THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR: Taking Calculated Risks in a Risky World
This is Mauricio. Mauricio is 8 years old. Mauricio is taking his first Final Exam at Escuela Bilingue El Camino. And, this is Isaacc. Isaacc is nine. And no, that is not a double typo. The story goes that when Isaacc’s Mom went to the Municipio to get his birth certificate done, the Registry Clerk misspelled […]
Black Swans, Buses, Broken Bones & Bad Ideas
“rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno “ (a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan“) […]
“Everything is Politics”
My people are destroyed for lack of discernment*. Hosea 4:6 I make it an intentional rule to avoid discussing the politics of men on […]
Volunteer Teaching Abroad: El Camino Bilingual School Introduction Part III
We are back with our final installment about what life is like as a missionary teacher in our little community on the northern coast of Honduras. Our wonderful staff has answered another 10 commonly asked questions about volunteer teaching in Honduras at El Camino Bilingual School. We hope that these responses help you envision the […]
El Camino puts its thinking cap on.
The sign on the front gate of the Hospital reads; “ DIOS OBRA AQUI ” ( God is at work here). Just as Loma de Luz is not just a Mission Hospital; it is a Hospital and a School, a Foster Children’s Home and an Agricultural work, it is in Community Development and Support of […]
Preparing for a Pandemic
“For the Body is not one member, but many. “ I Corinthians:12:14 Throughout the world each day God uses exceptional people to do exceptional things in His name. At Loma de Luz we see this each day, and we see the truth of Paul’s teaching about the diversity of gifts and the unity of the […]
The Strangest of Times….
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
March 2020
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? — Psalm 27:1 The centurion answered and said,….but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed….When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that […]
Volunteer Teaching Abroad: El Camino Bilingual School Introduction Part II
As you daydream about what your life might be like teaching in a little rural community off in a foreign land, it’s likely that hundreds of questions are popping into your mind. Everything from what it would be like serving as a missionary, how it feels to live in a small, tight-knit volunteer community to […]
December 2019 Newsletter
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. –-Lamentations 3:21 But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. –Romans 8:25 She stands in a darkened world looking out to sea. It could be twilight, or it could be a moonlit night. It is impossible […]