Hello for February!
Happy belated Valentine’s
Day! It’s never too late to send love, right?
When we return to Roatan
each time, we always expect to see some changes. We have no say in the changes
and for the most part they are always part of the excitement of returning. But,
this recent return was a challenge - at least for the first week or two. There
were people-things that just plain seemed overwhelming and we were actually
ready to pack it in. A few people we have spent much time with caused us to be
disappointed and discouraged. It seemed wherever we went, people just wanted to
squeeze out whatever stuff or money we might have, but were unwilling to resume
relationship with us.
I think some of our
prayer warriors stepped up their petitions. Thank you! Whew! After a week or so
of sloshing through the junk, encouragements began to come. To us these are big
encouragements! We’re praising God for helping us to lift our eyes out of the
messiness and showing us what He is doing and allowing us to have a part. It’s
these encouragements we want to share with you at the midpoint of our time here
for this season.
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Jessie at work - yay! |
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Today five new Believers
from Son Rise church were baptized. The three young girls – Jisely, Merlin, and
Daniela – come to our classroom for English/homework/ computer work. It is
always a joy to be a part of the group witnessing this.
In our December update I
wrote: This year we want to
return with expectant hearts. We want to look to God so that we don’t miss His
goodness, His kindness, His love, and His “with-us-ness”. As we do, we need to
remember to expect to see Him and expect that He is in it all.
With these good reminders,
we are seeing God’s goodness, kindness, and particularly His with-us-ness. As
with all things, it is the teacher, the mentor, the worker, who gets the best opportunities
to experience the best of these things. We just need to change our focus. I
read somewhere “mentoring is messy”. Oh
yes!
We will be here in Roatan
for another month and a half. During this time we ask for your continued
prayers. Please pray:
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For a family with many
decisions to make – for wisdom and safety
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For the pastors at Son
Rise church, that they find joy in their service and resist discouragement
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For the students we have
committed to support that the education they receive meets their present and
future needs
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For us that we keep our
focus upward.
And – we’re sending LOTS
of LOVE to all of you!
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