Teachin de Tree R's…
If there’s been one challenge in teaching the women here in Helene, it has been getting around a bit of a language barrier. True, they speak English here on the island, but “true” doesn’t mean “true” here – it means “through.” Counting is always an adventure because the number three doesn’t follow the number two, [...]
Island time…Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Sorry for the infrequency of the blog posts, we’re on islan’ time dese days – exhausted from the heat, sticky, stinky, itchy and suffering from rooster induced sleep deprivation. Today we went on our second round of “wisitation” with one of the local women. We went to “The Bite” and visited and prayed with more [...]
The Rooster…Sunday PM
Satan is no longer in the form of a serpent, he is now in the form of a rooster… As you can expect, we were exhausted Saturday evening and were looking forward to our beds and a good night’s sleep. We were all out pretty quick and slept well, until about 2 am when the bain [...]
Sunday mornin’ go to meetin’ time…Sunday
Certainly one of the highlights of our trip so far is the worship we’ve experienced on the island. Passionate and boisterous are two words that just begin to describe the spirit of the services we attended both Sunday am and pm. We participated by sharing a song (yes, all of us) in the morning service [...]
Trains, Planes, Automobiles, and Bumpy Boats…Saturday
The first day of our journey was a long and tenuous one. The plane rides were relatively uneventful and were highlighted by our arrival in Roatan. Everything was honky dory except for one detail…there was a missing suitcase. You know, the one with the clothes and toiletries in it? No problem, we’ll just go grab [...]
