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Happy Canada Day 2023



 
July 1, 2023 
Happy Canada Day 2023! Good morning! Are you sitting out on your deck, coffee in hand, just relaxing - just being? Think what a privilege it is to be able to do that in our “home and native land.” We have choices in this country. We can choose where we will live and work. We can choose to vote and have a choice when we come to the ballot box. We can choose our church, our school, and our next vacation destination. Our grocery stores are full. Our country is rich in resources. It is varied in beauty. We have so much to celebrate!

Larry and I are off again for a three-week trip to Roatan, Honduras soon. It is because of these trips that we can encourage you - it is a privilege to live in Canada! Whether you call Honduras a third-world country, a developing nation, or underdeveloped nation, the contrast we see when we step off the plane is harsh. Many of the choices we Canadians expect are not available to those we spend our days with. And that is why we return.

Our goal is as always – we hope that we are light – providing encouragement to a small group of friends. Larry is hoping to firm up plans with a local group to begin a project at the Sandy Bay Adventist School. And we know - Larry always attracts jobs. I want to check in with people that we support to confirm the way we help helps. Is there more we can do? One single mom has reached out with needs. Does she really subsist with her 3 boys in that mud and stone house? I would like to help provide some remedial reading and math for a few children who are falling behind. Are our students doing their homework??! (They tell me they are!) Opportunities find us. Our job is to discern where God wants us to put our hands and feet.

Please pray: * that we make good use of the short time we spend in Roatan;

                    * that we wait on God to direct our hands and feet – and hearts;

                    * for the family needs we leave here.

We also need to pray for each other, that we don’t forget the privilege it is living in this free country.

“God keep our land, glorious and free.”

~ Blessings to all, Larry and Susan    

PS – Check Facebook for regular updates and pictures while we’re away. To know more about us, see our blog at: roatancampbells.blogspot.com


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