My jaw dropped when I looked at the date of my last post!! November 19, 2012!! Unforgiveable! I don’t know if this old brain is even capable of recalling all the noteworthy happenings in our lives since then, but I’ll try my best.
Remainder of 2012
Have I ever mentioned the Henderson family that moved here from Mississippi shortly after us? Dad is Dennis, mom is Dion… two pikni (creole for kids) Gavin, 7 (who sometimes goes by ‘Julian’ depending on his mood) and Isabella, 8 (but we call her Bella). Anyway, they bought a piece of property on the back of the island from bro. Buddy Magana and are building a little home for themselves. For the house plan they chose a ‘Katrina Cottage’… so-named because they were designed as quickly-built homes for the hurricane Katrina victims… they are adorable cottages! I can’t wait to see it when it’s finished! I’ll post some pictures soon.
Bible studies continue to increase!
I think I’ll let pictures tell their ‘thousand’ words instead of trying to put everything in prose 😉
November (click to enlarge)
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- Hadrian & Luke proved to be a great asset! So zealous for the service and still found time to go fishing for fish with the other young ones.
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- I wanted a picture of Juana (tallest) wearing the blouse that my study Anabel in Ecuador gave me, but all the kids wanted to be in it 🙂
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- It is such a pleasure to have great readers (& conductors) for the WT!
December
- Rich went to Elder’s school in Ladyville
- 16th – Brother & sister Falk (Rick and Donna) threw a great ‘let’s get aquainted’ get-together. (see pics below)
- 21st – The world didn’t end, but there was sure a lot of relieved people partying around Belize. Many tourists actually wanted to be here (in Maya country) for the big ‘end of the world’ event!
(click pictures to enlarge)
A ‘get aquainted with Spanish congregation’ get-together at Rick & Donna Falk’s seaside property
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- The Falks have the perfect spot on the water for get-togethers in their yard under gorgeous shade-trees
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- Brothers Buddy (English Cong.) & Johnny (Spanish Cong.) teaming up on the BBQ
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- A good time was had by all! (sorry Bella, told ya I’d post it if you made a face) 😉
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- The Hagerty’s cuddle up on the garden swing
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- Sis Dalinda with Fidel, daughter Fidele and grandson Zane
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- What kid doesn’t love blowing bubbles? Leah Magana (Eng. Cong) & Naline (Sp. Cong)
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- Sis Reina Patt & her granddaughter Ariani
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- Mmmmm, time to ‘dig in’
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- Some of the young ones from Sp. and Eng. sang us a Kingdom Song
Random Photos from December
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- You can always count on the ‘back bridge’ for awesome sunset shots
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- The sun is not the only thing sinking off the ‘back bridge’
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- Hadrian & Luke are put to good use… here doing a demo on service meeting
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- Yeah, we get a little rain sometimes in this ‘dry season’ 🙂
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- Hmm… how do we get from our door to the Kingdom Hall without rubber boots?
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- Yup… strange sights can be seen at the split any time of day
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- You could call this our ‘Tim Horton’s’ (if you look closely you’ll see the ‘coffee break instigator’, Bella in the hammock.
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- It can be challenging getting around the territory in this so-called ‘dry season’
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- Bunch of us went on the ‘sunset sail’.
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- Started out wonderful
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- gorgeous sunset
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- Enjoyed by all
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- Donna in contemplation
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- Gathering clouds make for a nice sunset… but…
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- look close and you can see raindrops on our clothes
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- It started to pour so hard we all had to go below and cram into this tiny cabin
I’m going to post the happenings for 2013 so far tomorrow… it’s after midnight!
Love and miss you all – blizzards and all! 😉