Tidbits of Life!

Saturday Abel was home and he and Ruth came upstairs and spent  a couple hours chatting with us, first about the robbery and then onto many other topics- how they met, what Abel’s job is like, raising kids, etc. It was refreshing to visit with them and get to know them better. Abel took the screen and had it repaired. He also installed a big motion activated floodlight on one side of the house. He’s also having burglar bars put on all the windows upstairs. Add those things to our motion sensors inside which are also controlling all the outside lights and dark curtains Abel put over the doors to limit visibility in the house at night- things are feeling pretty safe. This is his week off so he will be around, which only makes things better. Abel also brought us some lobster tails! I’d never cooked them before so Ruth helped me and they turned out soooo good! Yum!

Lobster tails- sooo tasty!

God led us to a wonderful church here! We’ve been going to Shining Light Baptist Church for the last two Sundays. Pastor Mike and his wife Michelle have 6 kids and have been living in Belize for a year. The congregation is about 50 people and kids. The church building is in the process of being built, so right now it has a roof and half walls and a cement floor with pews. The entire service is run off a small generator that powers a pulpit microphone, iphone speakers, and a keyboard the Michelle plays. It’s simple, but so wonderful. The Word is preached powerfully here and we’re loving being in a house of worship again, surrounded by God’s people. We had lunch with Michelle and her daughters, two of whom are near Jonathan’s age. The boys loved running around and playing with other kids- for the first time since we left Arizona! Michelle also blessed us with a bunch of limes and told me how to make limeade (turned out really good). She also told us that we can make our own pineapple juice by boiling the pineapple peel (also turned out really tasty!). Kris stopped by a bakery here in Santa Elena and brought home all kinds of goodies: donuts, sweet bread, pastries, and these ham, cheese & jalapeño things- everything was soooo delicious!

Goodies from the bakery

Kris took the car to a mechanic in Spanish Lookout (referral from a friend), we were told he was $40BZ/hr. The car had been lugging and Kris just wanted to have it checked out and tuned up... and for $20US/hr, why not!! Turned out that Kris got to meet the owner of the garage, Mr. Wolfe who rode around in the ‘Burb with Kris for an hour and figured out the problem and repaired it. He also checked the transmission, sparkplugs, wires, and the rear differential that we thought might be leaking- all was well. So after and hr with the boss Kris went to pay and Mr. Wolfe told the cashier that the charge would be $35 including tax.... so it only ended up costing us $17.50!! Thank you Lord!!

 

 

 

Making our own pineapple juice

Pretty hibiscus flower.

Lounging in the hammock

Jack stack!

Interesting tree

The calm after the storm