Very near completion is the new Bible Institute where church leaders will be trained. It will include a classroom and dormitories for those who attend fulltime.

Jose Osorio Quintanilla
Age: 67 DOB: 2 January 1944
Baptized on: September 1996 (15 years)
He has 2 married sons
His wife: Milagros Diaz Granados (Christian also)
He wants to learn about the bible and serve to the church.

Jose is planning to interrupt his life by studying to be a preacher/teacher. He plans to live in residence in the new Ocotepeque Bible Institute for 2 years. He will travel to his home congregation to work each weekend, and he will be involved in the church activities in Ocotepeque during the week.

He needs an estimated $90 each month for transportation and food.

This can be sent to the Mt Vernon Church of Christ, 732 S. Landrum, Mt Vernon, MO 65712

Peace Corp volunteers are being sent home from Honduras in January while the organization evaluates what to do about the violence.

This action is going to make us more careful about who travels to Honduras. We will make sure everyone understands the situation, and we will make sure that we do everything we can to keep our teams safe.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran officials on Friday lamented a U.S. decision to pull 158 Peace Corps volunteers out of the Central American country in January for safety reasons.

Foreign Minister Arturo Corrales said he believes the situation is temporary as Honduras works to restore peace and security in a country notorious for having the highest homicide rate in the world.

“The Peace Corps has done an outstanding job in our country,” added Security Minister Pompey Bonilla. “We are dismayed by the pullout.”

The government reaction came two days after the U.S. government announced it is suspending training for new Peace Corps volunteers in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and bringing home 158 volunteers from Honduras. The current volunteers will remain in the other two countries.

We visited the Ocotepeque prison to determine their condition. It is quite secure and very uncomfortable. The conditions are quite deplorable by our standards. Dea was allowed to treat this open sore that he had had for 7 months and had been without medical treatment for it.
We encourage the local ministers to set up Bible studies there.

The men of the Ocotepeque church work well together and enjoy being together.

The church bus takes the people from La Antigua to their village following Sunday evening Worship in Ocotepeque.

The Ocotepeque church has worship at 5 pm on Sunday and on Wednesday at 6pm. The La Antigua congregation joins them on Sunday. Antigua has Bible study and worship on Tuesday and Thursday nights.

Each child in the childrens' sponsor program received a toy at the December meeting! They loved the toys and for many it is the only toy they will get for Christmas.

This is one of the suspension bridges that connects La Antigua (Old Ocotepeque) with the remote villages in the mountains to the west. It is for foot traffic only.

Jorge and Marcos attended a meeting hosted by John Cannon of Katy, Texas and attended by the 4 preachers from the region. The meeting was to encourage them to stand fast in the work of the Lord and work together.

The new facility for the Ocotepeque Bible Institute is nearing completion. This is on top of the auditorium and will have a classroom as well as dormitories for men and women. Classes are scheduled to begin in January 2012.