 Let's get started. Welcome everybody to our virtual mission trip to Honduras. So as you know, the pandemic has limited our ability to travel and to stay connected with our friends, well certainly across international borders, but even outside of our own states. So this is a great way for us to still have at least some kind of virtual mission trip experience. Most of you who are English speakers are from the North Texas conference. And you may or may not know that the North Texas conference has had a special relationship with the mission in Honduras since 2019. In 2019, Bishop Michael McKee became the Episcopal leader for the mission in Honduras. And so that paved the way for the North Texas conference and the mission in Honduras to develop this relationship. So if you've been on a mission trip, you know right away that there'll be some things about this virtual trip that just won't be the same. We won't be able to roll up our sleeves and build something or fix something that would make us feel like we'd accomplish something on our trip. And when I think about my trips to Honduras, I'm missing the fact that I won't be able to enjoy the authentic Honduran cuisine that the people always prepare for us. And that's a big deal. I've been a vegetarian for 15 years. The only time I eat pork chops or chicken or anything like that is when I'm in Honduras. Chuletas es cuando voy a la misión de Honduras. But there'll be a lot of things about this virtual mission trip that will be the same. We'll still be able to build relationships across borders. We'll be able to learn things about other cultures and other people that will just deepen our empathy and our understanding. And we'll be able to build some partnerships that will be a part of ministry on down the road. So for the next four nights, we'll have the opportunity to gather like this. Each night we'll have a different theme. So tonight is focused on an overview of the mission and the country of Honduras. Tuesday we'll focus on church to church partnerships. On Wednesday we'll look ahead to the time when we can take a church trip to Honduras and we'll learn about mission trips that we can take. En miércoles vamos a ver cuando vamos a poder poner el tiempo para planificar cuando podríamos ir presencialmente a Honduras y planificar que tendríamos que hacer. And then Thursday we'll learn about the one Wesley school. Y el jueves vamos a aprender acerca de one Wesley school. But each night will be led in worship by one of the pastoral leaders from the mission in Honduras. We'll hear testimony from folks about the difference that this relationship and the mission has made. And there'll be a culture moment in which those of us in the United States will learn a little something about the culture of Honduras. And again, welcome and share a couple of final logistic kind of pieces of information. So first is the chat. As we move through the night. If you have a question about something that you've heard a question you'd like to pose to the presenter and just write that in the chat. And Callie Williams who's on the call with us is going to be monitoring that and we'll keep track of the questions that come in and at the end of the evening, we'll have a chance for her to lift those questions up. y Callie Williams va a estar monitoreando las preguntas que ustedes tienen y el final de la noche final de la reunión que ya va a tratar de contestarles todas las preguntas que ustedes habían puesto en el chat. Very good. And then last is translation. Al final es la traducción. If you were here on the call the very beginning, you heard some of us trying to troubleshoot the simultaneous translation. Si ustedes escucharon al principio la transmisión y van ustedes a escuchar que tratamos de de traducir y de poner un solo canal pero bueno estamos ahorita trabajando en ello. So we'll continue like this for now and then on the break or worst case scenario. Before tomorrow's session will be able to offer this simultaneous translation once we get those bugs worked up. Vamos a poder para el final de la tarde por ejemplo cuando tengamos el break pues vamos a intentar que podemos transmitir en simultáneo sino para el día de mañana ya tendremos resuelto eso y poder transmitir en simultáneo. Right. So with that, I want to welcome Pastor Yamileth Moncada from Honduras. If I remember she is the pastor of Kisqual Agua. Yes, the pastor of Kisqual Agua. Great. And she will be leading us in our opening time of devotion tonight. We are going to open the meeting right now with the time we are going to have devotion. Blessings, greetings to all. Blessings, privilege everyone. It's a privilege. To be able to be not presential, but we are in a virtual manner. Not in person, but for me it is a pleasure. It is a joy to be part of you this meeting. Así que en esta tarde estaremos leyendo la palabra que le encontramos verdad en el libro de Salmos. We're going to be reading. Capítulo 92. That we're fighting. Versículo del 1 al 5. Salmos, Capítulo 92. Capítulo 92. Capítulo 92. Salmos. Sí. Capítulo 92. Capítulo 92. Versículo del 1 al 5. Amén. Amén, hermana. Sí, yo lo le he ocurrido, ¿verdad? Y después usted les traduce. Así es, hermana. Así que leemos la palabra de Dios, ¿verdad? Un papá al padre, al hijo y en presencia del Espíritu Santo. Bueno es alabarte o jiová y cantar Salmos a tu nombre o altísimo. Annunciar por la mañana tu misericordia y tu fidelidad cada noche. En el decacordio y en el salterio, en todo suave con el arpa. Por cuánto me has alegrado, jiová, con tus obras