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| Meri, Elvin, Cristofer and Jisele picking culatro in the back garden. |
Happy Mid-March, (Happy end of March Break;
Happy March Madness; Happy almost Spring – or whatever your happy is……)
For us, it is one of those happy/sad times. We
are in our last week before returning to home-sweet-home on the farm. The
goodbyes are hard as we don’t know when we’re coming back. For sure by next
January for school start-up, but before then? – we don’t know. This is an early
return for us. But, it is the right time too. Right now we’re popping in to
visit people, or they are coming here. There are the bills to prepay and check
that we’ve covered everything and done whatever needs doing. So, there’s lots
of things on the to-do list, and hopefully before Wednesday when we leave,
there will be checks beside all those things. We need to give Hunter (our dog)
lots of attention, although we know he is cared for very well by Marciel and
family.
And on the other end? There’s lots to be happy
for as we anticipate Easter with family and friends, birthday celebrations,
starting the 2018 farming season, and just being. We’ve had a season of ups and
downs here, so being will be a great
thing for a while.
During the past month and a half, much of our
attention has focused on the crew of kids we help with school. We share our
responsibilities/joys for our seven ALFA kids with Don and Jeanette. These kids
have an extremely heavy school program including 5 hours at school, and then
for the older kids another 3 to 5 hours at home. The younger two girls come
here to the classroom for English instruction and homework help. The older kids
are for the most part independent. Success!
The classroom is open Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday. During the afternoons we also support some public school students with
English instruction, and practice speaking English with us. I know much about
what the kids eat for breakfast and lunch, and their favourite everything! Everyone
knows Larry’s favourite jokes. And they laugh! We also do much work in computer
instruction as we do homework together.
Larry has worked on several fix-it jobs
including work at our house, with the ongoing attack on termites and other
critters, and other projects for upkeep of property in a tropical location. He
is called on for repairs in various places. Last month, someone had decided to
use the gate at the church for a swing.
The gate required a welding job for remounting. With a special gift,
Larry was able to help Bayron measure and order materials for windows and a
door for the house begun by a team last July. The windows are jalousie/louvered
windows and are a huge, bright step-up from the regular swinging shutters most
houses have that when shut to bugs and rain leave the house dark. Finally, the
house is secure from people and animals passing in and out. Bayron, Leti and family are very happy with
these windows and also excited as they are a step closer to moving into their
new house.
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| Making gate repairs |
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| Bayron, Leti, and family including Diana, Meilin, and Bayron |
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| New windows - so bright! |
We continue to
support the pastors and people at Son Rise Church. The Ladies’ Bible Study hour on Tuesday morning
is a sweet time of adoration and petition to our Lord. What really strikes us is the passion of the
people we worship with. Oh, they like to sing – loudly! And the lead pastor
likes to teach – loudly! So, we are out of our regular comfort seats. For six
weeks, I have been the Saturday night Kids’ Church teacher. I was soooo thankful for the young girl who
agreed to be my translator – Bayron’s daughter, Meilin. She could make a fantastic teacher someday.
Larry continues
to keep up with Chris. Chris and Laura will be celebrating their first
anniversary in a week. They continue to serve at the Rehab center providing
good support to the ministry. Chris is
now the nightly homework-father for his youngest son. It is incredible to watch
the changes in someone when God gets hold of him and the masterpiece is
revealed.
Conversely, we are
watching from the sidelines as a father of some special kids self-destructs.
Please join us in praying for this man, as well as for safety and wisdom for
his family. A masterpiece being ravished…..
While here in
Roatan, we have been able to visit with Sandra and Jimena frequently as Jimena
is in the maintenance stage of her treatment. Last week, Sandra took Jimena to
the doctor here in Roatan because Jimena had persistent fever. The doctor
recommended they return to the hospital in Tegucigalpa immediately. Sandra was
crushed as such progress had been made.
Sandra is awaiting a report from the hospital doctor. We are awaiting a
report from Sandra.
We have enjoyed
some encouraging/fun visits here recently.
Lynn and Nick zipped down for a week of fun-in-the-sun. The week they arrived rainy season ended.
Coincidental? Definitely not! Katee, our middle button, was unable to resist
the call of the sun during March Break spending her days scuba diving. While
out and about we have run into friends from home, Nancy and Winston, who are
staying in a nearby tourist town and today we also briefly bumped into Joyce
and Hilco, Into All the World
friends.
As we wrap up here for another season, we have
many we are praying for. We ask for your
prayers for the following:
1.
For the dad that is
self-destructing - again or still. Please pray for him as well as his 5
children and wife;
2.
For Jimena, that God will
touch her and bring healing on her body;
3.
For confidence and
persistence for our students, as well as fair results for their work;
4.
For work for Oscar, Juan,
and Junior that makes use of their skills and provides personal satisfaction.
And …. we are thanking God for
His moment-by-moment guidance, protection, and all those special gifts on days
that sometimes seem a bit too hard. We are very
thankful to those who have kept things going for us back home while we were
away. Can you keep it up one more week?
Shortly after we
get home, we’ll share some of our recent pictures with you in our blog at
roatancampbells.blogspot.ca. We are
looking forward to seeing many of you soon.
God’s blessings on you all! Thank
you for your continued support. ~ Larry and Susan
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Ordering lumber from the Spanish-only lumber yard -
assistance provided by Ivan and Saul. |
