You know when you’re watching Wheel of Fortune (don’t pretend like I’m the only one!) and somebody solves the Prize Puzzle and wins a week-long trip to some distant, tropical island, and you’re like, “LUCKY!!!” Well, that just happened to Bart and me, without having to solve the puzzle (or be a part of the Wheel Watchers Club...which I need to join soon)! Some Honduran friends of ours - two couples around our age who each have 2-year-old daughters - were given a week’s stay in a condo on the island of Roatan, plus the use of a car, and they decided to invite us along.
This is a big deal. Only a small percentage of Hondurans ever get to visit this island, even though it’s just a short boat ride off the Caribbean coast, so the fact that our friends wanted to share their blessing with us was truly impressive. Actually, the people who gave them this wonderful gift are a family from Texas who currently sponsor the ministry work of one of the couples, Carlos & Idalmi. The other couple, Elvin & Mary, are house-parents at the boys’ home where we work. So each of these Honduran couples work in the ‘ministry trenches’ down here and truly deserved a restful, rejuvenating vacation.
Roatan is a beautiful island. The weather is warm and sunny. The snorkeling off West Bay Beach is awe-inspiring. And the ocean is calm, warm, and bright blue. I can’t help but see God when I’m there: in the tropical flowers, the amazing coral reef, and the many unusual, brightly-colored fish that demonstrate His creativity and design! It seemed like an unbelievable opportunity before we left...and now that we’re home, I have to look at pictures to convince myself we were actually there. So the following pictures are really more for myself than anyone else!
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| Idalmi, me, Mary |
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| Elvin, Carlos, Bart |
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| My swimming buddies for the week: Shelly and Ellen |
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| Roatan! |
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| After a day of snorkeling on West Bay Beach |
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