Muñoz Ministries

Hearing more of the Muñoz’ story, their work, and their vision was one of the most encouraging parts of the trip. 

Marlon is from Honduras and had a desire to learn about God from a young age. He grew up in the church and loved to serve. He went to university and got a good job with the government. He liked his job, but God kept saying, “I want you to serve me full time.” Marlon would answer, “That is fine God, I can keep my job and serve you half time.” He wanted to serve, but didn’t want to quit his job. However, he didn’t have peace in his heart so eventually he put his hands up and said “ok God, I’ll serve you.” He then quit his job to begin serving God full time.

Trisha was working as a nurse in Louisiana when she was asked by a trip leader to go on a missions trip to Honduras. She agreed thinking it would be just a one week thing. However, when she came she wanted to come back. She took a few more short term missions trips. On one of these trips God told her that Honduras would be her home. The only way she could see that happening was if she moved to Honduras as a full time missionary. So she did, leaving behind a longtime boyfriend, a job she loved, and security about the future.

Marlon and Trisha visit remote villages to share the gospel with them. On Trisha’s 2^nd short term missions trips they shared the gospel with the village, but later, when Trisha, Marlon, and the rest of the team were in their tents, the people of the village came to kill them. They began dragging away Trisha’s tent with her in it. The rest of the team stopped them. At the time Trisha was thinking, “God, is this how it is going to be when we share the gospel? I don’t know if I want to do this” However,  Marlon shared the gospel with the men who had been trying to kill them and those same men accepted Christ that night. Then Trisha thought, “God, if this is what it takes for people to come to You, I’m in.”

Marlon and Trisha met on Trisha’s very first weeklong mission trip. They served together as friends for a few years before noticing eachother. They got married in 2005 and now have a very cute little girl, Madison.

One of my favorite things about this trip is that while working I was able to remind myself of their work and the greater purpose of the buildings we were designing. Our work would help the Muñoz ministry to continue to take the gospel to villages in Honduras and teach them more from the Bible. I can’t find the words to describe how refreshing and motivating it was to work with a purpose that I care about: to bring others to Jesus.