Blogs from Belize, Central America Caribbean - page 97

My goodness, what can I say about Armenia village? It's in the mountains surrounded by green & palm trees. The church we're working with is nestled on top of a hill & the view from the church is spectacular. You can truly see God's beautiful creation in Armenia. It's a spanish speaking, very poor village so it's been a challenge for our group to communicate w/ all the people, but we're all managing. Yesterday we went to the Belmopan orphanage....52 kids crammed in to a small building. There was an article written about Praying Pelican Missions (the organization I work for) which should give you an idea of the things we're doing here. http://www.windsortribune.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3902 Check it out. They were on our first trip this summer. So, I have 10 days left in Belize. It'll be sad ... read more

Orange what? Ah Orange Walk, this really was a strange place and not at all what I expected of Belize. This 2 street town really didn’t have anything to offer, apart from more Chinese restaurants than residents, a couple of cracked out beggars, a few hotels and a brothel, all of which can be visited within a 15mins. I booked into a really nice friendly family run hotel called St Christopher’s Hotel. They were very helpful and told me that most people only stay for one night so they can do the Lamani trip. Great that’s exactly what I wanted to do. I booked my trip through the hotel, eventually gave in my attempt to find local food (impossible past lunch time I think) and got some fried chicken from a Chinese place. Then I returned ... read more

These last few weeks have been amazing! We had a group of over 120 people from Houston (of course everything is bigger & better from Texas!). They had a fun mission trip in Belmopan (Belize's capital, the smallest capital in the world). Then I took 1 week off & went to Guatamala, loved it! Spent a couple days in Placencia, Belize where I went scuba diving at Laughing Bird Caye & went zip-lining. Belize is famous for it's scuba diving & now I see why! Lots of colorful fish & coral. Then last week we had a group from South Carolina in Ladyville, Belize. Wow, I've never seen a group like this before! They were so charismatic! We're talking healings (I saw a blind man that was prayed over & then he could see!). They were ... read more

We arrived in Belize City yesterday, but it was a dive, accomdation double the price of Mexico and quarter as nice (infact just not nice at all), people dodgy and out to scam and everyone offering Kev drugs because of his hair style! Needless to say we just stayed the one night and got straight on a water taxi to a nearby island the next day. The water taxi was a rather bumpy experience on a speedboat surrounded by american missionaries but still a very cool ride resulting in arrival at a beautiful sandy island surrounded by crystal blue waters, hammocks everywhere and where people get around by foot or golf buggy rather than cars! We were here to go snorkelling in the world's second largest coral reef. We easily located a tour and then chilled ... read more

Adam and I are nearing the end of this amazing vacation. Neither one of us wants it to end!!!! We're staying on Ambergris Caye (pronounced key) 4.5 miles north of San Pedro. And only a half mile off the coast line is the second largest barrier reef in the world. We can see the waves crashing on the reef from our room and the water is crystal blue and fairly shallow. Our resort has very different set ups. Our room, called a casita (little house) is 40ft from the ocean and when you open all the doors and windows, the most amazing breeze whooshes through the room. I'm in love with the shower and we took pictures of it for when we can afford a bathroom like it! The resort, Mata Chica, has a maximum occupancy ... read more