Touring the Island with Joe

We got up this morning and John cooked scrambled eggs and toast in the room. We are about to go to West End with Joe Summers. Joe will be leaving his ministry in Roatan on August 2nd to go home to the states. He will join his wife in Alabama where he will be near his children and grandchildren. He is taking two Honduran students, one in the 11th grade and the other will be in 12th grade to the U.S. to continue their education. There are mission teams coming in from the states over the next couple of weeks and will be staying at Casa Isabella where we are currently staying. At one point the facility will be maxed out, so we are going to need to find a different place to stay for August 2 & 3. We can return to our current apartment on August 4. Joe was kind enough to drive us to West End to try and find a hotel room for those days. Joe then took us around the island and introduced us to a number of people. We got to see the oldest Methodist Church on the island. It is 170 years old and the walls are made of granite and are 3 feet thick. It was built along the coast so the wall thickness has protected it from many hurricanes. It is called Bethesda Methodist Church and is located in Flowers Bay. Joe has been preaching in this church and last Sunday was his last service. Then we went to an orphanage called Majken Broby Children’s Home. It is ran by the Baptist Ministries in Honduras. There are only 9 boys that live there and 2 girls that live somewhere close by. It really needs a lot of work. We met Betty and she showed us around the orphanage. She was cooking them lunch when we got there. Then we visited the Methodist private school which has an enrollment of approximately 400 students. We met the nurse, Gina, and got to see her office. There is a church on the property where they have devotions. If a student cannot afford to attend this school there are some scholarships available. After returning to our apartment, we took a walk along the beach to West Bay. We ate at a place called Foster’s where we both ordered lobsters – yes! It was a beautiful walk to and from West Bay.

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Hello! We are John & Bev Atkins, founders of Mission Revive.  We are excited to share our journey with you! Please feel free to browse all of the blog to see what God has been doing on the island of Roatan over the past 5 years!! :) 

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