Getting Around Belize

We once heard that while living in another country, especially while doing ministry work.. that the most important thing to have, besides direction from the Lord.. is a good running car. We can say AMEN to that! Since late February our van has been growing increasingly ill.. Grady is pretty mechanical and an expert on diagnosing vehicles.. but this one has him a bit stumped. Once he finds out one problem and fixes it, something else becomes problematic or the problem remains.. thankfully most of the parts he has needed have been available here.. but we do have a diagnostic tool coming late next week and yet ANOTHER part which he hopes helps. It is hard to 'go' when you cant go. (if that makes sense!) we have had to cancel some things and change plans as of late. We can pretty much only drive around the Spanish Lookout area and neighboring villages. Sigh

 

 Oh boy! Or should I say Oh Man! Our baby boy is getting to be a man and I no longer can convince he and Daddy that he should never ever grow up. I kept my mouth shut on this day...... :-) I know, incredible. Our friend fulfilled his promise of letting Rye take a ride on his motorcycle

And he's off.. well you know, not literally.. but he's really getting the hang of it!

 

On our way home from taking little Maria to her house, Gracie asked if she could drive the dirt roads. She did great! Yay Gracie! I guess you are growing up too!

 

One morning we found this huge semi truck turning around in our backyard after unloading some bags of fertilizer at the barn..now, if you know our backyard, you may find this almost impossible to belize! :-)  but you've heard me say -' In Belize, It Can Be Done!'

 

The 'workers' clean up the huge broken branch that the semi broke off of the girls swinging tree.. in the background you can see the bags of fertilizer at the barn that they had dropped off..

Once the coast was clear and the big scary semi was out of the yard, the girls had fun playing with the bicycle cart that Grant constructed. This thing is amazing.. he constructed it out of some very strong wood, wheels off of a 24" bike. He even installed a little bench seat for the girls to sit on. Grace chided him for not putting in a seatbelt. He said he would think about it. :-)

Although intended for a bike, Grace and Laura have a fun time pulling one another around the property in it.

The four oldest children have been getting up very early for their own personal Bible Study and a walk. They have really enjoyed spending that special time together. I tell them that they will treasure these days forever. Maybe its been a blessing that we haven't been able to run all over the place for a few weeks. Times together are the best times of all!