Last Days in Belize

With our leave date approaching, the big girls and I had to get working! When we came to Belize this time we were unsure how much of our things which we had left in 2012 would still be there waiting for us. Happily though upon our arrival, we found that most of our items were still on site and in tact! So essentially we had 2 households of stuff to get rid of! We had decided against the idea of driving home and had instead decided to fly into Texas, find a vehicle there and drive home to the west coast. We would have to sell most everything..

The boys fix up their bikes for the garage sale

We head over to Springfield to say goodbye to the Fehrs and Ernestos

Gracie holds a baby who is not much smaller than herself! :-)

 

It was a teary goodbye to these sweet friends who we had enjoyed many hours of Bible Study, prayer and discussion. We had been blessed with our time together and Lord willing will meet again someday.

The boys finally got a chance to hunt in the jungle with Edwin

The airline needed weight specifics in order to ship Dutch home. We tried to figure out a way to weigh both he and his crate... without a nearby vet, we decided to strap him into his harness, slip a rod through it and weigh him with the suitcase scale! It worked great!

 

Cleaning, pricing and more cleaning... for weeks and weeks it seemed! :-)

..and messses

..and piles of priced items...

Ashley decided that she would have to find a new home for her sweet Sasha.. we called a man who owns a resort/restaurant who we knew had recently lost a female German Shepherd shortly after birth. We knew that he takes great care of his dogs and so gave him a call to offer her to him.. he loved her and quickly agreed to purchasing her..

It was so sad to see her go..

Next up was Amanda's bunny... thankfully he went to the Hein family.

 

 

The neighbor girls wanted Grace's well trained kitties...

 

and our special friend Milton, whose wife drinks only goat milk, wanted to purchase Ashley's nanny goat. That was a blessing.. We knew she would be well taken care of!

Goodbye Franny!

The girls made tons of rice crispies to sell at our garage sale

 

We advertised with another American family who also was going to be returning to the States. We shared the cost of printing fliers to put into the 400 Spanish Lookout mailboxes and to hang in the local stores.. we rented a centrally located place that was known for garage sales. By 6 am we had 20 people and by 2pm everything was essentially gone. Garage sales are very popular in BZ.

The girls found some friends to play with during the sale.

 

Our children and the other family's children had a fun time with a terrace game

The girls did so well that day! Good job girls! And we were left with hardly anything. Just about everything sold which was a blessing and has allowed us to purchase a truck and travel the States home.