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A Beautiful Beginning 💕

💕 Felicidades! That's how to say it in Spanish.  Congratulations Greicy and Nahun - newly married February 26! We are just so excited for this couple and want to share this good news.  We have cheered on Greicy since she was in grade 6. Greicy met Nahun two years ago. She caught his eye as she walked past his place on her way home from her nursing classes. Nahun worked with Greicy’s mom’s husband. In his quiet way,  Nahun asked questions about Greicy - a few questions at a time - until he felt confident that he could talk to her. Greicy took it from there.  Greicy and Nahun have lived together for almost two years. Both knew that God wanted to bless their lives together and they needed to be married. But, with work and school commitments, and Honduran  bureaucracy,  this seemed an  impossible dream. Thanks to some special donations, and a period without work for both, the impossible became possible. Getting married for many people in Roatan, Honduras ...

🍎 Longdistance Back-to-School

It is February. Normally, this is the time when we would be in Roatan checking out the final purchases, and arranging for buses, backpacks, and uniforms so that some of the kids we know get back to school successfully. Normally, by mid-February, the students have had a few days in their classrooms as they meet their teachers and classmates. In a normal year, our little classroom would be buzzing with kids excited to share about the homework they have and the materials they don't have.  As has been the case for the past 11 months, nothing is normal. Back-to-school has happened - quite successfully - without us being there. We have kept cyberspace a-buzzing with various connections. It is really amazing to be there, without being there.   Students have been enrolled and tuition paid. That was so smooth it makes us wonder why we ever worry.  We support students in 4 private schools as well as checking in on the needs for a few public school students.  Not only have...