme Court the "Supreme Court of Injustice." On Thursday, he asked military to help with the vote on Sunday and the leader of the armed forces, Romeo Vasquez, said no. He would not follow illegal orders. Mr. Zelaya then
fired him.
The congress met and decided to order Mr. Zelaya to
reinstate General Vasquez. However, he
refused. The congress also discussed last night whether or not to throw a coup d'etat. They decided against it for now.
Hugo Chavez has stated that he will
support Zelaya if there is an attempted coup.
Meanwhile, there are protests here in Tegucigalpa and also in San Pedro Sula. There are some dreadful
rumors floating around. The country is pretty nervous.
That is the rundown. Here is what you can be praying for:
Nationally
*Pray for peace in this country. That nobody would resort to violence in supporting their cause.
*Pray for the leaders to be calm and humble enough to find an agreement without going to dangerous extremes.
*Pray for the right decision to be made in the country.
*Pray especially that Sunday would be peaceful and that the voting would be fair.
*Pray for unity in the country.
*Pray that the Church would be Christ-centered and loving in our responses. That we would stand against injustice but would not mix company with any political ideal. Pray that the Church would stay wholly the Church and not divided over human things.
More personally:
*That our church, Roca de Refugio, would know what we should do, even if only be a heart of love in a potentially dark time.
*That I would know when to speak and when to be quiet.
*And you can always pray for my upcoming marriage. Thanks!
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