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No pictures—bummer

Oh my goodness, I am so overdue on this blog! The main reason is that for some unknown reason we can no longer post pictures with the blog. So I will write a blog without pictures and hope that something is better than nothing. A couple of weeks ago we had a good friend from the states, Ginger, come and visit us here in Belize. Her first introduction to Belize began on a sour note because Customs confiscated her beef jerky. You would have thought they confiscated her first born child, she was so angry. Lol. She did loose 5 lbs while she was here, so maybe she really did need that jerky after all. Ginger jumped right into the work here teaching and working right along side us. You can see pictures of her in Belize if you go on my Facebook page. We had a very interesting spiritual encounter while she was here. Warning! This is not for the faint of heart. Consider yourself forewarned. On Ginger’s second to the last day here we decided to go the zoo. Our missionary friends from Gu
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A new platform

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One of our churches in the village of Santa Rosa are putting the touches on their new church. The men of the church extended the platform. As you can see, it is now in the shape of a semi circle rather than just straight across as it originally was. This new design looks very attractive. Good job men! They have also added new outhouse toilets at the back of the property. I wish I had a picture of the inside. These outhouse toilets actually have Real toilet seats! This makes us girls happy I can tell you! I have also included some pictures of a recent church service at Santa Rosa. The young women standing in the forground has a baby in the white sling that is slung over her back. Some churches have nails on the back of the seats to “hang” the baby up. We were at one church that had a hook from the ceiling to hang the slings from. The babies are very content in their slings. When it’s time to go home, mom just hooks the sling knot over her head with the baby hanging down her
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Meet Pablo and his family

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This is a story about God’s pursuit of man. A few weeks ago the power in our house went out. Since it was a hot day, I decided to do my bible reading out on our porch to try to catch a cooling breeze. As I was reading, I heard voices on the street below our house calling up to me. I looked over the railing and three women. They told me they were looking for  domestic work and did I know of anyone that was hiring. I told them I was sorry, but I did not. They smiled and started to walk away. As they began to leave, the Lord prompted me to invite them up to sit and rest and have something to drink. They gladly accepted my offer, as is common here. As we talked, they began to open up to me as to why they had to look for work outside their homes.  One women told me her husband had passed 3 years ago and that she was trying to raise  three children on her own. The other women, Pablos wife, shared with me that her husband was an alcoholic, and was therefore drinking the families money away.
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The Impact Junkies

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There was a group from the states here that call themselves, “the Impact Junkies.” They go all over the world to do whatever is needed to improve the lives of God’s people. They came to Belize and built these chicken coups for 4 of our villages. One of the men brought his 14 year old son to help with this project. You know that young mans’ life will never be the same after this trip. Our hat is off to you dad.
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Pigs, pigs and more pigs.

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These next pictures needs no explanation. Many people in the villages raise pigs 🐷 . And yet another tasty barbecue soon to be served up.
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Global Village Hotel

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The hotel you see here is where we stayed the first night we arrived in Belize. It’s very close to the airport and we have stayed there many times since. It is owned by a very nice Taiwanese family. The rooms are very minimal, but they are clean and they serve a scrambled egg, toast and coffee breakfast all for $55 US dollars.
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Belize City Service

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This next set of pictures were taken in a church service in Belize City. This is a Spanish speaking church. You can see Missionary Dwayne Abernathy preaching with the help of an interpreter. I love these pictures of  a little girl and a grandmother responding to the presence of God they felt in this service.
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