Our last full day in Roatan began with a devotional from Holly that challenged us to look at Psalm 23 in a fresh way. Most of us know the passage well, but she encouraged us to see it through the lens of God's loving boundaries. The Shepherd surrounds His sheep with His goodness, protection, joy, and provision. When the One who is infinitely wiser than us leads, our best response is simply to foll...

**Please read the photo gallery disclaimer at the end of this blog!Today was a day to enJOY time with each other on the beautiful waters of Roatan. Our friend Jake Giroux has family in Roatan who own a Catamaran business, and they give us a great deal every year. We sailed along the banks into deeper waters, got soaked by the waves (especially those on the trampolines), laughed hysterically, snork...

We started the day like any other, woke up, ate breakfast, and had our devo.  Mom (Holly) talked over Matthew 7:24-27, Romans 12:1-3, and Colossians 3:1-2;12. She focused on the wise and the foolish and how the wise build their house on the rock, and the foolish don’t have a good foundation.After the devotional, we waited for the kids to come up and have church with them. We got a song and a half ...

Today was one of those days that perfectly captures what mission trips are really like. There was hard work, lots of laughter, good food, some questionable food, and plenty of reminders of God’s faithfulness.We started the morning with a devotion about choosing joy and rejoicing daily; Psalm 118:24, Philippians 4:4, and Psalm 126:3. Holly used bubbles as a visual aid, it was a great picture of see...

The sun comes up nice and early around 5:30 a.m., and without blackout curtains, it’s sure hard to sleep in too late. Thankfully, our sweet friend had hot coffee ready when we finally made it downstairs.Mrs. Holly started the day by using a yo-yo to remind us that a yo-yo is only as good as the hand holding it. Some learned this the hard way after trying to yo-yo and ended up with it clanging to t...