Into Belize

I feel that I should complete yesterday’s story (scroll down to get context). After waiting for the mechanic shops to open we bought another car battery. Andrew and Tony installed the new battery in a couple of minutes and we were on our way (Total setback: 4 Hours). We made it to the Belize border and started the lengthy process with many different steps. The biggest concern was that Armando was supposed to meet us in a certain building on the Mexican side and he was nowhere to be found. So we continued through the process without our Belizean guide fairly smooth (except for Steve mistakenly claiming there was Beer in our cooler). With Armando’s name written into the dust on our van’s back window we ventured into the beautiful country of Belize. The first thing we noticed about this country were the friendly people and warm blue water in the body of water we quickly jumped into (about a mile past the boarder crossing we found a body of water (river? Lake? Ocean? We don’t know)). Along the way we found people who directed us towards Orange Walk the town we thought that we could find Armando in. Then it happened. Sitting on the edge of the highway in the middle of nowhere Armando jumped out at us. He said that he recognized it was us by our driving and had been waiting for us for about 30 minutes. We are all pretty grateful to have him along with us. He swiftly took us to eat some authentic Belizean food and then we were off to his home community San Antonio about 30 minutes outside of Orange Walk. It’s like we are living in paradise. Armando showed us the best swimming hole, and introduced his father to us along with his local pastor. We have a soccer game already scheduled with the locals for Sunday afternoon. Should be a good time! We absolutely love the people in this country, the fresh fruit, the Mayan ruins and the snakes (we met a crazy snake charmer who had a ton of snakes crawling all over him)!! We’ve just spent last night and will spend tonight at Kings College (Christian boarding high school). Tomorrow we are excited to head out to Blue Creek where Valerie (student from SBC) is waiting for us. We have been shown such a great time here and feel blessed to be taken care of so well by these brothers and sisters. We are loving every minute of our time here and wish so much that the internet connection would allow us to post a ton of photo’s!