We left at 7:30 this morning for San Marcos of Santa Barbara. I did my demographic survey there, so we learned a lot about the town and people there. It is a poor town, but many are poorer. Pastor Sam said you know it's a small town when asking directions consists of finding out where the pavement begins. We also checked up on the farm for Hermano Carlos. It is also a possible sight for a camp in the future. My but it was an adventure getting there - crossing a creek and several mud puddles. No doubt about it, if I end up living in Latin America someday, I most definitely will have to break down and get a 4 wheel drive vehicle. No little car would ever survive the roads and floods!
Something I was struck by again while in San Marcos was the hospitality of the people. A lady who'd never met us before welcomed us to her house with the words "mi casa es tu casa" (my house is your house). And the pastor of the Baptist church there told us much about the place. His church is 80% women and 20% men. Oh for more men interested in serving the Lord!
Catholicism is dominant there, although we met Mormons and JWs today as well. Speaking of Catholicism, tonight I saw a parade from the Catholic church here in San Pedro Sula. So many walking down the road with a statue of Mary singing "ya alegres los catolicos" about how happy the Catholics are and they joy they have. It was an interesting and sad sight to me. To see so many from tiny children to adults following on in this parade believing they have true religion when false teaching casts a pall over them and leaves them in spiritual darkness. I have been reading a little Spanish booklet by a Catholic priest who read the Bible and how God brought him to the light. What gets me is how he said in his testimony that they are taught (even the sacerdotes) that they cannot understand the Bible. It is sin to try to interpret the Bible on your own, so while they have Bibles and the people are allowed to read it, the vast majority do not at all. There is no point to read a book you are told that you cannot understand. And in this way, the people are left depending on the church and the interpretation of the priests, bishops, and pope. And in this way, Satan keeps so many from finding the truth. Oh how I want them to know the truth that gives true joy. I don't know what joy they were singing about having in the Catholic church tonight, but it's not true joy, the kind Jesus gives. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2Gt2DGstA-szAsWFtJBSskI8wSYDAd7DvzRJMO6xBe0HvapoeSd9kYw5stE6UwovCPgG8O8odN6e_o3E3ksfTQbPMIzCGwlMC_Gun55kY5E3rH-LqHZeSbbu4RF5UcirUtHFX6CIhl_q/s320/P6150025.JPG)
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