Hello everyone. We (Robert, Jennifer, and Rodolfo) are in the States now for furlough and are 
enjoying being with family and friends again if only for a short while. We are in California until November 12th and then will be in Arkansas until December 5th. Our time goes so quickly while in the States that we must work to enjoy every moment of it while it lasts. We are doing well and enjoying some “down time”. Please feel free to call us on our cell phone while we are in the States at (559) 410-2576. We would love to visit with you.
The Bridge House is under the care of Jennifer Mayes and other teachers from WGO’s Rancho Ebenezer while we are gone. Jennifer has been with the ministry for more than two years and knows the Bridge guys well. She will be great for the task and is a huge blessing to us while we are away. Keep her and the youth in your prayers while they are together. May she be exactly what they need. May they strive to honor Christ in all they do.
Everyone at the Bridge is busy with school and enjoying life. Our girls are more social now and we are seeing lots of new guys hanging out around the house. Of course that makes us a little nervous so we find ourselves talking a lot more about relationships and how to be safe with the opposite sex physically and emotionally. Our entire house enjoyed Joshua Harris’ video series recently on relationships. It brought out some good questions and conversation. 
really well. We enjoyed being a part of their school enrollment and talking with them about their nervousness and excitement. It brought back lots of fun memories of our own college experience almost 20 years ago. Both students have done well so far. Franklin seems to really enjoy the high expectations of his school and is ready for the challenge. He worked hard and finished his first quarter of school with a 
90%. Maryury’s school is the public university of some 50, 000 students. At her school, many of her teachers didn’t show up for the first week or two. Rumor has it that they tend to do that to see which students are serious enough to keep coming back until the teacher shows up. Despite this early distraction Maryury is enjoying classes now, as well as the whole college experience of more independence and new friends. She especially enjoys her aerobics class and is looking into auditing it next semester just for the fun of it. 
cousin Franklin C., both who are living with us at the Bridge. They are regularly able to spend time with him and be encouraged by his good decisions. Patricia is in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with family and is attending the public university there. She and Maryury kept up their long-distance communication during enrollment of the university to compare classes and the experience. It was nice to see them staying connected through this new stage in their lives. Patricia is also working at one of the more popular clothing stores in the country (and I would imagine she's enjoying the benefit of discount prices as an employee of the company).
A fun photo to share...
Jennifer moved to Honduras 10 years ago to work with the children of World Gospel Outreach. She began as a teacher at Centro de Vida during the summer of 1997 and continued teaching those kids for the next 6 years.
