Resting and Abiding in Roatan

I love Roatan for several reasons.

The beauty which has still managed to escape the prostitution of major development, the ability to live simply, the sparkling of the aquamarine water, the gentle breeze blowing off the ocean and the lush greenness accentuated by butterflies and hummingbirds all serve to soothe my soul.

And special people like Miss Peggy, who is a living example of humility and service.

All of those things combine to make this the perfect writing spot for me. I am able to leave the challenges of my life behind for the moment and compartmentalize myself in my writing world to recraft a manuscript so that it can honor God and bring hope to tired and worn out moms (I know a thng or two about that...)

I am in a place of rest, restoration and abiding which I pray will be expressed in the recrafted stories.

The manuscript I am working on is, "What the Bible is All About for Moms" based on the work of Henrietta Mears. Let's just say my first version didn't honor or do justice to God or Miss Mears and while many of the stories worked, they read more like downers.

But now I am in that surrendered place spiritually and abiding and restful place physically to hopefully be a better scribe for God.

Being in the presence of servant hearted people who live it and the expression of grace and humility also provide the perfect backdrop, and that is who and what Miss Peggy is and does.

Eleven years ago when she arrived on the Island, word got out that she was a nurse, and people with needs, which were many, started showing up on her doorstep, and her kitchen morphed into an impromptu clinic.

Over the years it expanded and now provides state of the art health care to both the local community and those who visit the Island. Please visit them at: www.clinicaesperanza.com. At the moment, the Economic crisis has also trickled down and affected them; they have two months of operational costs in the bank and only two days ago received their first donation of the year.

May you also find rest in restoration and the peace of abiding with God.

58,495

That's the number of words I am at! Can you believe it? I am so excited!

Connie, I won't need to chop chop.

Katy and Jody, I won't need you to wordsmith after all...unless you really want to!

And I have to thank Shelly, for having the solution that totally eluded me that got most of this accomplished.

Sometimes it takes an outside set of eyes to pick up the obvious. There were two sections at the end of each chapter, one called WHAT'S A MOTHER TO DO and one LIGHTENING THE MOTHER LOAD that were redundant. Well, nipping and eliminating 66 of those made a hug difference.

There are still a couple of stories that are much longer than others, and I will "find" my 495 words there, and maybe even then some...

I am off to lunch with a friend to talk about community drug programs, then a run, then chauffeur extraordinaire to my girls.

Later! Just had to share the great news on the editing! (Some of you were praying, I know you were...)