We left the apartment at 8:30 am. For breakfast we stopped by a gas station and picked up a drink and some crackers because we never made it to the grocery store last night. On our way to the school we came upon a road block. The police were doing random car searches for drugs or anything illegal on the roads in Roatan. We saw cars being forced to pull everything out of their vehicle and open it up. Yesterday when we came down the same road they weren’t (at that point we had all of our med filled luggage in the car) and today they were. Hmm! Today Elmer took us to Crawfish Rock to a school called Isidro Cacho. It is a very poor community. We went into two classrooms. In one classroom the teacher had grades 1, 5, and 6 and the other classroom one teacher taught grades 2, 3, and 4. Elmer prays at the beginning and then has the children read from a children’s bible story book. Then he tells them about the story and how much they need Jesus and then how much they need to get their education. They go to school from 7 am – 12 pm. After school we gave 2 teachers a ride home. Along the way we picked up another lady and then we dropped them off at their communities. We also picked up a couple of school boys walking home and dropped them off near their community. On the way back we stopped off at Elmer’s parent’s home. We tasted two types of guava that they went out and picked off the trees in their yard for us. Elmer’s mom gave us some cooked corn on the cob from his dad’s farm. She also gave us 2 types of avocados to try. John bought some mango jam that she had made. We made it back to our apartment. About 1:30 pm we took off in the rental car looking for a place to eat. We stopped at a place called Roatan’s Yacht Club in French Harbour. We both got the Texas Burger – we just needed one! Our waiters name was Darwin Hendrick. He is originally from Guanaja and was only 11 years old when hurricane Mitch sat on the island for 3 days. He lived on Bonacca Key and now lives in Coxen Hole. He is married with 3 young children – 7, 5, and 4 years old. The area he lives in is very poor – no electricity and no water. He bought his property for $10,000 and has to have it paid off in 7 years or he loses it. He is building his house by himself. I’m thinking he may be around 26 years old. He so wanted us to come to see where he lives to show us how much his community needs help. They are only getting promises from the mayor but no results. He said he has started his house but it’s not close to being finished. He builds on it when he has a little money. I think it has a roof and maybe 2 or 3 walls and the other wall is a tarp. He has also been going to a church for about 5 months to help start it in Coxen Hole. He didn’t even know what kind it was or the name of the church. He seemed to be a very sweet and sincere young man. He gave us his number and we can’t wait for him to show us around and to meet his family. After we left the restaurant, we stopped by the grocery store for supplies. Elmer and Andrea are gone this evening, so no internet access again.













