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 Just another day on the highway here in Belize!

Have you ever been given a verse for your birthday'  One of the precious gifts that I received yesterday was Zephaniah 3:17.  What a treasure!  Just like the priceless young woman who gave it to me.  She wrote that she was praying these words over my life.  And I am blown away by her thoughtfulness.  Her message went on to say:"Praying you feel his celebration and delight over your life more and more."This present arrived the night before my birthday....

As it is after midnight and I just ate strawberry flavored frozen yogurt topped with bananas and chocolate syrup.I have a Spanish class today and a date with Tom.  And perhaps a bit more frozen yogurt...who knows'!! 

I have never been fond of surprises.  But, Tom keeps trying to change that...and he just might succeed!  He entered a contest with BelmopanCityOnline and won a Mather's Day gift for me.  Here is his winning entry:"Alida has been a great wife of 30 years, mother of two grown sons & now helps people who have been abused or rescued from sex trafficking. She has been giving to others all her life & deserves a month of receiving!"The prize is a month of free housecleaning...I...

Have you ever set out to do something for someone but they ended up blessing you instead'I went to visit someone and took over some fruit from our yard.  She recognized them immediately and called them "bluggos".  Her husband explained that they are a cross between a banana and plantain. And he told me that if you have bluggos in your yard you will never go hungry.I left their house that day with all of this:Those little bananas, plantains, the mami fruit, plums, the cashew fruit, and...

Agape love came to earth in the form of Christ to reconcile us with God. It is this love, according to Richard Foster, that ?transforms our lives and gives us true spiritual substance as persons.? It is not how much Bible knowledge we have that transforms the world but the quality of love we show to those in our sphere of influence. Foster goes on to state that this is ?the test of whether or not we have really gotten the point of the Bible.?Have we really gotten the point' Does...

 I heard that Dominoes Pizza now offers a gluten free crust.  But, there is no Dominoes here.  So we have to make our own crusts that are safe for me to eat.When we first moved to Russia a good pizza was hard to find.  So I learned how to make it myself.  I made the crusts and the guys chose the toppings.    That was part of our Friday night ritual.  And we were happy with my recipe.  But that was before I went gluten free...so it is time for a...

How many times have you heard someone say "this is the worst thing that could ever happen to me"?  Maybe you have been the one to say it.  But is it really true'  I was watching a TV show last night and someone made that comment because they had made a simple mistake.  No one was going to lose their life. They were just inconvenienced and she claimed it was the worst thing in the world. This past week someone we know found out that they have an invasive carcinoma.  And...

When we lived in California we used to lament about the four seasons there...mud slide, earthquake, fire and riot.   I guess you can call this is our second fire season here in Belize.We saw this one burning in the distance as we drove home from Hattieville earlier this week:As we drew closer this is the view we had of the fire:This time last year I can remember flames licking at the edge of the asphalt as we drove on the highway bringing Nathan home from the airport.  Some of the...