 Marcus, Dakota & Lisa Fowler |
| [Marcus & Lisa Fowler serve as our Missionaries on our campus in El Portillo. Marcus is our Community Ministries Director & lisa is our Children’s Division Director.]
We arrived at the San Pedro Sula Airport with three duffel bags and a couple of other items on November 1st, 2016. Kirk and Bill both had shared that we would be hitting the ground running. They weren’t kidding! Since then, we’ve had a few hours off each day, but we are leading, assisting, and involved in community ministry constantly. The little ones here in Promise Home are certainly enjoying life. When we walk into their casita each morning as a family, they greet us with all the excitement, kicks and squeals that you would expect from kids under three. We have family devotions, sing a song, and pray together. It never gets old and there’s some new challenge to be faced each morning. Of course, there is a lot of play time and interaction. Presently, we’re helping them learn to use Dakota as a climbing gym…preferably the majority of them at the same time. El Portillo believes in going to church. Promise Home Church gives them full opportunity to exercise their faith. We have services for adults all week and a special service for the children on Sunday morning. We have recently started a Discipleship Class and Leadership Training on Wednesday nights. We are working on developing a core group to evangelize other communities. Eventually, God permitting, we’ll start another church in another unreached area. El Portillo School is enjoying our partnership a couple of days each week. We are involved with an after school program that is a lot of fun. The three classes remind me of the old saying: come on in and have some fun…be careful or you may learn something. Today (December 3rd) is graduation day for the school. We’ll be celebrating with the community and encouraging the students and their parents to continue the educational process. For some of them, this will be the pinnacle of their academic career. Hopefully, we’ll be able to change the mindset regarding the priority of education as our time here continues. The future here at Promise Home and El Portillo is bright. We’re not just talking about the intensity of the Honduran sun. “Optimism” is the operational phrase we experience each day. “Cooperative” is a great way to describe the community attitude. There is no shortage of opportunity to continue living out the message that we constantly live and share: Honor God. Work Hard. Live Holy. The Fowler family here at Promise Home wish you a very Merry Christmas. May God bless each of our families and all of our diligence in serving Him together this coming year. [Marcus & Lisa Fowler serve as our Missionaries on our campus in El Portillo. Marcus is our Community Ministries Director & lisa is our Children’s Division Director.] |
