This week me and Nikita went to do some sightseeing with friends in the congregation. First stop we went to a cave, Rio Frio Cave.(yes this is the actual name) The massive mouth of the cave is its signature! This cave is located in Mountain Pine ridge area. A little river runs through the cave…
So far Nikita and I have been on the mainland in Cayo, San Ignacio, for almost 3 weeks on Tuesday. It has gone so fast! We have been to many very differing towns and villages to conduct bible studies with the deaf. SPANISH LOOKOUT- this is the largest community of Mennonites in Belize. Inside Spanish…
Nikita and I moved from the island to the mainland of Belize. We had our assembly in Orange Walk on the 28th February. We stayed in Corozal which is the northeast town in Belize, boarding Chetumal -Mexico. We traveled with a family in our congregation and stayed with them at their families house in Corozal…
What an amazing day! We set off early in the morning to travel to the zoo before the heat of the day, picking up a deaf study along the way. While in the car he had his study. Afterwards the brother was about to teach us some sign language. Immediately, the study turned around to…
Having a BBQ with the local brothers. They introduced us to Gibnut , locally called the royal rat as it was served to the queen when she came to Belize. Top right on the BBQ (Next to the chicken) …Very enjoyable. Thanks Valdimar and the Costa’s for a super evening.
Bronwyn and Tracy have have enjoyed some wonderful afternoons on cart witnessing recently. They are often approached by the young ones coming home from school who have an amazing love for the Bible. In particular one young girl in the main picture who returns each afternoon for her Bible story to be read.
We love the beautiful sunsets over San Pedro. A bit of fishing around this time of the day for some dinner is so enjoyable , that is until the mozzies annialate you.😆😕
This morning our Ministry was in San Matao . Below are a few pictures of tge territory and the brothers I was was with . Wayne from Canada and Nathan from the local congregation.
Today we traveled over 50 km in 2 golf carts to reach individuals in the north of the island. This part of the island is far more remote and individuals we met were extremely friendly and receptive to the truth. Last week a brother from Canada met a man in town who had traveled down…
What a privilege to assist in presenting the outline for the 2016 pioneer meeting in San Pedro congregation. 11 Regular pioneers in total , with 8 from the local congregation and 3 visiting including Bronwyn and Nikita. Afterwards all the pioneers enjoyed a lovely dinner and were presented with a gift from the elders in…
Started Ministry with Bronwyn & Jess at 6:30am this morning and was greeted with a beautiful sunrise. On Bronwyn’s first call with a beach security guard this morning , after she shared a scripture with him , she was pleasantly surprised when he shared a scripture with her at Luke 1 :78 which says “…with…
Notice the width of the island where we worked this morning in the next photo …..
After the meeting on Sunday we went with a group of needgreaters and other visiting friends from the US and Canada for lunch
This morning we placed our literature cart in the town’s ‘central park’ , a square used by the locals for selling crafts. In no time we had a few young locals looking at the literature. Nikita used the opportunity to share Caleb and Sophia videos with them. It was an exciting reuniting time as many…
On Tuesday we were married 25 amazing years. Last night the friends in San Pedro (and our beautiful daughters) threw a surprise party on one of the rooftops. We loved the evening. Thanks to all !!
Today we helped at the San Pedro congregation to lay a new car park and walkway. When it rains here , the current car park gets flooded very quickly and getting to the kingdom hall door is usually across several pallet bridges. Hopefully now that’s a thing of the past as the whole carpark was…
Ambergris boasts lots of crocs, especially in the lagoons. This Croc was snapped at a brother and sisters home. Literally no more than 5m from their back door. The island is full of lizards and iguanas. I really enjoy watching these little guys with their orange puffing throats. And what a beautiful full…
We have had an amazing time in the ministry. Bronwyn has started 2 Bible studies. The one has been on the island for 6 years and didn’t think anyone on the island would read the Bible regularly.So when called on she was very surprised. She came from the mainland where her mom and gran would…
What a memorable weekend. I ( Jess) was invited by a sister in the congregation to join her on the mainland for 4 days. We took the boat from San Pedro to Corozal, which runs only once a day. If you miss it, you miss it, and have to wait till tomorrow to catch it…
Today we had an early start as we headed up North on the island to reach the more remote areas. Travelling by golf cart was great fun , trying to navigate through the mud holes and bumpy roads. Unfortunately eventually we could go no further as the roads were too bad and we will need…
Fresh Amberjack ,Snapper and Tuna for dinner tonight. These were caught outside the reef today.
