Evangelism in Honduras
Rev. Victor with acolytes. Rehearsal for the Consecration. The Iglesia Buen Pastor story is a good example of how the church is growing in Honduras. The man in the center of its success is Rev. Victor Velasquez, currently an ordained deacon. He founded the mission and nurtured it to where it is today. In 2006, Fr. Juan Jose Diaz asked Victor to go to Santa Maria, an hour outside of Danli on the road to Olancho. ( Click here to see map.) Fr. Juan told him that he had a few acquaintances there. Would he go and see if he could start a church? Victor, who at that time had no car, hopped on the bus for Santa Maria, which is on a dirt road highway in the middle of nowhere. Chander's adobe house and meeting place for the mission. Soon Victor had a small group meeting regularly. After gathering in various places, eventually they were invited to the adobe ho me of Alexander (Chander) Flores, who converted his living room into a permanent meeting hall for t