We were up this morning at 6 am and on the bus ready to leave at 8 am. We joined the team from Texas today for a one hour ride to a public school in Pandy Town which is near Oak Ridge. Again, not that many miles away, but it was raining and the roads could use a little work. The school is attached to the Methodist Trinity Church building. On the way, their youth pastor Cody, gave a devotion. It was from Matthew 10:5-14. This is about what Jesus told His disciples to bring with them on their short term missions trip. After that Elmer showed us how he used string to tell stories to the students about Jesus. When we arrived it was pouring down rain, so the students were all under a house across the street that was on stilts. All the students and people that we talked to spoke English. The team sat up for what they were doing for the students while we stood outside and talked to the teachers. The name of the town was settled by a man with the last name Pandy. One of the teachers was Vicky Pandy a descendant. Then we met a young man named Geron Harris (21) who lived there. With the help of some people that came there on a mission’s trip, he is hoping to be able to attend a University in Oklahoma and then come back and make a difference in Roatan. He is currently working at a restaurant called Foster’s in West Bay. You could tell he really loved Jesus. He also plays on a soccer league. We all walked out to the basketball court – because basketball in Pandy Town is really big. His brother had won a gold medal for playing with the 12 and under group. We also got to meet Geron’s coach, Javier (28), who paints houses for a living but his first love is soccer. Bev really enjoyed talking to them and hearing about the needs they have just for soccer to get kids to be able to play and stay off drugs. We then went back to the bus to eat our sack lunch. After lunch Elmer introduced us to Pastor Jennie who lived across the street from where the bus was parked. She invited us into her home while everyone else went on a walking tour of the town. We had the opportunity to ask a lot of questions and to hear about some of their problems. They struggle a lot with their youth using drugs and alcohol and also have a fair amount of witchcraft and voodoo in their town. A very high level of unemployment is probably the biggest reason for many of the problems they are experiencing. She was a very sincere lady. She invited us to church on Sunday and said that if we would come she would change the service from their regular time of 7:00 pm to 10:00 am because she knew it would not be safe for us to be on the roads at night. We prayed for her and then we walked up the street and took pictures of the church. It is a very poor community but the people were very nice and friendly. They call themselves Islanders. When we returned to the house, the internet was down again. They said that it usually goes down after a rain and you never know for how long.