Day 1,2

Thursday January 4th- 5th

We left at Austin at 6:00am. We had a wonderful week with my parents.

We arrived in Belize city around 4:00pm

The trip down was a unique and wonderful adventure.

On the plain we had two “movie experiences”.

First: As we were about to board, I saw four men escorting two others onto the plain. One seemed to have a badge, on a chain around his neck. Sure enough they were escorting two people back to Belize. As we got onto the plain I saw three of the men, wearing I.C.E. badges. Later while going through customs I saw the two escorted men in a small interrogation room. I've seen this in the movies never in real life.

Second: Just before landing I heard an announcement. “We are have a medical emergency and need a doctor if you are a doctor let the flight attendants know.” I was like 'did she really just say that?' And sure enough they had a few on board. I heard the lady was fine.

The next bit of fun was the Taxi drive from the airport to the bus station. Wow! The taxi driver drove like Jehu! He flew through town on the small roads of Belize City, passing on curves with oncoming traffic, but we still felt safe. It was clear he know what he was doing.

We met Crystal at the station took a bus from Belize City to Cayo. Cayo is what they call the cities of San Ignacio and Santa Elena combined. On the bus I met a sister from the Belmopan congregation on her way home. Belmopan is the capital of Belize. Finally we arrived at Crystal’s place at 7:30pm.

*Disclaimer: We might be spelling things wrong, please don’t judge us. :) We’re new here.

We met Elizabeth.

She is so sweet. In fact she had dinner waiting for us when we arrived. It was soooo good.

Crystal opened all her notes in the straws. For those of you that don’t know, Crystal loves straws. So Becky and I had some friends back home write her notes and then roll them up and put them in straws. She loved them.

Later we talked while Becky learned to make tortillas.

riday we slept in late. We later went to the market and store. We also had water in a bag! They call it “shilling water". Shilling is their quarter. FYI $1 U.S = $2 Belize

Oh yeah this is Wilbur he’s our new friend. He and a few other’s live with us:

This is my view from the hammock.

That’s it for now. Coming soon: Assembly and Preaching. Stay tuned.

We love and miss you all.