Saturday, 20 March 2010
Friday, 12 March 2010
You better belize it!
Hey y’all
Forgive us for having not written for almost a month (I’m sure its been a relief!!) But things have been busy with ministry and catching up on time before our next visitors come – my mum and brother! Mum and Dad just surprised him with the plane ticket last week – we watched on skype while they did it, very exciting!
So what have we been doing in the last few weeks?! Well…Brett caught a huge grouper while out fishing, some of you may have seen the photo, but for those that haven’t…
(and no, they're not tiny y-fronts he's wearing, its the thing to put the rod in!)
We saw the close of lobster season, and 2 days before it closed we went with a couple in the cong on their boat to Caye Caulker to pick up a Bible Study who has bout 30 lobster shades, and hadn’t checked them in ages to see what we could find! It was really his last opportunity to check them before the season closed, and we were more than happy to accompany him! The day was perfect, still and hot, and the sea was like glass, it was fantastic!
So the boys went armed with snorkel gear, and lobster hooks, and as we approached each shade, they plopped into the water, dived down, and hooked anything lurking under the shade.. after spending almost the whole day on the water (I just fell asleep and sun bathed!!) we had a mighty catch of 26 lobsters! The boys needless to say were happy yet exhausted, and we have a nice pack of frozen lobster tails for my mum’s arrival!
This last weekend just gone we went to the mainland and stayed the weekend for the circuit pioneer meeting and Circuit assembly. It was the first time that all the pioneers in Belize had met together, and those that came from down south had to travel for hours on a bus – buses with no air conditioning and stop every time someone hails it, which can be every 2 minutes along a road! One said that the bus had broken down on the way! They literally came for the 4 hours of the pioneer meeting and then most boarded the same bus and traveled all the way home. A big sacrifice, but one that every individual was more than happy to make! For us it was just a hop on to the water taxi – 45mins to Belize City, and then a bus ride to the hotel. Still not endeared to Belize City one tiny bit, its just such a dive!!
The assembly was fantastic ‘Safeguard your Spirituality’ – We have so many things to work on, but looking forward to getting a better routine of study and sticking to it!
Here are some photos from the assembly…
Ciao for now xx
little kelly and amber - mini versions of their mums!
On the boat on the way back to the island with some from our cong
This sister was in the year book with her family in the Belize section
Forgive us for having not written for almost a month (I’m sure its been a relief!!) But things have been busy with ministry and catching up on time before our next visitors come – my mum and brother! Mum and Dad just surprised him with the plane ticket last week – we watched on skype while they did it, very exciting!
So what have we been doing in the last few weeks?! Well…Brett caught a huge grouper while out fishing, some of you may have seen the photo, but for those that haven’t…
(and no, they're not tiny y-fronts he's wearing, its the thing to put the rod in!)
We saw the close of lobster season, and 2 days before it closed we went with a couple in the cong on their boat to Caye Caulker to pick up a Bible Study who has bout 30 lobster shades, and hadn’t checked them in ages to see what we could find! It was really his last opportunity to check them before the season closed, and we were more than happy to accompany him! The day was perfect, still and hot, and the sea was like glass, it was fantastic!
So the boys went armed with snorkel gear, and lobster hooks, and as we approached each shade, they plopped into the water, dived down, and hooked anything lurking under the shade.. after spending almost the whole day on the water (I just fell asleep and sun bathed!!) we had a mighty catch of 26 lobsters! The boys needless to say were happy yet exhausted, and we have a nice pack of frozen lobster tails for my mum’s arrival!
This last weekend just gone we went to the mainland and stayed the weekend for the circuit pioneer meeting and Circuit assembly. It was the first time that all the pioneers in Belize had met together, and those that came from down south had to travel for hours on a bus – buses with no air conditioning and stop every time someone hails it, which can be every 2 minutes along a road! One said that the bus had broken down on the way! They literally came for the 4 hours of the pioneer meeting and then most boarded the same bus and traveled all the way home. A big sacrifice, but one that every individual was more than happy to make! For us it was just a hop on to the water taxi – 45mins to Belize City, and then a bus ride to the hotel. Still not endeared to Belize City one tiny bit, its just such a dive!!
The assembly was fantastic ‘Safeguard your Spirituality’ – We have so many things to work on, but looking forward to getting a better routine of study and sticking to it!
Here are some photos from the assembly…
Ciao for now xx
little kelly and amber - mini versions of their mums!
On the boat on the way back to the island with some from our cong
This sister was in the year book with her family in the Belize section
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