It was REALLY really hard to say goodbye, I was glad when it was over :( So many goodbyes lately.
We spent an entire day at our house we own there cleaning it up and trying to get things organized to sell it. Then we spent 2 great days visiting :) Monday the 7th John and Val dropped us off at the airport in Jacksonville. We had a 1 hour flight to Miami, a 1 hr layover, then a 2 hour flight to Belize (not far at all!) Sage did pretty good, she fell asleep right before we landed in Belize and even missed the super rough landing. So I held her all through customs where we lost our passports while they were looking through our bags. We found them back after like 10 minutes of panicking. Mark was there to pick us up and we loaded up the Jeep and headed to the base. Sage cried through most of the trip, it was a long day. Sarah, Avi, and a guest, Qyana met us there and we started settling in.
Tuesday us girls worked on painting some of the guest cabana's and they guys worked outside, Joel wanted to take inventory of what needed to be done and what he had to work with. That afternoon us girls went to a bible study in the village, that was nice :)
Wednesday the guys went to a men's retreat in Belmopan. They left early in the morning and went with a bunch of guys from the village. It is put on by a group from AZ. Joel seemed to have a great time, they even went cave tubing! Most of all he got to know a lot of the guys. They were gone for 2 nights and 3 days. Us girls spent the day doing cleaning and organizing in the kitchen mostly and I worked on unpacking.
Thursday we went to the village for lunch and took the girls to a park. At 2:00 we went to a cooking lesson with Grace. She showed us how to make a coconut pie in her outdoor kitchen. The pie was AMAZING!!! I can't wait to try and make it ourselves!
Friday we painted another cabana and the guys came back. Joel will have to fill you in on his time there some more.
Saturday we had a beach cleanup day. The guys chopped down tons of branches and we all hauled branches and brush to the burn pile. It was super hot but we got a lot done and it's looking great!
That night we went to Jay and Myrtles for supper. They are going to be opening a restaurant and I know why - the food was amazing! They have built everything themselves and even have a guest house for rent that has an outdoor shower - very cool! They are right on the lagoon and Myrtle has gardens everywhere and she made tea from things she grows, it was amazing. It was really fun hanging out with them and hearing their story.
Jay and his pet Quash named Queenie
Joey and Jay are a lot alike in that they both love to make things from what they have. I think they will enjoy hanging out for sure.
Sunday they guys took Qyana to the airport :( We sure had fun with her! I learned how to do laundry here, we went swimming for a while because it was such a nice calm day, and a bunch of girls from the youth group came out and went swimming. I'll have to share about the laundry in a separate post ;)
Today has been raining all day and is actually not too hot. Last night was the first time I turned my fan off (on purpose anyways - we ran out of power one night) so it's been a nice day to clean in the lodge, which is what we did most of the day. It made for a super cold shower this afternoon though!
So that's what we've been up to! Sage is doing really good, better than I thought she would. Her and Avi are learning to get a long (kind of!) and it's nice that she has someone to play with. It's definitely an adjustment, they way we do everything here is different from showers to laundry to dishes etc. We're enjoying learning all this new stuff and meeting new people and seeing how things are done here. Oh, we saw a crocodile on our driveway!
Other than him we've seen some fox, lots of birds, gecko's, praying mantis (on our bed - eek!) lots of bugs, and that giant tree frog in our room. Joey wants to set up the game cam soon to see what else is out there, that should be interesting! Yeah the bugs are really bad, it's the sand flies, they're so tiny they're just everywhere. Some days are better than others. We've learned to wear pants and socks and shoes most of time. Even though it's hot it's better than being itchy for a week.
It rains every day, well at least every night, actually it storms and downpours which is really cool from the cabana since we are basically outside with a metal roof over us. Yes we do have screens but they are shot, 2 of them fall off every time there's wind so we have the windows closed but they don't close all the way anyway. Thank God for nets and coils to light in our room so we can be in there without being attacked. Joel feels like there's so much to do it's hard to know where to start!
Well I'll have to share more about what it's like to live here in another post, this one's getting long! Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers, they are so appreciated. We know God is going to use us here and can't wait to see what he has in store!!
No comments:
Post a Comment