Roatan Campbells' Connection

         Roatan Campbells' Connection           August 2024        We heard it the first morning we were back home. And the second morning. And most of the time between morning and night… Silence… Nothing – a bird chirp, crickets and cicadas - and then nothing. You can sense this silence like it is sound when your ears have become accustomed to constant clamor. Where we live in Roatan it is never silent. While quiet is what we enjoy here, down-on-the-farm, noise is as much a part of Roatan as heat and palm trees. The cacophony of country-Christian-reggae-rap music, squealing tires, and people calling out are background sounds to living. There is the endless roaring of motorcycles many with anti-mufflers. When all that stops, sometime after midnight, the dogs and roosters start. It is the sound of home when we are in Roatan. Much like silence is the sound of home, here where we will be until January. It was a s...

  August 2024 When you travel to the tropics in the summer, you know it is going to be a sizzling time. As I am preparing this photo blog, I am settled into a chair - not outside, but inside under the helicopter blades of the ceiling fan - and we are ready for lift-off.....  While the temperatures are sweltering , it is the incredible opportunities that have really warmed our hearts. We hope you, too, are warmed as you see these smiling faces. Cute Kids Of all our pictures, the ones that warm our hearts the most are those pictures of the kids we know. They call out to us as we walk by their houses. They are happy to have their pictures taken. They don't want anything from us but attention.  (l-r) Genesis, Daniel and their cousin waiting with us at the beach before church, Lestil and blue-eyed Lola perform, Matthew and a friend in costume at school, Enoch trying to escape the heat. Up, Up Visiting Over the past few weeks we have had lots of opportunities to go visiting. So...