Emma

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

EMMA JEAN!!

 

Hope that you have a great day and get to eat lots of cake.

 

We love you!

Church Addition Update

We have been working on a Sabbath school room addition to our church for the past 4 months! We have made good progress but still have much more to go.....

 

God has blessed through our local church offerings and such but we really need outside assistance to finish this project so the much needed youth classroom can be used.

 

As of now the youth class are still meeting under a couple trees and each sabbath we are attacked by red ants. I have to say that I personally end up with about 5-15 red ant stings just during sabbath school. We are really enjoying leading out for this class and studying with the youth. This is new for them too and I get excited when very thoughtful questions are asked about what they are learning.

 

The project needs about $3000us to finish the classroom. We still need to put on the roof, pour the entrance patio,and buy and install the windows, buy and install a door, plaster the walls inside and out. If the funds stretch we would look at painting inside and putting down tiles to completely finish the room. We may need more finances for the tiles so when we get to that point I will have better info and the need for money if any.

 

Please pray for this much needed project as the adversary doesn't want us to have a proper place to study with the youth. If you or anyone you know would be willing to help financially we would greatly appreciate it.

To donate you can go to www.faithfmbelize.com and click the donation icon and please specifically identify your gift for the Hillview Sabbath school room.

 

 

 

 

Addy's Cake

 Addy just celebrated her 37th birthday and Jr. asked me to make her a cake. I came across a new recipe called Hummingbird cake that had fresh mashed banana, fresh blended up pineapple, & fresh grated coconut.

The cake was really nice and I used nuts, coconut, and strawberries to decorate it for her.

Butterfly Collection

The kids ended up having over 50 species of butterflies and had plans to collect many more.

Unfortunately, a certain type of ant found the butterfly board in our home and destroyed them. So no more collecting for now until we figure out something better.

Kids Going to School

I have been meaning to post a picture of the kids dressed in their school uniforms.



Made It

We had our police interview this morning as the next step toward being granted residency. The interview was short and simple.....they just wanted proof of where we have been living and what we are doing here.

So thankful that part is over!

Now back to police HQ in Belmopan and then on back to immigration. Thats when we should receive a call for one last interview and approval.

Praying the Lord will see this through quickly.

I have at the moment a cruddy headcold and I'm not feeling good at all. So much pressure in my head. This started with Bella who had a runny nose and plugged ear for 2 days and moved on and I'm going on my 5th day and not seeing an end. Seems like us parents always feel worse than the kids!

Mathew Update

So glad to report that Mat is doing really good!!

He has regained most of his memory, however still cannot remember that afternoon, playing soccer, going to any of the hospitals, or the road trip to belize city.

He was able to successfully get school work done yesterday as it was a holiday here so he was home trying to do a little catch up from missing Friday.

So glad he is feeling better and so thankful for the many prayers prayed for Mathew!

God is good and even Mat's gash and scrapes seem to have healed faster this time!

Soccer & Concussion!

Poor Mathew!!!

He was playing soccer with dad and the girls and he and dad both went for the ball and collided in a manner that basically sat Chris down on his bottom and all the force went into Mat's body.

He was literally slammed face down onto the very hard white mal dirt here!! Not good. He is sooooo scraped and cut up and I had to steri strip one gash that was marginal for stitches. The worst was that about 12 minutes after it happened things began to change real quick! I knew right away that he had a concussion.

He didn't know anything nor could remember anything which then brought on 8-10 questions on a reel for the next 6 hours. We raced him to La Loma Luz sda hospital but they really are not set up at the moment for this type of trauma and the doctor referred him immediately to Belize City for a ct scan.  The doctor wanted ambulance transport but Chris being a medic and having his jump bag we drove him instead monitoring him as we went.

We knew at any point we could call for the ambulance but they really wouldn't do any more for him than what Chris could so thankfully we made it all the way into the city in the dark. Thats another story in itself; driving in the dark here in Belize. Guardian angels were all around.

Poor Mat didn't know where we were going or what for. He kept saying his head hurt but didn't know why. I can imagine that he hurt pretty bad.

Needless to say once again God intervened using Chris once we reached the hospital. Even though its ER.....you wait forever and would probably die first. Chris barged right in and went directly to the doctors since he's in there a lot with the ambulance and they know him. Sure enough we got right in which I was super relieved for but did feel bad as we marched past all the people still sitting there waiting!

He got his scan and praise the Lord NO brain swelling or bleeding. Just some pressure and trauma which will take time to recover of course. I was thanking God all the way home especially considering how he fell and with that amount of force. He could have easily shattered his nose and cheek bones not to mention his beautiful teeth!

I know he did get hurt but I believe his angel protected him from the full force which would have been very very serious.

Today Mat is feeling better and his head pain is minimal. He's remembering little bits as the day progresses but still missing lots. I pray that after a few days of low key living and lots of rest he will recover his memory. He has however stopped with the incessant repetitive questions which is a good sign too.

So much to be thankful for and know that the devil is going about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour! Especially God's children........seeing how in the blink of an eye it could alter or change someone's mental or physical status for possibly life.

Praise the Lord for His watchful care of Mathew and His healing power he is placing over Mat now.

Happy Sabbath.

Where does it go?

Time??????

I can't believe how time is flying past lately!

This past week was the first week of school so we were busy getting the schedule organized and all the homework accomplished!

I know I haven't been updating like I should but that will improve soon.

I'm suffering with a terrible pinched nerve either in T1 or T2 and its sooooo excrutiatingly painful. I've been on my back for the past few days as much as possible.

The kids did great at school and are excited to get lots of work done!

I've been fortunate with the new schedule to still be able to walk 3-5 days each week depending on if I can find someone to go with me. It feels so good to get out and exercise!

Its been really hot here the past few weeks too but that will soon give way to cooler weather in the next 3-4 weeks and we are looking forward to it. The time of year when you don't sweat.

We found out that our residency file should be out here at the local police dept. this coming Wednesday and so we will be checking in and bugging them to schedule us for an interview as soon as possible. Praying that we don't have to renew our visas again next month......that would lift such a huge financial burden each month.

Well, I better get going as I have another post to do and more preparation for Sabbath.

God Bless.