• Both Irsa and Anyi, the 2 girls from the Omoa Children's Home who left over a week ago, have not been located yet. We simply don't know where these girls are and we DO know that her mother was attempting to get Irsa back recently. The court and police are now working on this. PLEASE keep this continually before our Lord in your prayers. Pray that no harm comes to these precious girls.
• Antonio Orellana and Darwyn Sanchez visited us last week and we had a great time. We had a luncheon for them at our office and then they spent time with Joel and friends in Springfield, Ohio. Upon leaving our home they went to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio on their way back to Dallas. They are participating in a camp this weekend and then in about another week they will be driving a donated school bus back to Central America. It will go to El Salvador for the work of the churches there. Darwyn and Antonio were able to visit a U.S. library with us, a Christian bookstore and see some other sights. This was Darwyn's first time in the U.S. but Antonio lived here for several years while attending Colegio Biblico (Bible College) in Eagle Pass, Texas. Please pray for their safe return to Honduras in about 2 weeks. Driving the bus there is a challenge and new experience for them and they desperately need our prayers for safety en route. Pray for their families in Honduras while they are away.
• Carlos Cojon's family is struggling too. His brother Israel and his wife had a baby born this past week with Down's Syndrome and his other brother and his wife suffered from a miscarriage. On top of this the struggles and heart break over the 2 missing girls are all evidence of spiritual attack. We are seeing this happen among several of our key leaders in the mission fields.
• Patty Romero's daughter has now recovered from her injury and praise God!
• SPECIAL THANKS TO GREG STEPHENSON, Springfield, MO, and Northside Christian Church for providing the "like new" school bus for El Salvador. Greg has been fantastic as he's taken this project and made it become a reality through his own efforts and through many others who were convinced to participate in many ways from funding to free repairs, to providing parts, clean up, etc. Greg drove the bus to Dallas and Antonio will take it from there to El Salvador. Greg was successful in getting everything donated but we still need to recoup the money it will take to drive it to El Salvador. Donations are welcome.

Ocotillo School Library, January 2008

February 2008

• Bob is there now with his 2nd team of the winter consisting of Lincoln Christian College (Nick Sheets, Leader), and Gladstone Christian Church, Oregon.  They are making great strides on the Omoa Children's Home ceiling work, and work on the Omoa Church.

• The library at Ocotillo is coming along well and Director Darwyn Sanchez wrote to tell us that he was able to procure a 3 month supply of some additional relief/surplus foods to feed our school children at Ocotillo to help us with our school canteen needs.

• Lifeline's Ford Explorer cleared customs today; PTL!  And the amount we had to pay to get it out was less than we anticipated but we will still need to cover several thousand in licensing and insurance fees.  But we are so happy to have this van to help us with our transportation needs there.

• Bob's last team of the winter season will be Highland Meadows Christian Church from Texas and they will be working on a project they are funding which is the Day Care Center construction (roof/ceiling) at Colony Ocotillo.

January 2008

• January found Bob DeVoe leading a great team of work team members from First Christian Church, Springfield, Ohio. Adding to the team were Celeste Craig-Zipperlen, overseeing clinic and dental work, and Brenda Johnson who had oversight of the Lovelink gift distribution for October 2007 gifts. One young lady joined the team from Canada.

• The primary work task was installing the ceiling on the new school library
  at Colony Ocotillo. Also, this team of Christian workers did insulation and
  preparation for drywall at the Omoa Lovelink Children's Home dining hall and great room/activity hall.

• Tremendous spiritual blessings accompanied the work times and one of the joys was working with the new CaryHill Resident Managers, Roberto and Norma Gavarrete Cruz and their two precious daughters, Sindy Yosary (age 4) and Katerine Jarielly (21 months). They have settled in and taken charge well at the compound. (Jesus and Sonia finally retired because they wanted to move back with their family in their own town; we were so sorry to see them leave.  They served the mission faithfully for about 4 years. And had been desirous of returning to their native community for about 3 years but we were able to keep them this long!  We are going to miss them so very much.)

• Many of our youth of our 4 churches in Honduras and 3 in El Salvador attended the CIY Conference (Christ In Youth) in Guatemala this past week and are certainly pumped and strengthed as a result!  Jose, Carlos, Darwyn and others went with them.  Lourdes from Omoa was able to go too!

• Also, we shipped our 2002 Ford Explorer with 4 wheel drive to Honduras earlier this month (Dr. Steve Kistler drove it to Gulfport for shipping) and Bob is hoping and praying it clears customs soon.

• As Bob DeVoe headed to Haiti for the next 3 weeks, Bobby Curlee and Tim Kaiser flew to Honduras, from Haiti to continue the myriad of tasks before them too.
  
  Praises to God for all that He is accomplishing in Honduras!  

September 2007

Carlos Cojon, Honduran Administrator and Director of the Omoa Children's Home writes these words of update and encouragement.

• We had a nice day last Friday. The staff of Lifeline had a good recreation day in Zizima Aqua park. Everybody was so happy, taking a good rest. God is working among the staff of our ministry and these activities are a good way to know each other better. My vision is that employees can see how Lifeline is a ministry provided by God in Honduras and the whole group can work putting God first. Now I can see many are working for God. But the goal is that 100% get the same feeling.

• Our three churches are very active. Each one is getting good attendance. Amable is so happy because he will do some baptism very soon. People from other colonies are looking at this Church. He has two good Bible groups outside from La Gonzales. Antonio is getting a good attendance of youth in the services, and he has started to motivate the entire church to collect money for the roof of the church at Ocotillo. I think this is good for the church. Juan Carlos is establishing the people that are attending this church at Omoa. He has for now one Bible group one mile from the church of Omoa. This church continues activities to raise the money for the new church building.

• At the Children's Home everybody is enjoying that the electric works, because now it is easier to control the light system. Our children are giving thanks to our Lord because they think God has more great things for them and for to glorify His Holy name. They want to really be a light for the world as Jesus said in the Bible.

• This is not good news: Last two days the stealer came in to Juan Carlos house (second floor) and stole his gas butane cylinder and some money. This House has 8 windows that need security bars.

August 2007

• Plans are coming along for the annual Women’s Work Team in October; space still available for those wanting to join us!  Email Cathi@Lifeline.org for dates, costs and details.

• Bobby Curlee and several other men from Concord Christian Church are headed to Honduras to complete the major electrical work at the Omoa Children’s Home.

• Today we received another girl into the Home at Omoa.  Praise God; she is joining her sister who she has been separated from for a long time; more kids are waiting to get in!

• Churches are doing a great work and leading people to Christ.  Praise God!

• Maya is recovering from back surgery.

• Honduras received heavy rains from Hurricane Dean