As all true sailors know, you cannot sail directly into the wind. If a sailboat is pointed directly into the wind it’s called ‘in irons’. So the expression ‘sailing into the wind’ is synonymous with ‘making no headway’ and such is the case with our hopes to be able to preach to the outlying islands. Rich has found that it is impossible for him to get the captain’s licence he needs to operate a vessel here unless he is a resident of Belize or a property owner here. And so, it’s a ‘No Go’ like the illustration to the left shows. We’re pretty disappointed (especially Rich) over that, but we’re not going to do like the bottom illustration, turn and run the opposite way (giving up is a ‘don’t go zone’). We’ll keep it before Jehovah and maybe we’ll be able to get on a more favorable tack somehow.
We are having great success on land, with more bible studies and interested ones on Caye Caulker being added weekly! We had 39 in attendance for the public talk this past Sunday.
On another note, I ran out of paint to finish the last 4 feet of wall in our spare bedroom, so by scrounging up bits of colours I had left over in paint cans lying around, I gave us some water frontage 😉
If you look really hard you might see Rich waving from that sailboat out by the reef!
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