Feeling at home?

My morning routine today wasn't much unlike my usual home routine. While in Spanish Lookout I've been staying with the Hein family. They have a beautiful family including 3 sons and 3 daughters (the youngest being just 1 day older than Janae). So this morning Angie (the youngest) and I read a "Franklin" book together. Now that resolution is made and Franklin has discovered how to conquer his fear of the dark it's time for another quick update.

Yesterday we had the opportunity to visit a few of the surrounding communities around Spanish Lookout. There we meet with a couple Spanish pastors that we will be working with and a couple of the youth from one of the churches (the other has no youth at all). It was so encouraging to see the initiative these youth were taking in their effort to reach out to the children of their community. Youth like this seem to be a rare commodity here in Belize but perhaps we'll see that change in the coming years.

The evening had a couple laughs as I had opportunity to speak to the youth at Spanish Lookout. Spanish Lookout is a lot like Winkler with palm trees and the laughs came when we had a time of worship together. I felt that same awkwardness I feel at home, should I clap when we sing or not clap. However, the two young ladies from the Spanish churches that I was mentioning came to join us at the Mennonite church and they sat with me. Without hesitation they began clapping away. I eagerly joined in and we may have stuck out a little. I warned them that we could go as far as clapping so long as it didn't lead to dancing... we had a good laugh.

Today we're off to Belmopan and Orange Walk. We'll connect with Priscilla Teichrob (another blast from the past from WBC days) who will be giving leadership to the camps in Shipyard (another mennonite community). Later tonight I'll have the opportunity to speak in one of the churches we worked with last year (in Trial Farm - just outside Orange Walk).