Roatan Alive Mission

 Thursday July 23 -  “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:6-7   Thursday, I was feeling discouraged and burdened by challenges my church at home was experiencing. I thought that I was ill-equipped to be serving in the congregation. I prayed to God asking for strength, encouragement and guidance. I felt that God listened to my prayers and showed me how He is working. First was a diver who was sitting by the dock where Brandon, my roommate, was swimming . He was originally from France but has been living in the New York for the last one and a half years working. He was the one that struck up a conversation asking why I was here and it gave me an opportunity to talk about our mission trip. He mentioned how he always felt like he needed to do mo...

 Wednesday July 22 - At the “Before You Say I Do” event, our emcees Pastor Tommy and his wife Karla kicked off the night with a few games.  This is the first time we've hosted an event specifically for couples who are not yet married.  They joked around with the first couple, asking how long they'd been together for. And upon hearing their answer of "4 years", Karla joked: "wow 4 years and no ring?".  After a time of eating together and worship, Pastor Darrell and Minister Tara shared a message on the importance and benefits of marriage. Sister Gianina led a fabulous translation.  Couples were convicted to not simply practice or "play" marriage, by living together before being married. And to know that God has a correct order of things, marriage being a covenant he has ordained.  At the end of the night, that very first couple - got engaged! The man sweetly got onto one knee and proposed to his girlfriend. She was shocked, in tears, and happily acc...

  Wednesday July 22 - At the boys event, Sons of the Kingdom, we had approximately 80 boys aged 7-15 join us for a few rounds of soccer.  Pastor Joel preached a gospel message, bringing up 3 boys with an illustration using soccer balls. Several boys memorized the 2026 Roatán Alive theme Bible verse - 2 Corinthians 5:17 and received a soccer ball prize. These soccer balls were generously donated by our team members from Christ the Rock Church in Miami. - Anka

  Wednesday July 22 - In the morning, we were packing up  backpacks with school supplies in preparation for our visit.  We had the joy of visiting a local school and spending time with the kids. We led them in a game of “human knot”, enjoyed some laughter, sang some songs, shared the gospel story and gifted them with backpacks and school supplies sponsored by our various supporters back home! The children were so grateful for this time. It was sad to say goodbye. We invited them to join us again for upcoming children’s day camp and youth events in the coming week! Praying the kids would get a glimpse of His love through our team. - Joanne We spent the morning packing 100 backpacks with pencils, sharpeners, crayons, rulers and notebooks. Working efficiently like an Amazon assembly line! And then visited a local school to donate these backpacks. At the school, the principal explained there are 750 students. With our limited supplies, we were only able to visit 3 classrooms....

  Tuesday July 21 - One of the things that makes Roatan Alive Mission so special is its commitment to strengthening marriages and families. They recognize how Satan attacks God's people in the last days by first attacking the family. For several years now, they have hosted a Marriage Conference to help build and strengthen the marriages of the local community. Tonight, Pastor Darryl and Minister Tara shared how powerful our words are in a marriage. For those of us who have been married for many years, it's easy to take each other for granted and unintentionally hurt one another through the words we speak. Instead of giving a long message about love, they encouraged us to guard our tongues, to use our words to build each other up, encourage one another, and speak life into our marriages. It was such a practical and authentic message, and honestly, it's something every marriage needs. At the end of the evening, all the couples were invited to renew their wedding vows, choosin...

  Tuesday July 21 - We were invited to visit a local health care clinic and we were able to share with them much needed supplies that were donated by our Canadian and American supporters. We went on a tour of the clinic and were told that patients are encouraged to pay by donation as many patients visiting the clinic have limited means. The suggested donation is 10 Honduran Lempira which is equivalent to just under 60 Canadian cents. Hannah and I met a young mom and her 3 kids at the clinic. She shared her prayer request and we had the opportunity to pray with them and share some health and hygiene items with them. You could see how grateful they were.  We are truly thankful for all our supporters back home who shared their resources so generously so we could touch the lives of the people here, in meeting basic physical needs and praying for their spiritual needs to be met as well. Hannah and I also had the joy of praying for the doctors as they shared of the struggle to keep ...

  Monday July 20 - What a day it’s been! We kicked off the day with devotion led by Tio Charles reminding us why we are here and how God has called us to do His work. Reminder to live our lives with the Spirit of God alive and working in our lives as we engage with the Roatan people we will meet today. We enjoyed a precious time of prayer and sending off at ESBIR, before we handed out flyers and shared Christ with those we met in the neighborhood. Hannah and I enjoyed a precious time together with our Spanish speaking teammates. We had the opportunity to connect with the locals, get to know them by name and sharing with them about why we are here and inviting them to come out to various events over the next 2 weeks. We had a beautiful opportunity to pray for a new friend we met as she shared with us about some of her personal family challenges and some recent health concerns a loved one was facing. We were able to hear her story and pray for her and share God’s blessing with her. H...