“Street kids” doesn’t seem like a proper title for these 13-16 year old boys, who daily roam the streets of French Harbor on the island of Roatan, Honduras. They do have names and they are of infinitely more value than the “street kids” nomer would denote.
I caught up with some of them a couple of weeks ago while on the island in an ice cream shop. We proceeded to buy them all a cone of ice cream. One of them said he was hungry so our next stop was at a nearby Wendy’s. By this time the number had swelled to seven.
One of the boys got his combo to go and when asked why he said he was taking it home to his mother. My eyes get a bit moist even as I write about it two weeks later.
The photo is of some of the boys clowning around in the ice cream shop.
Some of the islanders have taken an interest in these boys, seeing that they are in church and meeting with them at other times just to keep them out of trouble and to teach them life skills. Cross Training Sports Camps, Inc. and our own Live Again Ministries, Inc. are working on a daily lunch program for them and others. We launch the minsitry as soon as we can work out the details and raise the funds.