One week into our trip and I have enjoyed every bit of it!! Today, a few of the younger ones in the congregation decided to meet up at 7am for street and beach work. It was great! The first is a picture of us walking, trying to miss the puddles, making our way to…
A sister in the congregation with 3 small children who was baptised in the past year told us the following experiences today while out on the ministry. Recently the landlord of the property where they were renting found out that she had become a witness. As the landlord was a staunch catholic , she gave…
Today Bronwyn and I tried cart witnessing on the north of the island with a local brother and sister (Angelo&Melanie). After collecting the witnessing cart and loading it onto the golf cart along with a couple of plastic chairs we headed to the north side of the island this afternoon. The island is divided into…
Here are our garden pets. Iguanas and Turtles are a common site on the island. The ones in the photos below live just outside our apartment with a few other friends. The one on the fence is well over a meter long and gets real agitated if you get close.
Snippet 1 : Cart witnessing is done by all 3 congregations on the island (English, Spanish & Creol) and is proving very successful. Snippet 2: After the meetings the brothers and sisters sweep the sand out of the hall. Max is always a willing little helper 🙂 Snippet 3: There is still quite a bit…
Today was our first service day back on the island. After enjoying an early morning of beach witnessing, (with 2 dogs as companions 🙂 ) we then tried to make contact with a few previous calls from our first visit. Glad to say we managed to re-establish two Bible studies. We were also happy to…
After returning to the UK in February , we have all shared a common desire to go back to Belize by the end of this year. After a wonderful spiritual boost in Ambergris Caye, we all came back with personal goals. Yes its coming together and we return to Beautiful Belize on the first of December for 3…
Back at the international convention in the UK last August a missionary quoted that “you can never out give Jehovah”. The past 3 months have proved these words so true for us as a family. The blessings we have received were far greater than we could have imagined. We have made such wonderful friends during…
We had our last meeting this evening. Our 3 months here have gone so quick! We don’t want it to end. We love the congregation so much, it will definitely be missed! This week we have the circuit overseer. He and his wife originally served in Bethel in the UK and then went on to…
We spent the day up North with brothers and sisters from the congregation and others who are visiting from Canada to do ministry, followed by swimming in the afternoon. Here are some photos: Driving up North and doing service on the way Spent the afternoon swimming and relaxing on the dock 🙂
This morning I (Nikita) was working along with Jess and had some amazing calls on door to door/business territory. We went inside a pharmacy where this man was sitting down, so I started talking to him about the ‘Will suffering ever end?’ tract. I let the man read the scripture that is quoted inside- Revelation…
Ambergris Caye is less than a mile from the worlds second largest barrier reef. So today we spent the day snorkeling with a a few friends in the congregation along the reef at Hol Chan, Turtle Gardens and Shark Ray alley…….Saw lots of Rays, Sharks, turtles and loads of fish. Awesome day !! Here are…
On Wednesday Morning we were enjoying another day out in the ministry when we bumped into the Creole circuit overseer. He is the only Creole Circuit overseer for the WHOLE of Belize. An awesome brother!!! Here is a group photo of us all out.
A challenge to get to the door …. Sea hawk nest Lots of lizards and iguanas around
These two photos are of young children that see me sitting on the golf kart, approach and sit next to me and want to learn about the Bible and watch Caleb and Sophia videos. I now study with some of the young children in the park and am absolutely loving it!
