The Point of Impact: June 2008

Welcome to The Point of Impact

We are Paul and Kim Dyar and we are called to Missions in Honduras. Our mission is to connect ministry passion with real ministry need. The need is never ending, however laborers are few. We are working as the assistant to the national overseer of the Church of God, which embodies 1130 churches, 10 clinics, 1 orphanage, numerous feeding programs and has the largest social ministry of any denomination in Honduras. The social ministry includes the Deaf Comunity Center and caring for pastors and their children.

Kim and I have dedicated our time to making sure that ministry is accountable and connected. As the Projects Coordinator for Honduras, churches can know when they send funds through the World Missions and National office of Honduras that it makes the full impact and progress that is anticipated.

We are also engaged in consistent dialogue with the national overseer for better ways of leadership training and connectivity with local missionaries for greater effectiveness.

We have been in ministry, as a team, for 13 years and the last 5 years we have been pastoring The Haven in Maryville, Tennessee, which has been a tremendous joy. The Lord has given us 4 beautiful children who are becoming our ministry team. They are very eager to learn and they love to help others.

Our goal is to bring others to the point of impact. The Point of Impact is where Christ enters the heart of mankind and Jesus becomes the difference maker. We are only branches connected to the True Vine, Jesus. As we advance the Kingdom, we expect God to move in miraculous ways.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Training the Leaders

Cheryl had asked me to put together a weekend for the Leaders to go deeper in the Word of God. Well, it seemed as though every time we wanted to work it out something got in the way.

However, through a wonderful Missionary friend, Wiley Gamon, who's ministry involves working with State run Orphanages, allowed us to use his facility for the first day to kick things off.

Cheryl had some particular materials that she wanted to share with the Leaders, that really impacted their lives. I enjoyed the break out sessions on the first night, where we split the men and women up and talked about the various issues that the different genders face.

On Sunday we had a testimony time, before I preached and one could tell that some life changing experiences had taken place. All were touched and blessed by the presence of God and challenged to make a difference. Cheryl did a great job and I am glad that the weekend was able to finally happen.

Paul

Wedding Bells in Honduras

Cheryl Humphries and I had the privilege of officiating a wedding.

In Honduras their are many who can't afford to get married and unfortunately this leads to many unmarried couples that are living together. This is not just a problem for the secular world, but for the church. In Deaf culture sometimes problems are compounded, because of the lack of education and finances.

However, as we have been teaching the word of God, one couple came to us and said that they wanted to honor God with their lives. They wanted to do the right thing and get married. So they asked us to preform the wedding for them.

It was quite interesting. It was suppose to start at 6:00 pm, yet the Bride did not show up till 7:30. No one seem to be worried, but me. Evidently that is norm to start late. We actually started at 8:00pm. The Deaf Center provided a beautiful setting for the wedding and the family of Miguel & Katy provided a wonderful meal for the 80+ guests.

I am thankful that the Deaf are being discipled and that they want to do the right thing.

Love and Blessings, Paul