en las obras de tus manos, negocio. Cuán grandes son tus obras? Jiová, muy profundo son tus pensamientos, palabra de Dios. A good thing to keep things unto the Lord and to sign praises into the almost high. To chew forth the love and kindness in the morning and the faithfulness every night. Upon an instrument of dense strength and upon the past theory, upon the sharp with a solemn sound. For who, Lord, has made me glad, truly, they work. I will trump in the work of try hands, of the hands. O Lord, who great are the work in the two are very deep. Amen. Amen. Let's pray this afternoon. Amado Dios, dear Lord, nos acercamos ante ti. We put ourselves in front of you. Con corazones agradecidos. With grateful hearts. Gracias por este nuevo día. Gracias por la oportunidad de compartir los unos con los otros. Thanks for the chance to share with each other. Gracias por este tiempo. Thank you for this time. Estaremos juntos. That we will be together. Te pedimos o Dios. We ask you, O Lord. Que nos dirijas. That you guide us. En todo lo que vamos a hacer. In everything that we're going to do. Que este tiempo sea de bendición. May this time be a blessing. Sea de unidad. May this time to be united. Sea de paz. Be a peaceful time. Sea de gozo. Be of joy. En tus manos, O Dios. In your hands, O mighty God. Cada uno de los que estaremos reunidos a través de este medio virtual. Please keep up your hands. Each one of us that we're going to be united here in this. Experience. Que sea usted dirigiendonos desde un inicio hasta un final. Please be you God that you're going to be guiding us. From the beginning to the end. Todo esto te lo pedimos. We ask for all this. Y te agradecemos. And we are thankful. And we thank you. En el nombre del padre. In the name of the father. En el nombre del hijo. The name of the son. Y del Espíritu Santo. And the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Okay, muchas gracias, pastora. So, as I said, tonight's focuses on. On the mission. As you can come over to your place. And also that the country of Honduras, and also the country of Honduras. And so I'd like to welcome. Reverend Roberto. Peña, Someone that I count as a friend. And someone whose ministry I have seen and deeply respect. He is the superintendent of the mission and has been with the mission in Honduras. How long Roberto, 18 years, 20 years, 20 years. So there is no one better to have with us tonight to share with us about the country and how the mission started and what the mission is like today. And so, Roberto, we are here to listen to you. Thank you for being with us tonight. Roberto, gracias por estar. Estamos escuchando lo que hace para estar con nosotros esta noche. Muchas gracias a usted, Andy. Thank you very much, Andy. Y un saludo cordial a cada uno de lo que estamos conectados en esta noche. And I want to say hi to each one of you that we're connected tonight. Como bien decía, Andy, he estado en contacto con la misión. Like Andy will say, and I've been in contact with the mission for 20 years for 20 years. Pero digamos que en relación con la misión prácticamente 23 años desde el mismo comienzo de la misión. But let's say like with the mission, it's been like 23 years since the beginning of the mission. Porque no soy de Honduras, sino de Puerto Rico. Because I'm not from Honduras, I'm from Puerto Rico. Pero mi mi relación con la misión comenzó estando en Puerto Rico a través de grandes misioneros. But my relationship with the mission starts in Puerto Rico with the beginning of mission trips. Y aquí estamos después de 23 años y aunque jubilado en cierta forma como misionero, pero seguimos trabajando por el bienestar del reino de Dios. So here we are after 23 years later and we're still here. La República de Honduras está localizada prácticamente en el centro de Centroamérica. So the country of Honduras is located in the middle of Central America, the center of Central America. Su capital es el distrito central y este comprende dos ciudades, Tegucigalpa y Comanuevuela. So the capital is the central district and this it's Twin Cities, Tegucigalpa and Comanuevuela. Se dividen 18 departamentos y casi 300 municipios. Honduras has 18 departments and more than 300. Cities. Counties. Counties, yes, thank you. OK, la población está alcanzando casi los 10 millones. The population of Honduras is almost 10 million. La la es multietnico y la mayor parte de la población es de mestizos. It's multi ethnic population and most of the population is mixed. Pero tiene la presencia de varios pueblos indígenas. But we also have a lot of different different Indians, Indian people. Como Garifuna. Communities like Garifunas, misquitos. Those are different communities from Honduras. Lengas con lupanes, shorties y otros. Lupanes, shorties and others. El idioma predominante es el español. Pero hay criollos y habla inglesa en el marco del país. The language, the official language of Honduras, it's Spanish. But there are some other communities in the north part of this big English. Su geografía es montañosa con un 65 por ciento de montañas. So the geography of Honduras, it's. Mountain, it's a mountain or geography. Most of the mountains is like 95 percent of the land of Honduras. 