Belize 2012

Belize was absolutely amazing! I cannot even begin to describe the fulfillment and wonderfulness that I came home with.  We worked four out of the seven days while we were there.  The ladies painted and stained while the men built a 40' x 22' pergola.  It was ginormous! The built this thing in 4 days!  This was part of the start of it! 

They guys worked so hard! You can see the parsonage off to the right.  The preschool is off to the left with the red roof.  The people in Belize are wonderfully kind and humble.  They are so appreciative of what they have and never complain.  It makes you realize what you have and how we take it for granted.  We had one day off in the middle of the week to do something fun! The group split into two groups.  One group went to the Mayan ruins and Kayaking (which we did) and the other we to the coast and went snorkeling/scuba diving.

Here are part of the ruins.  They were amazing.  They were very large and we were able to walk all the way to the top of them.  It was terrifying and freeing all at the same time. We weren't able to take any pictures of the Kayaking part of it due to our cameras would have drown.  It was challenging and scary because we were in class 2 rapids.  I pretty much ate it on every single rapid, all but 2 or 3.  Justin did really well, but had a pretty bad crash on the last rapid that had a 3 foot drop.  He almost had to get rescued, but everything turned out okay.

Here is the finished product! The second team week 2, built the support beams on top of the building as well as the lunch tables that are underneath of the pergola.  It is amazing.  There is lighting for night time events and everything! Another project was the pastor's bathroom was finally finished! no more wobbly bath tub to take showers in.  So much great work happened.

Here is a picture that was taken by our fellow team member, Sid.  It looks like it was taken from the air plane......this is what heaven looks like.  its just the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

We want to go back next year.  We want to see what God will do and continue to do in Cotton tree, Belize.  Wee miss the people and the relationships we formed with the people there deeply.  We continue to pray for them and pray that God will richly bless their homes and bring more people to Him.

To God be the Glory.