Roatan Campbells' Connection: A Final Look - For now.... Our Super Season!

I'm just getting a chance to look back on our winter season in Roatan as I click through our pictures. We have had times when we have had an okay-season. We have had times when it was a great-season. But this time I would call it a super-season. Take a look - in super-latives!

1. Most Irresistible Babies

Yes, I have the most wonderful job because I get to greet, pray for, and share Bibles with babies in our circle of contacts.

2. Classiest Students

around from top left: Jessie and Josian (first year, university), Antoni, (grade 5), Meri (grade 7), Jacee (grade 10), Alison (grade 11), Carlos and Jorge (technical - nautical electricity)

3. The Best and the Worst Operation Christmas Child Gifts

Can you guess which are best and which are worst?

If you are wondering what to pack? For our group, a soccer ball was the most coveted gift for boys and girls. If you can find a small ball pump that would be helpful too. Other items that were a hit included: hot wheels, pencil cases filled with school supplies, crayola markers, calculators, sunglasses, small notebooks, jeweled bracelets and necklaces, washcloth and soap(!), small games like Uno, or dominos, a small stuffie, and for a young girl - a soft baby. Actually, everying in the box brought squeals of delight! Fill your box! Stuff it with lots and lots of special treasures. Try to avoid really cheap items - at least for us, we have lots of cheap stuff. (maybe fill fewer boxes well?) And, if you want - those plastic boxes instead of the cardboard box are actually a hit too! This is just what I observed. Maybe others have other opinions.

4. Busiest Every-day People

No one can get more done in a day than Larry. But, taking a walk down the street in the Colonia, I see many people who are intent on making a living for their families.

Elba is at her post, pat-pat-patting baleadas in front of a favourite baleada hotspot; this woman has a thriving fresh fruit and veggie (and women's unmentionables) stand; Julie has opened a pop-up coconut bun, rice pudding stand just around the corner from the grocery store.

5. Most generous smiles

Top - Antoni's smile has grown as his permanent teeth fill in; (Antoni's shirt says "Bet you can't make me smile!" and on the back "Can tu!") Bottom - Julisa, Elias, and Maria - these three have the most beautiful faces and a smile that is brighter than the Roatan sun!

6. Cutest Cute Kids

I have cute kid pictures. Lots of them. Here are a few pictures of Jasmine, Pastor Saul and Dunia's little two-year old. She is cute. And she knows it! Also, little boys praying at the Operation Christmas Child event.