Another study was started. I (Jess) called on this lady on monday and just left her with mags. I called again on thursday and showed her the Why study the Bible video. I then showed her the Good news brochure and offered her a study. She said everything she saw in the video she agreed…
Wow , what an amazing weekend spent with 22 brothers and sisters camping in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife and Jaguar reserve in Belize which covers an area of about 150 square miles of tropical forest, and is the world’s only Jaguar preserve. The scenery was simply spectacular as we hiked through the forest , swam in the…
As the island has a lot of lagoons , there are crocodiles and alligators around. Here are 2 we spotted this morning while out on the ministry. In one part of the territory a brother tells me , they hang out under some of the houses in the rainy season…..
This is the islands ambulance…..Sitting room only 🙂
We continue to have a wonderful time in the ministry. About 3 weeks ago Jess started a study with a lovely young lady. She soon found out that she had recently got married a month ago and today Jess was pleased when both her and her husband attended their first meeting in San Pedro. They…
On Wednesday we visited the island of Caye Caulker which is 30min by boat from San Pedro. The island is only 5miles long and up to a mile wide. On the island is a beautiful pink kingdom hall where 2 congregations (English and Spanish) meet. When we arrived we decided the best way to explore…
Last Wednesday Nikita and I met a local by the name of R. who we had a really amazing discussion with. From the outset it was obvious that he had a very tough life and his family was struggling. Older brother in jail and younger brother involved in ‘some crazy stuff’ as he said .…
This is the ‘Pizza hut’ on the island – Pepperoni’s… They make really delicious Pizza.
One of the highlights is the privilege to share Bible truths and stories with the children. When you set up your cart in the town square you are immediately surrounded by young children wanting to hear some Bible stories and watch the videos. Nikita has an amazing study with a 10 year old who has…
This was the view while fishing from a boat last night….
Assie… A couple of weeks back I mentioned a young man, named Fernando approaching Bronwyn outside the kingdom hall and asking for a Bible study. As we were on the mainland last week for the convention we made plans to meet this week. Glad to report that we have now conducted a few studies with…
What an amazing weekend. Best way to describe it was that it was like a ‘mini international’. Each day we experienced many new spiritual gifts from Jehovah and met brothers and sisters from across Belize and the Mexican Yucatan peninsula. On Sunday there were 777 in attendance. As there are many in special , full…
Final stop on our mainland tour before heading to Belize regional convention was Hopkins bay. There we met our lovely brothers and sisters as they were heading out on the ministry (Hopkins Kingdom hall in the background) and spent the afternoon relaxing at Hopkins bay catching up with an old friend from SA we had…
As the English Belize regional convention is being held on the mainland this coming weekend, we decided to use the opportunity to go across a few days earlier and do some sight seeing. First stop after hiring a car in Belize city was San Ignacio and Santa Elena in Western Belize. The towns are separated…
Below is a picture of Dad giving his first public talk in the San Pedro English congregation yesterday. There were about 30 in attendance and then in the afternoon he had to give the same talk in the Creol congregation which also has an ASL group. Here there were about 50 in attendance. They told us a…
Yesterday we had an absolutely amazing day in the ministry. Each of us had our own experiences that emphasised the thirst for truth.. Jess… It was a good morning in San Pedro! Everybody here has soooo many studies, some sisters having up to 10 each. All I wanted was one! Anyway, Jehovah answered. I was…
Today we have had a number of torrential rain showers with the roads flooded in no time. This morning Bronwyn and I went trolley witnessing in the local town with 2 visiting Korean sisters from Canada. We located the trolleys in the town square under some hawker tents and had an excellent time , each…
The Sunset while fishing… Eagle Stingray below the pier.
In the October Awake there was an article on Belize. It contained a photo on San Pedro (first picture). This morning on street work or rather beach work, I took the second photo….spot the difference.
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