God is Good, all the time, all the time God is Good. What an incredible privilege it was to be able to go back to Belize again. It is so amazing there. First of all, you never know when an adventure or something unexpected may happen and when it does happen, you really realize how God is really Good and how he takes care of every detail. We were driving back from dinner on Saturday night and we stopped off at the burial grounds to drop something off and Chip mentioned to me that the van’s alignment did not feel right. We got to the burial grounds, and as we were leaving, Oscar yelled to us that we have a flat. Praise God, (not that we have a flat) but that we were told about this before we started driving at full speed. God’s protection never ceases to amaze me. But what happened next amazed me even more. Our team remained calm, just getting out of the van and playing with the kids and joking around. Truly the joy of the Lord was present. Secondly, five fearless men and one boy changing the flat tire without any complaining. And lastly Oscar helped us change the tire when he didn't have to. I was really blessed witnessing this and was encouraged by their servant attitude. It mighty seem easy to change a tire, but this was a rental, and to change the tire, they had to get on the ground, not a paved street like in the US, but a dirt road. Something so small but it meant a lot. Onto another subject, usually on the first two days of a mission trip (unless you arrive on a Sunday) were spent bonding with the team and getting acquainted with old friends. I was privileged to have four fantastic roommates: Lindsay, Ingrid, Shannon and Grace for the week. Hmm... 4 teenage girls. And we had so much fun. But my favorite part is worship time and group time. On Saturday night we spent time in worship at the Manse. Ernest Betson and Wes (the guy from Oklahoma) shared some things about what Jesus was doing in Belize. Earnest shared that they have been really working on outreach by having a men’s group while his wife Carolyn is doing the women’s group. Women’s ministries at Hope Church lent her the Breaking Free series by Beth Moore and in the fall they will do another Beth Moore study, Believe God. I was excited to hear that even in Belize, Beth Moore is well liked. Well, I’ll briefly share (nothing is brief when I'm doing a blog) what happened on Sunday. We had our own worship service at the Manse with Chip, as our leader, sharing about God’s Goodness to to tie in with the Hope Church series on God's Character. He spoke from Ezekiel, and then we had a time of worship in song, prayer and confession. God is Good. Then we were off to the caves and the Blue Hole. No jumping for me this time. Once again we had a day of refreshment before we starting work tomorrow. Then as usual we rushed back to Belize City to worship with Pastor in the Burial Grounds at Unity Presbyterian. I have one word Amazing. There was at least 30 or 40 people and all friendly. Ernest spoke on Luke 18, about letting the little children come. It was truly a blessing. By the way, during the music time the Hope Church team (all 15 of us) did special music. We had the whole church rocking with Lindsay and Brian leading on the Guitars. Well, I have to go and find some coffee which is scarce around here. I think someday I will open up a Dunkin Donuts or something in Belize.