Spectacular Arrival!

The Lord works in wondrous and mysterious ways. We’ve all made it. I’ll let someone else recount their adventures with tornados and hail storms in Atlanta. Those of us that left out of Knoxville had to endure the uncertainties of US Air. In short, after arriving at Tyson at 6:00 am, we expected to be delayed until Sunday due a delay getting to Charlotte. We canceled our flight to Belize on Saturday and re-booked for Sunday. After arriving two hours late in Charlotte, we discovered that our connection to Belize had also been delayed and so we had to then cancel Sunday’s reservation and re-book for today. When all was said in done, we arrived in Belize three hours late but just slightly before the Atlanta group.
The lesson: if we had simply trusted everything to work out we would have made it just fine. In fact, our efforts potentially would have only made matters worse. Maybe this is a lesson to keep in mind as we proceed into our projects this week.
Belize is hot and humid (big surprise there). The country is sparsely populated and has a remarkable contrast in its geography. The area near Belize City where we arrived is largely below sea level and we drove through mangrove swaps for about 30 minutes as we headed to Jaguar Creek. We slowly climbed to rolling country and then into the foothills near Jaguar Creek. Jaguar Creek can only be described as spectacular. The rain forest environment is something I’ve only seen in movies (or possibly at Disney World). Our hosts have warned us not to be alarmed when the howler monkeys let loose tonight.
I am truly blessed to be here and even feeling slightly embarrassed to have this opportunity. The beauty of the area seems far removed from the selflessness and sacrifice that I associated with “mission work”.
We look forward to sharing worship at a local church on Sunday and then diving into our projects on Monday.
Peace to you all,
Dave