It is the between time – the time between the fall
harvest/preparations for winter, and Christmas celebrations. This is our first
year since 2008 that we have been here on-the-farm for this between time. We
are looking forward to celebrating Christmas here, AND we are anticipating our
return to Roatan in time to watch the spontaneous fireworks to welcome the New
Year from our upper deck at our house in Roatan.
These three months have been a season of thanksgiving.
From what appeared to be less than favourable growing conditions, God has
provided a very good yield for all crops. We have been able to find frequent
opportunities to focus on our kids and grandkids. It has been a rewarding time
and we are feeling refreshed. For this time we thank God.
With several opportunities to keep connected with
those in Roatan, and a few on Mainland Honduras through social media and video
chatting, we keep up with what is happening. Although we miss the face to face
contact, we can continue providing encouragement – a surprising spin-off
ministry, made possible with the help of Google Translate. This helps us also
as we make our plans for returning.
As we begin to collect and focus our attention on our
next season in Roatan, we are aware that as always God leads and will provide
opportunities we can’t even imagine! We are including an Anticipated Needs List as a guide for you. We are always humbled as
we watch the way needs and resources provided mesh. We are aware if we are
presented with a project, but haven’t the resources, this isn’t our project.
So, we leave this list with you, praying God will move in the hearts of those
who can help and that both giver and receiver are blessed.
For the remainder of this update I want to share with
you about some people you have already been praying for and to introduce you to
a few new faces. As you read, you will see how excited we are about these
people and hope you too can share a bit in their successes and challenges.
Sandra
and Jimena –
please continue to pray for Jimena. She has now been in
treatment in
Tegucigalpa for one year. When I talk with her mom, Sandra, I can often hear
discouragement in her reports. She reports that Jimena’s “defenses are low”
quite frequently. Today she reported Jimena received a transfusion of blood
platelets. I have no idea what this means or if it is good or not. Sandra has
learned so much in this past year about things she really wishes she didn’t
have to experience with her three-year-old. Please pray, pray, pray for healing
for Jimena, and opportunities for refreshment and peace for Sandra.
We want to reintroduce you to Son Rise Mission Church. This is the church we had originally
worked from, but when the founders returned to live in the States, we also
left. Over the past few months, we have felt encouraged to consider again being
a part of this church and mission. We are very much encouraged by the two new
pastors Pastor Ivan and Pastor Saul. Our teen Bible Study has been welcomed
into that fellowship. Over the next months, we will see what our role will be
as this church re-establishes itself in the Sandy Bay community. Exciting for
us is the upcoming baptism of two of the boys from the teen Bible study from
Son Rise. Jacee and Wilson will join
the group being baptized by Pastor Ivan. What a joy this is to us!
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| Pastor Saul and family |
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| Pastor Ivan and his wife, Carolina |
We request prayer
for Deizy, from Son Rise church.
Deizy will come home from radiation treatment in Tegucigalpa this weekend,
returning in January for surgery. Deizy is confident that all that comes her
way is in God’s hands. Please pray she continues to hold on to her Rock.
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| Geyzi with her toga. |
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| Greicy |
We will send a
special update about our 2017 Graduates in a few weeks. Oscar, Junior, Greicy,
Geyzi, and Walter were all supported by friends. Since we won’t be there for the grads, we
can’t wait to see pictures they have promised to send!
As a tease..... two of our grads sent pictures from the day they were getting their grad photos taken. We're so excited for them!
Perhaps you can
tell we are very excited about the opportunities we hope to have over the next
months. Thank you to so many of you for your continued support. We feel loved
and empowered by your prayers, words of encouragement and financial
support.
Blessings!! Larry and Susan roatancampbells@gmail.com
Note: I decided to remove the Anticipated Needs List from this post. If you would like a copy, please send me a note. Thanks.
