Belize Mission

Schools Starting
We spent the weekend after Conference at Caye Caulker and had a relaxing time. We have been very busy every since. Don, Galo and Ernesto have had a lot of things to do to get ready for school starting on Monday. They have been working and trying to finish the computer room at San Lazaro. It should be finished if nothing happens. They put the roof on San Hill the part of the building that had government tin. The tin is too light to stop the leaks. The teachers had workshop at Sand Hill so Don carried them from San Lazaro. It sounds like they had a good time. They have been working at Sand Hill the last two days and I think they will return tomorrow to finish repairs for the school.
August Pine Ridge had a Fellowship and Fund Raiser on Saturday. Guinea Grass, Fire Bun, San Lazaro and August Pine had Soccer Ball teams girls and boys and they played each other. They started out the day with singing from the Guinea Grass Band. It is always a treat to hear them. Bro. Santos preached and did a great job. He had been in Honduras for about a month. He went with relatives to a wedding of a niece there. It had been a long time since he had been there to see any of his family. . He had many things to share about the trip. There was a lot of good food for the people to eat that August Pine Ridge had prepared . The attendance was very good. There were about 50 young men standing out side of the grounds and sitting in the trees. They stayed all evening and watched and were very respectful. They aren’t allowed to play with the church because they tend to bring alcohol and drugs with them. I feel one day they will come and be a part of the church. And WOW what a ball team August Pine Ridge will have. The churches are planning more Fund-raisers in the future. We had a great time of Fellowship with the churches. There is also a Youth retreat planned by the conference in Sept. There are about 50 youth from the Spanish area planning on coming.
Bro Daniel invited us to Fire Bun Sunday to a baptism there. It was his first to do and he did a great job. It was a beautiful day by the river. As we sang Praise songs on the riverbank you could feel the presents of the Lord. . Afterward we were invited to eat tamales at the girls’ home. Bro. Daniel and his family were there also. We spent a while singing on the porch and playing a little music. We had a blessed time together. We then returned to San Lazaro and went to church there.
The Leadership classes will start up again this Saturday. We are looking forward to that. Continue to pray for our family and us as the Lord lays us on your heart.

Thanks Arkansas Team we appreciate you all so much for the gift to Caye Caulker we will spend this weekend there. It will be great to sit back and relax sit by the sea and read a book. Thanks again for your thoughtfulness it wont be forgotten.
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Annual Conference 2006
Well conference is over everyone was here but one pastor, Bro Santo and he was in Honduras and for some reason didn’t make it back in time. Rev. Claudio Leal stepped down as Annual Conference President and Rev. Donovan Grinage was unanimously elected the new Annual conference president for the next two years. We are sure he will make a good president and we are looking forward to working with him and his wife Lisa.
It was a good conference the Spirit of the Lord was in control. It was well attended and the food was good. Everyone took Communion in attendance and a promise to work together was made. A new sectary was elected, Mrs. Bank from Hattieville. I believe she will do a great job. Also a new treasure Bro Oswin from SandHill. There are some new faces in leadership places. We are expecting a great year. There is a Youth retreat planned in September in Hattieville. There is excitement about it among the Spanish and English People. We will do all we can to help carry people.
There was also a surprise for some of the people. Mariela Carrillo was given her pastors license and stationed at San Lazaro. She had been thinking about it for sometime. But decided it was time to make the move. She is the first woman pastor for the Belize conference. We are all very proud of her. Pray for her as she makes this step. Bro. Don will introduce her officially to the church tonight as their official pastor. Her family is proud and is standing by her.
We had a great time visiting with everyone and having company but we are worn out and need a rest for a couple of days. We will have a big day of catching up on things and cleaning after all the company. For the first time I have decided to have someone help with cleaning up after all the company. It will take a load off me.
I will post pictures tomorrow if possible. Pray for this conference and us. The Belize people read the comments from Rev Meggs about the confidence the people had in their annual conference Presidents. But he left out our newest conference BELIZE. And on page three Brother Bill Hearn in his comments about working together he said: and I quote “ in a Conference of many Churches covering part of four States” It would have been encouraging to the Belize People if he had included them in his comments. Each Church in Belize is given copies of the Methodist Protestant Faith and I am sure they read all of the articles printed. When writing articles Please include the Belize Conference.

Conference starts today. Everyone will be here and have dinner at 6:00PM. Conference will start at 7:00. We are looking forward to a good conference. We have everything ready except the food and that will start soon. Pray that we will have a good conference.