Belize Picture Page
Mother's Day Services were quite a production with dance,
song's and poems that were all performed by our youth group!
Dorita & Sista our cooks at the base, when you come for
a visit you'll want to be nice to these ladies.
Mark Greves and the guys sent the flooring out in the container
in Nov 2005, and installed in the spring.
What a difference the flooring makes to the mission base!
Flooring in the kitchen, what a difference this made!
We continue to upgrade thru the help of teams, yes
Ice is a regular in the drinks these days, and it's powered by solar.
You have to admit the new flooring makes
Everything much more pleasing!
This is what's been going on in most of 2006.
And this year has started out the same. Pouring rain night and day.
Didi is our boatman for the Mission.
Basil, Vera, Mr.Hugh, Margaret, and Brian Mooney with Josiah who was dedicated.
Brian, Basil and Hugh with Samuels Boys for child dedication.
Kathryn, Popsie and boys.
Changes keep taking place, the mission base is slowly expanding.
Note Carole’s house to the left of the main Lodge.
Carolen’s new home at the Belize Mission.
Basil having a Men’s Study,
pray that he can continue to keep the men interested!
Carole from Seattle, Wa
joined our staff full-time.
Eastside Church leading worship in Aug 2006.
One of our favorites, “Shut de door ’n keep the devil in the night”.
Doesn’t he touch your heart! He need’s God’s Love too!
Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Amber Walker.
Andrew was the intern who fell off our roof for his girl friend in 2005 and 2006 they were married.
They came back to intern for us the summer of 2006.
Eastside Church from Clovis, Ca.
Some of the Belize Mission Retreat Staff.
Men do love their basketball!
Grace Baptist from Cloquet, MN.
Praying before the sketch is done.
In this sketch God is Victorious!
Even guys have the corn rows put into their hair, and they look like pickney's..
Karen, recovering from Encephalatis, received a blanket too, standing with Miss Vera.
Karen attends Vera’s Bible study.
Shaunice, one of the students that was sponsored, and her new baby in August, 2006.
Popsie Samuel’s family, daughter next to mom and the rest are their son’s.
There are many uses for a backhoe.
Leah gives her testimony.
Hair braiding is done in the village.
Drum Lessons also available in the village.
Another Drum School at the Sugar Shack — our Starbucks too.
Denroy and Richard practicing their drumming at the Sugar Shack.
The blue van was at the base for shuttling.
Vera in the office.
Our new village nurse receiving medical supplies from the Mission base.
Carole getting her first hair cut in Belize.
Carole Stanley in Oct.
Still surviving.
Grayslake, Ill and Tracy, Ca teams visiting in October, 2006.
Slusher House getting a new roof.
Another view of Slusher house after repairs.
A hard day’s work at the mission.
Pastor Tom reffing a checker game between Didi and Delroy.
Miss Rose’s house after major repairs that were done by Grayslake, ILL.
Village Boy’s drumming for Church on Sunday.
Mrs. Daniels, our school Prinicpal, Jayma on left, and a School Board member on right.
Delivering Medical supplies to the clinic in Gales Point.
Team member from Grayslake, Ill reading a story to the children in school.
Linda Warne working with Students in Gales Point Government School.
Linda and the team prepared science lessons for the children.
Miss Vera reading to a group of students about whales.
Jayma sharing Christ’s Love in the village.
Linda and Jayma giving out blankets of love that Jayma’s class made for children in the village.
Miss Ethel, who has recently enjoyed her Sunset in life, received a blanket from Jayma’s students.
Miss Shirley Bowen, received a shawl to keep her warm.
She also sang a song to the team that she wrote, very touching.
Every year our road to the Lagoon looks better and better.
Oops, then the rains come and nothing looks better.
Mr. Johnny received a blanket on his 78th birthday from
Tracy, CA youth who made them for villagers.
Jason, who is taken care of by his mom, he’s a invalid,
received a Spiderman Blanket, which put a big smile on his face.
Hubert also received a blanket, he’s one of several villagers with AIDS.
Security bars for the Learning Center and future Dental office.
Pray for Brandon as we feel God is touching his heart to change and be a leader for the men in the village.
Some returning teams reuniting old friendships.
This is how we pass time in the evening.
Be prepared, our ladies play a mean game!
Please pray for Alex, we’re still waiting for his adoption to be completed so he can join his new family in San Diego.
The Director’s House has the pillars up,
now where’s the rest of it.
Sunrise is beautiful from the beach at the base.
Sunsets are beautiful, too.
Moore house being built.
Cornerstone women washing the feet of the women in the village, very humbling, true servants.
Cornerstone-LifeQuest
This is Grace Moore and a few of her children that
had a house built for them in November.
The best of both worlds, villagers making their winter
blankets, while have their feet washed and pampered.
Pedicures being given to the women in Gales Point.
The deKlerk’s spoke to the Awana’s group of children in Cloquet, MN.
We also talked to the pastor’s, women’s group and men’s group.
The deKlerk’s were the guest speakers for the week of
November 14th to the 19th in Clouqet, MN at Grace Baptist.
We’ve now brought our blue van to the base to transport
from the Lagoon to the base when the road is dry.
Susan Simonett in visits in November 2006.
New Picnic tables were made just in time for steps
for the water taxi that brought the cruise members.
Jay Pettygrove, upper top, came to help out.
He gave the cruise group a tour of the base.
Susan Simonetti visiting and leading worship in Church.
BGC-Fire and Reign Cruise arrives for tour of Belize Mission & Retreat.
BGC-Fire and Reign Cruise members, this was their first cruise.
A quick tour of the village and a little shopping too.
Question and Answer time with Basil and Vera in the Chapel.
We were able to serve 71 people from the cruise lunch.
We had many villagers helping feed the cruise excursion, as well as making the base look fantastic.