65. El 75 por ciento. La estación hay prácticamente dos estaciones, la seca y la lloviosa. There is two kind of waters in the dry season and the wet season. Y la lloviosa comprende entre mayo a noviembre. So the rainy season, it's between May and November. No hay variaciones grandes de temperatura. There is not like a big difference kind of temperatures. El promedio de temperatura baja es 68 grados Fahrenheit. The media in Honduras, the lowest is like 68. Y la alta 90. And the highest is 90. El desempleo para el año pasado se decía que estaba en un 10.9 por ciento. On employment of Honduras rate for last year, it says it was like 10 percent. Around 10 percent. Pero en la realidad gran parte de los que trabajan pueden catalogarse como sub empleados. But the reality of Honduras is that the most of the people that work are considered like. Not full time jobs. Porque no están a tiempo completo o porque sus ingresos ni siquiera llegan al salario básico. Because they're not full time and their income and they're not even get to the. Basic salaries. El cuarenta y ocho por ciento de la población vive en pobreza y hay bastante desigualdad. Forty eight percent. Forty eight percent of the population lives in poverty and there's a lot of not equal part of the society. They're not equal. El promedio de escolaridad está en siete punto cinco por ciento de la polarity media. It's it's like seven percent seven point five of polarity. La educación supuestamente pública y gratuita. So the education, the public education is supposed to be free. Pero en la realidad en mucho de los casos se requiere contribución de los padres para la educación de sus hijos. But the but the reality in most of the cases like the students, they require a little bit of economical donation from their parents. Estamos en esta misma hora en esta misma experiencia nuestra en compañerismo y hablando sobre la visión de Honduras. So in this time that we are here together, we're talking about the mission in Honduras. Eh, la gestión de ministerios globales para desarrollar. So you don't need them on duras. So the global minister is in Honduras. Eh, y su iniciativa estuvo respaldada por el Consejo de Iglesias de Evangelia and their initiative. It was backed by the Council of Evangelical Churches. Ah, metodistas de América Latina y el Caribe. Methodist. From Central America and the Caribbean. Y por la Iglesia Metodista del Caribe y las Américas. And also for the Methodist Church from the Caribbean and America. De hecho, cuando llega la misión a Honduras ya la Iglesia. As a matter of fact, Honduras del Caribe y las Américas trabajaba en el norte del país. From Latin America and the Caribbean, they work in the north part of the country. En estos años de historia también hemos tenido acompañamiento. And these years of history, we also been walking together. They've been working with us. Con varias iglesias autónomas de América Latina. With a lot of autonomous churches from Latin America. Cualquier referencia histórica. No, any kind of historical references. No lleva a recordar el huracán Mitch en 1998. It takes us to remember Huracán Mitch in 1988. Months después de haber comenzado la gestión metodista unida en Honduras. Month after we started the Methodist Mission in Honduras. Algunas de nuestras iglesias. Some of our churches. Surgen de los proyectos de construcción y de ayuda después de Huracán Mitch. They were born from the projects of reconstruction. Los cuatro lugares iniciales de desarrollo fueron. The four different places of development they were. Fueron Tegucigalpa, Dan Lee, Talanga, and Lloro. And Lloro. Después se añade Tokoa en el departamento de Colón. And after that, Tokoa. Y así sucesivamente fueron añadiendo a otros lugares. So then another place starts getting part of the mission. En el 2003. En 2003. La iniciativa pasa a ser en realidad una misión de la Iglesia Metodista Unida. The initiative starts to be an initiative and it starts to be part of the United Methodist Church. Y el Obispo Vuelvan es asignado por el Concilio de Obispo. And the Bishop Montenban was assigned by the consulina of bishops. En 2019, like Andy was mentioned, pasa a ser nuestro vispo a Michael McKee. He starts to be our Bishop Michael McKee. Así que el compañerismo también de nuestros hermanos metodistas unir en nuestra política. Of our brothers from North America. Se ha mantenido desde el inicio hasta el presente. It's been since the beginning until these days. A coir a contribuir en forma muy significativa al desarrollo histórico de la misión. It contributes a lot in a really, really important way that the development of the mission. Muchas son las iglesias de Norteamérica que han estado en algún tipo de relación con la misión en Honduras. There's a lot of churches from the state that they've been direct at relationship with the churches of Honduras. Por periodos variados de tiempo. For different times. Desde el inicio hemos estado juntos en misión. Since the beginning we've been together in the missions. Pero las relaciones pudiéramos decir que se han ido afinando y formalizándose. But the relationships are getting better and getting more affordable. El programa de juntos en misión. The program of the gathered mission. Ha sido vital en esto. It's been vital. Dándole claridad al tipo de relación que resulta considerable. Of the kind of relationship that it's healthier. Para ambas partes. For both parts. Y aportando un carácter más comprometedor de ambas partes. And improving a character more commitment to each part. Como dije, esto ha permitido el desarrollo de relaciones más saludables y sólidas. Like I said, it develops a better and healthier relationships and more solid relationships. Y contribuyen al crecimiento espiritual de los involucrados. They contribute to the spiritual growth of the embolts, of the people that is involved. To the mutual transformation. And