Week 7

What a fun week! Monday was my (Jes's) birthday. We had the idea to go to Goff's Caye but we thought of it a little late in the day so decided to go on Tuesday since we knew some friends that were going. So we followed them out there early Tuesday morning, it was a great day! It's a little tiny island on the reef and we went swimming and snorkeling and fishing all day.  It is so beautiful out there.

After our fun day off Joel got to work on some cleaning up projects such as the container:

And cleaning under the directors house:

He got a trailer put together:

 As of Monday we got a new lawnmower! So he has been mowing all week, he got the front done again (it had been like a month already - quite a long time when it rains every day!) and now has the back done as well, it looks like a nice yard back there.

 Before:

After:

ALSO we started an orchard! We love fruit and it's hard to store here after you buy it. Plus we just love it fresh, and free :)  So we got a lemon, 2 plum, 2 almond, some more mangoes, 2 soursop, and a papaya from some people in the village.  Those in addition to the one mango we bought, and the papaya, coconuts, banana's and lime that are already here, we are super excited :) Joel mowed this field for the trees:

Some went there and some went around the yard. We know it'll take a while for some of them to produce but we just like the idea of it.  They also found some cassava in the back, we've had it once in the village and it was really good so we're excited about that too.

Cassava:

Friday night a bunch of ladies from the village came out here for a sleepover as a goodbye party for Sarah, that was fun! Just hanging out, playing games, and eating some good food. Sage had fun playing with the kids too:

This morning (Monday) the Bradbury's left for the states. They will be spending the holidays with their families and then coming back to Belize to serve at an orphanage in Punta Gorda. Here's their blog if you want to read all about it:  missionariestobelize.blogspot.com  Exciting stuff for them, also sad for us to see them go.  It's a lot of work to maintain a place like this, especially with just 2 people. But we know God has a plan in all of it so we are trusting Him to provide!