Doors Open with Paola

Since we have been on the island it has been a process of adjusting, settling in, becoming a part of the community here, and trying to assimilate as much as we can. Harrison has seamlessly adjusted to working at Kingdom Bilingual as a PE and history teacher. The kids are VERY excited about PE and Harrison has even had parents tell him students are going home to do exercise! This is truly exciting because exercise does not have much importance here. He is truly impacting these children's lives.

Meanwhile, we have hired a nanny for Isaac so that Kendall can begin working at Clinica Esperanza. We looked high and low at several daycares here and none provided care for the hours we needed. One of our good friends, Sarah and Roberto, that live down the road from us suggested interviewing Paola, the sister of the nanny they hired. Luckily, Paola has worked for Sarah before at her daycare and so the reference was very exciting for us. We interviewed Paola and told her what we needed and what we were looking for and she seemed very excited to have a job. So we hired her to start the following week.

Kendall has been staying at home with Paola to show her how we desire for Isaac to be treated, our routines, things that Isaac normally does in a day. It has been great for Paola to get to know Isaac and Kendall and they have really begun to develop a fruitful relationship with one another. Paola says Isaac is "tranquilo", which in Spanish means calm/relaxed. We laughed when we heard that!

Paulo has recently been opening up to Kendall and inquiring more and more about our move back to Roatan. Kendall was able to share with her how God spoke to both of us and told us to move back to Roatan to do ministry with people of the island. She said "WOW, REALLY?". She has asked that same question over and over again, so we think she must be really intrigued at the idea that God talks to his children.

Paola also asked Kendall how many boyfriends she had before Harrison "Cuantos novios tuviste antes de Harrison"? Then she asked "How did you know he was the one to marry"? or "¿Cómo supiste que Harrison era la de casarse?". Through this story, Kendall was able to share how the Lord spoke to her that Harrison was the person she was going to marry. She also shared that God spoke the same thing to Harrison. This had her very excited and she asked "How do you know that God is speaking to you"? Wow-- thank you Lord for placing this opportunity in our lives to open up and share how you've brought us to this place and the ways you have spoken to us. The Lord is definitely stirring Paola's heart and we are so excited to be a vessel that pours into her life an she continues to question what we are doing here and her own life as well.

Pray that the Lord continues to open doors so that we can minister to Paola and be a Light in the Darkness to her and her family. Pray that she loves Isaac well and that our trust and relationship can continue to deepen and thrive as we hope that she will be working with us for a long time.