the empowerment. The program itself, it has impact in the pastures. And the congregations. Y en las comunidades en la cual pastor y congregación hace desempeña. And also the community, all the pastors and congregations. They develop. Tal vez debo señalar que también hay casos. I want to also say that there are some cases. En los cuales la relación entre iglesias está teniendo un impacto muy notable en el desarrollo comunitario. I want to mention that there are some cases that the relationship between the two churches are getting a huge impact in the community. Queremos mencionar a los antecesores. I want to mention the antecesors. Patrick Friday. Patrick Friday. Greg John C. Greg John C. Y agradecer también al reverendo Andy Lewis como actual coordinador del programa. And we want to thank Reverend. Andy Lewis as the actual coordinator program from Honduras. Un cual lo quisco Michael McKee. Also the Bishop Michael McKee. Ellos han traído una nueva inservicencia para el programa. They have bringing a new energy to the program. La misión en Honduras ha ido extendiéndose y madurando. The mission in Honduras has been growing. And standing. Al presente contamos con 21 congregaciones. Till this day we have several congregations. Vicadas en contextos diferentes. They're located in different contexts. No todas tienen compañerismo con alguna congregación de Norteamérica. Not all of them has relationship with churches in the United States and its 21 congregations. Tenemos congregaciones en las ciudades principales. We have congregations in the principal cities like Tegucigalpa. Y San Pedro Sula. And also San Pedro Sula. Pero tenemos también congregaciones en áreas rurales de difícil acceso. We also have congregations in rural areas that they're hard to get. The difficult access by the mission. Tenemos presencia metodista unida en seis de los 18 departamentos. Because of the mission we have presence in six of the 18 departments of Honduras. El departamento con más iglesias es el paraíso. The partamento that has more churches of Honduras is el paraíso. Con ocho congregaciones, siete de las cuales están en el Dalí. And eight churches and seven of the churches are in the Dalí. Six of the churches are in the Dalí. El 86 por ciento de los pastores. 86% of the pastors are Honduran. Producto de la misma misión. Fruit of the same mission. Ellos han ido avanzando en su preparación teológica. They've been going forward in their preparation. Y algunos están acercándose a la posibilidad de su ordenación. And some of them are getting close to the ordination. Lo cual es geological preparation. And they are about to be ordained. Which is one of the requirements. Para el próximo paso que se considera para la misión. For the next step that is considered by the mission. A convertirse en una conferencia anual provisional. No sé si ahorita vamos a contestar alguna pregunta porque me están preguntando. We are going to answer some questions because they're asking me some questions. Acabó de verla pero la pregunta se refiere como como puede van disentrar haber dado origen a tantas congregaciones. I just saw the question and the question is about how then the control it's giving birth of so many from congregations. Pero debo aclarar que no todas las congregaciones que hay en Dundee han salido de Dundee centrado. But I need to clarify that not all the churches that are in Dundee they will be born from Dundee centrado. Tenemos siete pero cuatro han sido las que han surgido del ministerio. We have seven but four are the one who's been born from the ministry of Dundee centrado. Ellas son altos de escuapa. One of those is alto de escuapa. La agua. La agua. Isual agua. Isual agua. Y el pescadero. Enoso el pescadero. Bueno. Hasta aquí lo que tenía para compartir. So Roberto I have one question. Yes. I wrote it in the chat too but. You said that the population of Honduras is around 10 million. I think I remember. I think I remember you sharing once that maybe a million people have migrated out of Honduras in the last decade. Si. Si continúa la migración pudiéramos decir en masa así que contando los hondureños del exterior naturalmente es mucho mayor. Yes. And then migration is there's a lot of people that travel together. And I can say they've been the migration has increasing. There's a lot of people that travel together. And I can say they've been the migration has increasing. Actualmente con todo y pandemia continúa la migración. Even with the pandemic. The migration continues. So I was wondering I remember. I was wondering if you could share what the impact on families and communities and Honduras has been with so many people migrating out of the country in one tenth of the population. Let's see what's the impact on families and communities in Honduras. Que es el impacto? Bueno el impacto de la migración yo diría que se percibe en casi toda familia porque por lo menos hay a alguien de la familia que ha emigrado. Entonces el fenómeno migratorio no solamente afecta al que se está moviendo. A alguien está traduciendo. Yeah, I think Roberto, I think Jorge, our translator just dropped off the call. No, he muted himself. Okay, there he is. So he's back. Because it doesn't just believes but that also stays. Yes, yes, I'm here. I'm sorry. I have some issues with the connection, but I'm back here. Gracias Jorge. Estaban diciendo que el fenómeno migratorio no solamente afecta a la persona que se va. I was telling you that the migrant phenomenon, the people that goes from the country, it not only affect the