July 15

After a long night last night - the dogs seemed to bark continually and the trash collectors passing several times in their very noisy truck, it is now 6:30 am, we have had our breakfast and someone in the neighborhood is weed-wacking their yard. Just to give you a flavor of the sounds of Belize.

Yesterday, the second workshop began (Teaching Redemptively) and we had no idea how many to expect, would it be one person or two? We actually have 5! The teachers are on "vacation" in July, and since these workshops will be offered again during the school year, we are thankful for those who give up their "vacation" to attend.

After a long day at the school, we had supper at Jean Giles. Above is Carla and Jean doing the dishes after dinner. Below is a picture of their dogs - Sampson (Carla's dog on the chair) and Freckles (Jean's new dog) were meeting for the first time. Needless to say, Sampson is a wimp and all Freckles wanted to do was play. Perhaps the problem was that Carla cut Sampsons hair just before we went over to Jean's.

After dinner, I made some zucchini bread for Nehru and his wife, Norma, and they came over to enjoy. They are a Nazarene family who lives around the corner and have taken on the responsiblity of watching out for Carla. Nehru teaches at the Methodist school in town and Norma runs a little shop selling used clothing. They are wonderful neighbors! It was interesting to hear their testimonies. Nehru told us that the very house we're staying his brother-in-law buildt and his sister used to live and it is where a visiting missionary from Oregon led him to the Lord. He was raised in Corozal Town. Norma was raised in a family of 11 children in the village of Caledonia and says she never was really a true Christian until about a year ago when she finally understood what Christ had done for her.