One to go!

In one short week we will be on our way to Belize!

As most of you probably know, we spent the past two July’s in Belize working with Carla Stevens on the establishment of a teacher education college for the Belizean teachers in the Presbyterian Schools in Belize. We had, on the average, sixteen teachers faithfully attending classes for 3 weeks each year during their summer break.

This past year the program was closed down by the Belize Department of Education. In God’s providence, while this seemed to be very disappointing to us and for all involved, it has turned out to be a positive! Where before, the program was optional for the teachers, we will now be holding “workshops” that may well become mandatory for all the teachers in the Presbyterian schools. The subject matter for the workshops will stay pretty much the same, however the classes will not be as intense, the days not so long, and the teachers will not be required to purchase the books or do all the pre and post course work. The principals in the four schools involved are very supportive.

While we are there, in addition to teaching workshops, Dale will be preaching in the San Narciso and Cristo Rey churches. Linda will be helping Carla with various administrative tasks for the workshops, hopefully helping Elsa in the Cornerstone office and being the librarian at Cornerstone on Thursday mornings. We are also looking forward to catching up with many friends.

We are very grateful to our church, First Reformed Presbyterian, for their financial support and the encouragement they give us each year as they send us off to Belize to do this ministry.

Please pray for our safety, health, and stamina. Pray that God will use us for His glory! Thank you for your prayers.