people that the person that goes. O que intenta irse. Or that tries to leave. Sino a los que se quedan también. But also the people that will stay. Así que en la mayor parte de la familia se tiente. El impacto del fenómeno migratorio. Most of the most of the family are being affected by the migration phenomenon. Padres que se quedan sus hijos. Father today. That they lose their sons. And some today lose their fathers. Esposas que se quedan sin su exposo. Why did they lose their husbands because of the migration. Entonces las repercusiones de el fenómeno migratorio en realidad yo diría que tocan a cada familia. So the consequences of the migrant phenomenon touch each family of Honduras. Very good. Roberto, are there other other things you would want us to know about the mission or would now be a good time to take a break. Roberto y alguna otra cosa que nos quiere decir tú acerca de la misión o quieres que tobemos ahorita ya el. Eso. Era lo que tenía para compartir con nosotros también está la directora de programa. That's all that I have for you. But it's also the director of the program. Jordan. Jimenez is in charge of the program. Ella quiere pues a brindar un saludo y algún aporte a lo que hemos dicho sobre la misión. If you want to say hi or if you want to give more to add a little bit more information. Buenos tardes a todos. Good afternoon everyone. Gracias por estar aquí y por el apoyo que han dado históricamente a Honduras. And what the support that you've been getting. Through history. Um, pues tendría mucho que decir pero no quiero quitar tiempo al programa. Vamos a estar por aquí. I have a love to say but I don't want to take more time off the program. The dinner that we have. Pero por aquí vamos a estar si hay alguna consulta solamente mencionar. But we are going to be here around. I just want to mention. Que el apoyo Honduras es importante. That the support to Honduras is really important. Has sido un país que ha sido golpeado en el último año no solamente por huracanes. It's been a country that has been hit. Not just by the hurricane. También por la pandemia de COVID. But also for the COVID pandemic. Y con un proceso de vacunación sumamente lento. And with the really slow process of vaccine. De manera que vamos a agradecer mucho el apoyo. So we're going to be really grateful with all the support. Y sus oraciones por, por el país. And also your prayers for this country. Gracias. Thank you. Thank you, your land. Your lands ministry. In Honduras is an excellent part of the team. Y es un excelente miembro del equipo. Right friends, I would suggest we have a few more questions. Related to the immigration phenomenon that I think. A great questions. Relacionadas con el fenómeno migratorio son preguntas muy buenas. And so, what I'd like to suggest is that we'll take a 10 minute break. Quiero sugerirle vamos a tener un break de 10 minutos. Use that time to try to fix the bugs in the simultaneous translation. Los bichos que tenemos los problemitas que tenemos en la transmisión simultánea. And then the plan for this evening for the rest of tonight is we have a culture moment. Después de esto tenemos los planes del momento cultural. And then we'll have a time for the questions that have come in the chat about immigration and any others. Y después tendremos tiempo para todas las preguntas que tenemos cerca de migración y otras. Tonight, tonight and every night, we plan to be done by eight o'clock. Y hoy como todas las noches vamos a, tenemos planeado terminar a las ocho puntos. I want to welcome everyone back. Everyone's videos coming live again. Excellent. How are you? Good, good. Good to see you. I just want to say hello to my brothers and sisters from Honduras, if you don't mind. Please, Mauricio. Hi, friends. Hola, hermanos. My name is Mauricio Rosco. I'm a methodist here in Denton, Texas. I want to say hello to all my brothers there in Honduras. To all the free pastors. You say that we are planning to fight together with you in all this process that is going on so hard. They are going to Honduras. I would like to let you know that we are in our prayers and we are going to give you all the support we can from here. A hug Mauricio. Muchas gracias. Did you all pick up that Mauricio now as a Texas accent? Wonderful. All right, so with the time we have remaining tonight, let me say over the break, we did figure out a couple of the things that were tripping us up with translation, but we're going to have to finish fixing it. So our goal is to meet again tomorrow. We should have this simultaneous translation, which will just make it easier for us to have these conversations. So for the rest of tonight, Jorge will continue to translate in a back and forth kind of fashion. So are you on Jorge and ready to go? Sure, I can hear you. Well, but I'm in the Spanish channel. So Edgar, until we get Jorge back, can you translate a bit? He can hear you in the Spanish channel. I can hear Jorge in the Spanish channel, but I am back. Sure, I can help. Okay. Okay, so he, okay, so we'll see if we'll see if Jorge manages to switch back and forth. We'll see how this goes. Okay. So, I believe that someone is ready to present a cultural moment. And I have, I'm ready to share my screen with your PowerPoint. Who's presenting. I'm going to present a cultural moment and I'm going to project the presentation. Who presents. Milton, are you on? Do you know who's presenting? What do we do Andy? Well, so I guess while we're waiting, again, we're waiting for the person from the mission who is going to