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We had a wonderful trip in MD. We were able to present our ministry to Riverdale Baptist Church and had many people intereted in signing up on our mailing list or supporting us. Praise the Lord! He is so faithful even when we are faithless. My mom also threw me a WONDERFUL baby shower while…

We’re at the airport getting ready to board our flight to head back east. We’ll be in Maryland for 1 week, South Carolina for 1 week, then Tennessee for a week. If you’re in one of those places and want to hook up with us, give us a shout. See you all soon!…

“MOVE WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY!” I can not tell you how many times I heard that being yelled to me when I was at boot camp back in 2001. That sentence has stuck with me since being there. Sometimes I’ll say it to myself to motivate me or to a member of my family…

So we’re back in Belize City tonight. Tomorrow morning Basil and Vera return. After a day of debriefing, we’ll be headed back to the States on Thursday. The last month has flown by and we’re finding it difficult to believe it’s over. We’re sad to be leaving just as we were really starting to develop…

Over the past couple of days we have been visiting the villagers. We introduce ourselves and tell them that we will be working with Vera and Basil. Some engage in conversation, most don’t, but that’s ok. We just want to them to know who we are. We’ve really come to enjoy this time. I’m doing…

Some of you may know that in the past six months two of Belize Mission and Retreats boat engines were “thieved” (this is the Belizean way to say stolen, so I will use it). There are people in the village who have a good idea who thieved the engines but NO ONE will come forward…

Poor John, he seems to be taking all the blows this trip. “Better me than you”, he says. While that may be true, I still feel bad. Today we hopped in the van to pick up kids in the village for Sunday School. They can walk, but some are so far away that by the…

Every percent that goes up is a cause for celebration. If you’ve been watching our support-o-meter, you might have noticed that it has gone up to 33% while being here in Belize! This means that we are a THIRD of the way to 100%. Praise the Lord! Please join us in thanking the Lord for…

What exactly to we we do every day? One of our chief tasks during this trip is the daily upkeep of the mission base. Since we are not hosting any teams, this is an easier task than if we were, but there are still many things to do. Cooking- Every day at the base is…

For those who’ve never had the good fortune to experience a scorpion sting, let me describe for you the feelings and sensations of my experience. We had a bit of a squall come up, so I jumped out of bed to close the windows on the windward side so that it the driving rain wouldn’t…