Return from Belize

Hi all! We were quite the spread out team in the last few weeks!

I had a wonderful trip to Belize again, it was really neat to go to some of the same places that we went last year. I don't think we take the opportunity to return to vacation spots very often, there is so much of the world to see, but I was surprised how familiar things were. Some of that has to do with the country itself. Since it is so new in its history (became a country in 1981), there is so much progress that can be made in one year. The othe reason for familiarity was working with the organization in the country that our church works with. It is called The Word At Work (http://www.twaw.org/) and helps so much to connect with local people and culture.

This trip we spent most of our time working on a school that is being built in an area of Belize City known as the Burial Grounds. The preschool was started last year and was meeting in Unity Presbyterian Church. The church purchased the adjoining property and with the help of TWAW, has invested in a hurricane grade shelter for a school that will eventually hold all grades. This fall the school is adding Kindergarten and 1st grade.

Our trip would not be complete without another island trip and that led to more phenomenal pictures. What a beautiful place! And striking in that it hadn't changed much at all. 20 miles off shore, a quick 1 hour boat ride to paradise. Still no running water there, but our guide caught 18 lobsters for us to eat for dinner the night we were out there.

Life doesn't get much better than this!