share the cultural moment. Do you know who that is? I haven't even made that arrangement. I just received a PowerPoint to show when they are ready. But I guess while we're waiting for that person, we can go back to those questions related to immigration. It'd be Roberto and others can help us. In lo que, en lo que llega la persona que hace la presentación cultural, vamos a tratar de contestar las preguntas que se han elevado en el chat. Okay. So, one question I saw and Kali if you, in these next minutes, if you see other questions, if you could put those in the chat for fresh or just unmute and speak them out. So one I saw is the question. So what happens to the migrants who leave Honduras and but have to return? How are they received when they come back to Honduras? What is their experience when they return? Experiencia de las personas que son repatriadas, cómo son recibidas las personas en Honduras cuando son repatriadas. No Roberto, can you help us with that? Sí, bueno, en términos generales, obviamente en el regreso de ellos y dependiendo del tiempo que han estado fuera. You know, in terms, it depends on the time they've been overseas. Y así mismo puede ser la dificultad en reintegrarse acá. As you can imagine, it could be quite difficult for them to return back and reinsert themselves in their communities. Muchos de los que se han ido no tenían un trabajo. A lot of the ones migrating were unemployed. Pero algunos sí tenían por lo menos algo de sustento, pero al regresar, regresan sin ese sustento. And in some cases they left stable jobs in country, but when they return, there's nothing waiting for them. Pueden confrontar también reacciones variadas de los familiares que han quedado acá, dependiendo del tiempo de ausencia. The reaction of their families in country vary depending on the time of absence, I guess. Y del grado de comunicación que ha habido en ese tiempo. And the level of communication that they have had in all that time. Se agrava muchas veces la situación porque aún para el trayecto tienen que hacer una inversión económica. Se agrava la situación porque muchos de ellos hacen una inversión económica para poder viajar. Y se endeudan. Entonces al regreso tienen mi trabajo. It can also be so complicated because when they pay someone to take them to the states or to Spain. And they have debts with the coyotes and the smugglers and so they come back and they have to pay debt. So that's complicated for them. Psicologicamente se fueron con un sueño. Psychologically they left with a dream. Y al regresar se ha perdido ese sueño. And they as they are repatriated that dream vanishes. Así que muchos son los afectos involucrados en el retorno. So that's that's some of the aspects that I could think of. Thank you. So another one is. Someone mentioned that there are many people in Honduras who are displaced. Maybe in part because of the hurricanes. Are there camps or like refugee camps settlement camps in Honduras where displaced persons stay. ¿Hay campamentos para las personas que son internamente desplazadas por el debido a los huracanes y cosas así? Sí, sí las hay. De hecho todavía hay gente sí las hay pero más con carácter temporal. Yes, there are some but on temporary basis. Todavía después de los desastres de las dos huracanes anteriores que azotaron el año pasado a Honduras. Still after the two clear case we faced last year. Hay gente viviendo en algún refugio. We have people settled in some sort of encampment situation. 300,000 I hear that year internally displaced folks. Agregar algo a eso que menciona robert. Por favor. La migración es es una crisis humanitaria en Honduras. Migración is a humanitarian crisis in Honduras. Desde hace varios años atrás. For a long time. Since many years. Pero con el paso de los huracanes en octubre noviembre pasados. But with the impact of hurricanes in November of last year. La situación se agudizó a niveles alarmantes. The root causes of migration became more acute to a alarming. Level. Actualmente tenemos personas. Really mental acaje. We have homeless folks like not before. En la zona de San Pedro Sula. Particularly in the north and San Pedro Sula. Y las medias del gobierno han sido ineficientes en este sentido. And the actions of the state have not been effective at all. Entonces un poco para contextualizar la migración es una tragedia humana en Honduras. So just to say that. Gratia is a human tragedy. Tragedy in Honduras. Because of the impact it has. Roberto, your line others. What is what is the church and the mission in particular. You're trying to do. To address those root causes of migration. I know that I know the causes are are big. And the mission may seem small in comparison, but of course we know that God is at work in the mission. And so just what ways is the church. Addressing those root causes of migration. Las raíces de la migración son profundas y complejas y son es un. Problema grandísimo pero que. Que está en lo mucho en lo poco haciendo la misión. En respuesta las mil tales. Causas. Quien quiera que quiera contestar eso de la gente de Honduras. A partir del de estamos atendiendo un poco más intencionalmente la inmigración interna. We've been trying to address with intentionality, the internal migration that we're facing. Ah, porque trabajar la migración es un poco más difícil con la experiencia lo que tenemos es personas desplazadas de una comunidad a otra. Because to be honest, overseas migration is more complicated to address, but we've been trying to respond to the displacements of folks between