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November, 2017. Where Did This Month Go?!

 Hello family and friends,
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!

Pastor Saul and family
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.

Geyzi with her toga.
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.



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