It's Cold!!!

Here is our last blog post....

We have arrived back home now... It's nice to be back to see our family and friends again... but at the same time we already miss our dear friends in Belize.... when we arrived in Houston and were waiting for our next flight to England we looked out at the developed world and instantly missed the simple life of Belize!

At the same time we had a lovely beef burger it was delicous and Sally had her first starbucks in months it was very much enjoyed!!! And even using the toilets and everything being automatic was very strange for us ;)

And on a depressing note when we arrived in England it was raining!!! and we were not dressed for the cold weather...so all day we were cold... our hands and feet just didn't warm up ;) but we are adjusting slowly ;) wearing 3-4 layers of clothes is helping ;)

The last few weeks in Belize were very enjoyable... We attended the Sign meeting in the small village of San Antonio again and even weeks after the class the students were still doing so well and continuing to progress in ASL it was a joy to see them all and their progress... and two deaf attended the meeting and one  of the ladies even commented!!! So we feel definate that Jehovah's Holy Spirit is upon them all there and they all will continue to progress! Our thoughts and prayers are with them all.

During Victoria's study (the deaf call in PG) we taught her Rev 21:4 and used pictures for every sign, we went over it bit by bit and by the end she was signing it all by using the pictures.  As you can see we are not very good drawers!!

We spent our last few days with the Sign Language Congregation in Orange Walk and enjoyed the meetings very much seeing the deaf attending & commenting.  It was very sad saying goodbye to them all.

Whilst we were in Orange Walk there was an assembly in PG (Punta Gorda) 535 attended and 5 were baptized, which is very encouraging and shows the potential of the local congregations in the south.

Thanks to all of you for keeping upto date with our blog and all your encouraging emails. We hope that you feel you've had a taste of Belizean life and why we love it so much there.

We look forward to seeing you in person shortly!!

May Jehovah Bless all of our dear friends worldwide we will continue to keep you all in our thoughts and prayers....

Warm Christian Love
Sally and Cj

Our one last swim in the river and with the dogs we grew to love :) 

After a long morning of rain we arrived at Victoria's house for our study
to be greeted by a small pond!!! thankfully there was another way in :) 

Teaching Victoria Rev 21:4 

Revelation 21:4 each sign was associated with a picture to help her remember the signs
and it worked!!! :) 

Our Last night in PG with our dear friends who we miss already very much!!!

More Pictures

Inside the hall - Class in session! 

Learning Rev 21:4

Bro & Sis  home in San Antonia, they provided lunch

for the class every day.

The sisters making yellow corn maize tortilla's

Brother Roberto He knew no Sign Lang on Monday
but on Saturday He gave the closing prayer in ASL for the
Meeting!!! It was a joy to see all the students progress so well! 

A fully packed ASL Meeting! 

The Graduating Class ;) May Jehovah Bless there continued efforts! 

Only 2 Weeks Left!!

The past few days have flown by with many special moments.  Our week in Orange Walk was very special, meeting up with old Bible Studies and attending the ASL class.

The class in OW was for 4 days with 8 regular students including CJ and then visitors on daily basis taking the class up to around 20.  The class was not focused on vocabulary but on facial expression and drawings, and miming bible thoughts on how to get points across as the deaf in Belize who are generally not fluent signers.  At one point we practised the ABC whilst bouncing a ballon on your other arm and playing 'Chinese Whispers', the game where one person starts off and then you copy the actions and then pass it onto the next person - one of these started out as Abraham sacrificing Isaac but it ended up as Stephen being stoned!!  It really demonstrated the point of watching carefully and coping signs accurately.

The last day of the class was a trip to Corozal to preach, we used to go here every week beforehand so we met up with old calls and again had lunch by the sea followed by a swim of course. There are many deaf in Corozal now that are progressing well in their studies so the goal of the ASL Orange Walk congregation is to get the meetings interpreted in the Corozal area on a regular basis so the students can make further progress.

The following week the class was in San Antonia, we visited twice.  The class had a lot of beginners, around 30 people attended, by the end of the week they were answering up at the meeting wonderfully and a young brother gave the concluding prayer, it was great to see the improvement and the zeal the group now have in going forward.  There are 

a lot of deaf in this area and they have just started a group every Saturday, which two sisters are taking, yesterday we went and there was 58 in attendance, 7 being deaf. 

CJ's call Miss Margaret from OW

Sally with Victor, who was so happy to see her that he kept blowing her kisses!!! :) 

Sally's old call, Isabella, when we arrived she had her Bible

Story book on her bed, she explained she looks at it every 

day and inside she had our picture we gave her from 

when weleft 2 years ago.  Our hearts where touched deeply!!! 

Complete class picture, even Sally got a certificate 

for attending one day!!

CJ receiving her certificate for completing the class in OW

Cutest wooden Kingdom Hall in San Antonia, a Mayan village