Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” - John 1:46

DAY 13 - Thursday July 25 - Our daily devotional was lead by sister Evelyn but prior to this, Tia Darla had us look out onto the Caribbean Sea to give praise to our Lord God and creator. Praise indeed!!! Evelyn shared from her time in the Word, Exodus 3:21-4:5 (Signs for Moses); reminding us that God uses what we see as ordinary for His extraordinary purposes. He certainly has exhibited this time and time again not only with material resources but most importantly His human resources. We have experienced this day in and out, not only for the two weeks that we have been in Roatan but way before we even arrived on the island. God is using young men, such as Ricky and Eric, and teacher, Daphne, from Pandy Town, to do extraordinary things in their town, despite all the odds. With God all things are possible! - DC

Wow, our time in Roatan has just flown by! Today was our last "work" day. It started out with a trip to a school in Pandy Town, at the far east end of the island. Ten years ago this place was like Nazareth: "Can anything good come from there?" When Charles and Darla first went, it was dark, extremely poor, dangerous, only dirt roads. The "school" was two unpaid volunteers teaching the kids under a house (many houses here a built up on stilts.) Over the years Charles fought bureaucracy and navigated various charitable organizations, so now there are two beautiful school buildings and trained teachers. As Miss Daphne, one of the teachers said today, "When no one would come here, Mr.Charles came from Canada to help us!" - DG


There are still desperate needs: the classrooms for grades 4-5-6 are up a very steep hill that especially in the rainy season, is almost impossible to climb (see above). Stairs are desperate! Also needed are security bars on the doors and windows, a fence, restrooms in the upper building and a secure computer classroom with equipment. - DG

We drove back to a huge! last day of camp: 658 campers and 107 counselors!! At counselor appreciation time, we had a pizza party for them, and each one got a bag of school supplies. Over the four days, we had 2126 registered camper days!! Praise God for these precious children of Roatan!!! They have certainly taken places in our hearts with their energy, smiles and hugs. - DG/DC
 

Prayer requests:
• Safe travel home on Saturday.
• That the kids, teens, young adults, women, men and couples of Roatan that we shared the Gospel with would be impacted, and would impact this island for eternity!

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