communities in country. Y hemos estado tratando de seguir miento a estas familias que fueron desplazadas. We've been trying to follow up on the situation of with some specific families that been displaced internally. Tratando llevar ayuda humanitaria a familias que siguen sin trabajo y sin casa todavía. Trying to provide you material support aid to these families that have our unemployed that are in homeless and so on support. Thank you there's a question that came in the chat. Also about migration. And it's asking what percentage of the hunter and economy comes from Hondurans who have migrated the Honduran diaspora. And if I don't know if either of you on the call knew that. Las remesas. In que porcentaje sostiene la economía nacional que usted se paró. Por lo menos yo desconozco el el porcentaje. Pero solo en ir a un banco se presencia el número de personas que van a reclamar en los bancos. Las remesas. I don't have exact percentages official numbers but I my my experience is is just when I go to the bank you can see the long lines of people trying to claim. Funds. Coming from from overseas. If I may eighty eighty one point ninety two percent. Go to the US. Seven point twenty one percent to Spain and two percent to Mexico or the people migrating. Approximately. A hundred thousand. A hundred thousand according to the. Ignore the U. N. Entities that deals with migration. A hundred thousand. Seven hundred and seven migrants. So to switch gears a little bit. Someone asked just what where where is the the mission the congregations of the mission having the greatest impact in their communities. Pregunta en qué aspectos creen ustedes que las congregaciones de la misión están teniendo más impacto en las comunidades en qué cuál ha sido el impacto mayor de las congregaciones de la misión en sus comunidades. Bueno yo creo que desde el principio la misión representó una nueva opción. From the very beginning of the Methodist way or the mission represented a new way to go about church about God. En el pensamiento teológico del pueblo no. In the in the theological mindset of people. La. El entendimiento de la de la gracia de nuestro señor. The understanding of grace. La la santidad personal pero unida la santidad social personal holiness. United or along with the social holiness. La primacidad de la gracia. The centrality or primacy of grace. La la inclusión. Inclusion. La consideración de que el reino de Dios está entre nosotros y no es algo que miramos únicamente en el futuro. The sense that the Kingdom of God is here now and not just something just necessarily in the future. Represento en muchas comunidades una nueva opción de pensamiento. It represented in lots of communities a new way of thinking of of seeing God. Y por el testimonio que la misma iglesia ha dado a sus creencias. And this due to the testimony of that the local congress should have been offering in the in their communities. Alguien más de la misión tiene que responder eso. Great great. When I visited. It's obvious that there's a strong. And a costal presence, Catholic presence. There's a large Mormon church in the capital state to go to Gapa. And so what we're going to share. So what we're going to be sharing about the United Methodist mission, bringing something genuinely new to the table in terms of how to interact with God, how to think about God. I mean, that's clear and it's people respond to it. Y la lausaza metodistas en Roberto nos comparte siendo una nueva forma de. Acercarse al señor es Clara. Si debo, tal vez señalar que al comienzo. No resultó un poco difícil. Por el fundamentalismo predominante acá en Honduras. I must I must highlight also also share that at the beginning it was very difficult for us to to move forward due to the fundamentalism that prevailed or I still prevails. In Honduras. Y experimentamos inicialmente pudiéramos decir hasta cierto rechazo. And in the beginning we were even rejected. And so, yeah, we work. They will relate us to the Catholic practice and anything that smells Catholic in some of these fundamentalist entities is something you have to reject. Pero yo creo que con el testimonio que ha ido dando la la misión como le dije no únicamente en enseñanza sobre la gracia sino en las prácticas se ha ido facilitando. But I think that with the witness of the local congregations in the actual practice of faith and that sense of the primacy of grace and so on and so forth, the practice of faith is very important. grace and so on and so forth, that's been changing in a way. Wonderful. So I think we have time for one more question. There are some, I think that we received one about Donnie Central that I think we will be able to work in tomorrow because we're going to focus on church-to-church partnerships. I think we'll be able to address that question tomorrow. But someone asked about the pandemic and the effect that it has had on the country of Honduras and what the current status of the pandemic is in Honduras. So Mayan, could you all speak to that? Mayan, we will answer some of the questions that are in the chat, but today we have time for one more question and we want someone to ask us what is the situation with the pandemic in the country. What is the status of that? Probably we are at the most difficult moment. We're probably in the most difficult time right now in the highest. Ya se pronosticaba medicamente que después del receso de la Semana Santa iba a ver una explosión de casos. We heard from the healthcare communities that they were projecting that after Holy Week there will