Update #5: Wed, July 23

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

We were up at 7am. Finished packing and dropped our laundry off at Meyling’s house and she said she planned to clean our room and change our sheets while we are in Puerta Cabeza. I had coffee with the Verbo Director. Regan and Blanca picked us up at 9am to head to the airport. Regan and Blanca’s son David dropped us at the airport before going into work a couple hours later than usual. We took off for Port in a puddle jumper at 10:30 and arrived in Port at 11:30. Jose Louis picked us up at the airport and took us to the Verbo Church property where we will stay the next two nights. They had a fantastic lunch ready for us, and even Mason liked it, without us making him try it. Jose Louis is a deacon and a worship leader in Verbo church in Port. He also drives a taxi and took us all over Port visiting many of Regans long time friends since he grew up in Port. We visited with several of those who invested in him as he grew up and many folks who he grew up with who are in the ministry today. Regan had not seen these folks for 25 or 30 years or more. It was fun to watch their reactions as they recognized who he was. Regan was pumped up all afternoon as he visited and reminisced. We spent an especially long time at the Moravian church on the ocean side of the island, where an old friend of he and his brothers was the head pastor. They talked about all the pastors who came before him that they grew up learning from. Regan joined the Verbo church when he met an American, Bob Trolese, who was our great friend and the Director of Verbo in Nicaragua when he died in 2020 from cancer and Covid-related complications. Bob took Regan under his wing and discipled him most of his adult life. Bob was a strong partner of ours. We ended the day with a short walk at the beach and went to a pizza place nearby where our medical brigade has gone in the past. We were back at Verbo Church at 8:30pm for an earlier night.