Roatan Campbells' Connection

  What fun we have had over the past 2 to 3 weeks as we assisted in back-to-school preparations! Back-to-school shopping is exciting for kids, parents, and us too! Getting just the right items, and chasing down a bargain is rewarding.   And, as all adults with kids have experienced – seeing the back of your little person as they skip down the path to school?   Well, ♫ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” ♫ in any language. School has begun again here in Roatan, Honduras for the 2018 school year and as of last Monday, all have had their first day.   Yippee!   Each child/teen that has been placed in our path has gone to school outfitted in uniform, backpack, and at least, minimal materials. Those who needed transportation have bounced along the road in the bus to and from one of four schools.   From this point, it is up to the families to continue this excellent start so that each child can have success this year.   Shopping in the Col...

It seems whenever we talk to people we hear "We like your pictures." So, you can choose to browse these if you'd like.  This month has been a bit restrictive with the constant rain.  Even the local people have begun to complain and when I wore my boots to church the other night I was accosted more than a few times by people asking for boots - or asking for MY boots.  (I'm still shaky with translating so need to be careful what I agree to!)  However, we have had many good, good opportunities to catch up and as always, snap a few pictures. First weekend things : Tamales are celebration food. Our next door neighbour brought us tamales to celebrate our return. The next day we had tamales at the church for  New Year's Eve. Suyapa brought us tamales the next day for New Year's Day.  We had a tamale fest! Kid things : Karla has made a pair of pyjama pants. Carlos is a careful sander and painter, and has worked on our flower be...

Hello family and friends, I am excited to write to let you know how we have spent this past month in Roatan. It has been a great month of reconnecting with many people. In many ways it has been a month of waiting, dashing between raindrops, waiting and just splashing on. As a positive - there’s nothing that softens your hair like rain water. Right, Larry? One of our goals for our return was to spend more time with Son Rise Church. It is a JOY to see how God is blessing this church. We are very conscious that anything we do could alter the focus of this young group from their focus on God to looking to others for provision. Right now, all leadership and teaching comes from within the church. Woohoo! Happily, both Pastor Ivan and Pastor Saul have had three years’ Bible training so are very capable. We are not leading anything. We are not teaching. We have asked that translation is not provided and have asked that we not be acknowledged from the pulpit. We just be, and that’s ...