be a wave and that's been the case. Y así lo hemos experimentado. Y el agravante principal acá es la debilidad en los servicios médicos. And one of the main reasons is that medical facilities, services are quite weak in this country. Los hospitales están prácticamente llenos en las agentes. Por ejemplo, en Danly contaban inicialmente con 30 camas en la unidad de COVID. Like in Danly we have only 30 beds. Aumentaron 20 hace apenas dos semanas. They added 20 more just weeks ago. O sea, que elevaron a 50, pero ya la semana pasada mismo escuché que solo había una cama libre. And like last week there was one bed available. Algunos médicos dicen que esperan que alguien se muera para poder recibir uno más en los hospitales. It's screwed by some doctors just waiting for someone to die to make one more available, one bed available. Y la dificultad es que no tenemos fecha para que haya un por ciento notable de la población que pueda recibir la vacuna. And the other thing is that we have no date, no schedule for vaccinations. Lo que se recibe son cantidades insignificantes. Vaccinations are happening in a very insignificant way. Lo que se ha recibido únicamente ha estado dirigido a lo que están sirviendo en el sistema de salud y esencialmente en primera línea. Yeah, and the vaccinations that we have been, I mean, the countries have been able to acquire have been allocated to first responders. Y en eso estamos precisamente tratando de que los de primera línea sean cubiertos por la vacuna. And that's where things are just those persons being vaccinated. Pero el problema que estaba escuchando es que la vacuna tiene un periodo de efectividad. And now what they say is that the vaccination is the effect is not long term. Entonces para para aumentar el beneficio de la vacuna se requiere un por ciento de la población por lo menos más del 70 por ciento vacunados. And to make that such vaccination effective, you need to have a certain percentage of your population to be vaccinated. Para conseguir la inmunidad de rebaño to acquire the immunity. I don't know how this is a technical phrase shepherds immunity herd herd immunity thank you that's it. Entonces al ritmo en que vamos los primeros que reciben la vacuna ya van a estar expuestos a nuevo contagio. That way things are going probably the ones that already have the vaccination are going to soon be infected again. Necesitamos orar bastante. We should pray a lot. Roberto thank you for, you know, during this pandemic. It's been so easy for any of us, us United States to focus mostly on the impacts on our city or the way it's affecting our lives and our state. And it's good to remember that the pandemic is a worldwide phenomenon and is affecting other countries and other places in unique ways and in ways that are different and don't track always with the way we experience it. So thanks for that reminder. Es importante es recordar que a veces nos concentramos en lo que está pasando entre nosotros pero esta es una situación que está afectando globalmente y en forma muy diferentes y únicas en los diferentes partes del mundo. So it is a couple minutes after eight o clock. This has been a good beginning. I think we're going to be able to see it with some frustration with the translation. We've already set up a meeting to get that fixed tomorrow afternoon so when you log in tomorrow can expect to be able to enjoy that simultaneous translation, but I think we're able to get a good beginning, regardless, the focus tomorrow is again on the congregations in the mission. We're going to hear from some of those pastoral leaders, and hear them talk about the kind of partnerships they have with United States congregations and what those partnerships are, you know what they do and what the difference is that they make. And as always we'll have worship will have a culture moment which we didn't manage to get done tonight but we will tomorrow, and, and time for q amp a. So thanks everybody for jumping on the virtual plane and packing a virtual bag and going on a virtual trip tonight. You're back home. We'll try it again tomorrow. And since we have again the mission superintendent with us, Reverend Roberto Peña would you say a closing prayer for us as we finish our meeting. In conclusion, it was a good day. Tomorrow we'll see the issue of congregations, although we had a little technical problems, but tomorrow we'll be ready. Without a doubt, Roberto, please ask for a closing prayer. We pray. I'm not going to translate it. Sorry? I'm not going to translate it. Okay, perfect. Let's invite you to go back to Spanish. Yes, sir. Okay, our God, we thank you for your grace and mercy to the Lord and for this new experience that has been given to us this beautiful night, this virtual mission. cada uno te dan gracias los unos por los otros y por todos los participantes, sobre todo por tu acompañamiento, que estás en momentos buenos como éste, pero en momentos también de dificultades grandes que tenemos que enfrentar en nuestra vida diaria o dios, pero que bueno es cuando nos sentimos acompañados los unos por los otros movidos por tu santo espíritu como ha sido en esta ocasión. Gracias, te damos, te pedimos a Dios que ayudes a resolver toda situación técnica para el día de mañana conforme a la voluntad de tus hijos y tus hijas y que según nos acompañaste en esta noche en este viaje virtual aún duras así mismo contemos con tu presencia en el día de mañana por Cristo Jesús, nuestro Señor, nuestro Salvador y a quien servimos. Amén. Buenas noches hasta mañana. Hasta mañana.