• Darwyn Sanchez and Antonio Orellana concluded their month long visit to the U.S. recently and while they were staying with us here in Ohio they were able to visit friends in Springfield, Ohio including Joel and Janny Augustus, and Cliff and Connie Allen. They stayed in our home here in Westerville and we had a luncheon for them and then they were able to visit a lot of interesting places such as a public library, sports complex, Christian book store, and the Creation Museum near Cincinnati. All in all it appeared to be a great trip for them. Darwyn took lots of photos; especially of the library!
• Darwyn and Antonio are on their way back to Honduras by way of El Salvador. This very day they are driving a bus for the El Salvador church work, which was donated through the help of many generous people in Springfield, Missouri. Thanks to Greg Stephenson for orchestrating all of this and for driving the bus to Texas where Darwyn and Antonio received it and are driving it right now. Greg was instrumental in getting the funding for this used bus that is like new (formerly a church bus with low miles on the odometer). Thanks to everyone who made this possible. A special thanks to our Lord!
• Pray for funding needed to equip the new library at the Ocotillo school. Darwyn enjoyed seeing what happens in a U.S. library. He has such a great vision for equipping our youth of Honduras.
• At Omoa the 2 missing girls, Anyi and Irsa have not been located. But about a week ago God put two new little girls in our hands and already they are settling in. Carlos reports that the 5 year old only weighed 30 lbs but is starting to gain weight already. Their photos show how they have been hurt and struggled in a painful life. We are going to give them the gift of Life and Light in Jesus! Thanks to Carlos and Paty and the staff at Omoa.
• The 4 churches in Honduras are growing. Juan Carlos is doing a remarkable job as minister at the Omoa church and our other Pastors/Leaders have taken the helm of the new Choloma church. Pray for all the churches and for continued safety for our key leaders there who continue to be in danger from gangs in the Ocotillo ministry.
• The winter team from Highland Meadows Christian Church in Texas worked on the Day Care Center at Ocotillo and put on a new cement roof. There is still much to do but it is looking awesome.
• Our annual Women's Work Crusade dates have been established for October 3-12, 2008. Contact Cathi@Lifeline.org if you are interested in particiating and to obtain the theme, prices, etc.
• *Summer work teams preparing for their trips. Pray for their safety and productivity and that the experiences will be great. Pray for Bob as he leads the teams.
• Pray for the shipment of sponsor gifts heading to Honduras by shipping rather than through work groups. It will ship May 15. These are the April 1 gifts from sponsors, along with some musical instruments and more.
• Thanks to a generous couple for their financial gift of $500.00 toward musical instruments for the Omoa Children's Home. We wish to begin music lessons for the girls there. We could use more instruments. So far we have a flute, clarinet and trumpet.

• 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