Week 18

Well we had a good week! 

The beginning of the week we worked on regular maintenance stuff, getting ready for the team. Tuesday Joel and Shannon worked on the backhoe and got the heads, the valve train, and engine assembled, the manifold on, all it needs is oil now. Before life group Joel got a guys welder from the village going so he's going to use it to fix the church van and the Tacoma (the one that fell in half.)

Wednesday we got to go to Belmopan, it was our first time there and we had a super fun day :)  As an added bonus we FINALLY found a place there that sells blue paint! We had been twice to Dangriga and they were out. So Joel called every place in Belmopan and finally got someone to order it.  We had lunch (at a restaurant!) with our friends from World Gospel Outreach. It was a wonderful visit, they are so encouraging to us and we had a great time.  Also while we were there we ran into the lady from Belize Bird Rescue that picked up our parrot Jessi. So she told us all about him and how well he's doing, it was really cool! And she invited us to come visit so we might do that next month when my parents are here :)

On the way home we took the Hummingbird Highway through the mountains, it was sooo pretty.

The rest of the week wasn't quite so fun ;) Once we got the blue paint Joel worked on painting the North side of the lodge. Plus all the touch ups and trim and stuff that always pops up. Check out the scaffolding:

And check it out all done!

Joel also worked on mowing and we both worked on the looong list of things we want to get done before the team comes NEXT WEEK.

We had 5 days of wind which was wonderful, however the beach was a MESS, as bad as it's been since we've been here:

So Joel got most of it cleaned up and ready to be raked and cleaned again probably.

And now this next week is all about preparing for the team! Please keep us in your prayers this is our first time doing this (having a team) so everything's new. Pray that we can all be a blessing to each other and the people of Gales Point. There are 22 people coming and they are doing all kinds of things including a dental clinic, home medical visits, VBS for the school kids, a construction project, and some painting. They're also sponsoring a church picnic. Should be a super fun busy week!