Hello everyone who is reading this blog! Things are happening here in Belize and there is much to report on. Carroll one of the students here joined the school two weeks ago and also became an unbaptized publisher! Dashan another student gave her first talk on the school last week and is now an unbaptized publisher! The work down here is so rewarding and we pray and hope that anyone having the circumstances try to serve where the need is greater and reap the rich blessings of Jehovah - Proverbs 10:22

This ones from Derrick:

"Things have been absolutely fantastic down here in Belize! We have had so many great experiences its hard to remember them all. There always seems to be somebody stopping you at the side of the street and asking, "Brother what's the latest from Jehovah"? And when you give them their new copies of the Awake and Watchtower you can count on the next time seeing them that they are sitting down reading the articles in a group or with their families, just amazing. I had a really neat experience a week ago, we were stopping to get some water and the owners son saw us and came out and asked us if we were the Bible People? I told him, "Yes we are, did you have a question?" He said, "Can you teach me a story from the Bible? I am a teacher for the school and I have never taught religion before but that's what I am teaching this year." I said "Of course, thats what we are here to do. How many kids are in the school?" He said, "About 300." I then went over the creative days with him and told him that would be a good first story, then said to him, "It would be a good idea to teach the kids with some pictures, so ill bring back a story book that you can have that teaches kids stories from the Bible." He said, "Really? That is exactly what I need!" So I brought him the book a few days later and he has been sharing with the kids and he says that they love the book!"

This one's from Keith:

"Life here in belize just seems to move a little bit slower. The relaxed atmosphere, plus a cool breeze, creates a great environment to catchup on reading and ponder over life and jehovah. It's sometimes noted that with all the hustle and bustle back in the states, we often forget about the little things, the small praises to jehovah that we sometimes miss. I got to thinking about the little things here in belize. The kids!! There are so many of them and they too are eager to learn about the bible. That brings me to tell you about a man named Winston and his kids. I found Winston in the door to door work. He is a single parent with two small kids that live at home. He really wants to live a good life and be a good father for his children. He doesn't drink or take drugs, rare to find, so we have of course began to study once a week, but i really felt that i needed to show a little more personal interest on this one. So i promised to bring a very special book for his kids named winston jr and nelson. I gave them the My Book of Bible Stories. I told Winston that he should read it to his kids before they go to sleep, just like my dad read it to me when i was a small kid. During our study Winston's youngest son nelson came home from school, ran up the stairs, and bolted threw the door. He had a big smile on his face a told me that he really liked the book i gave to them, then he hugged my leg. Sure was nice to see Jehovah's books bring a family closer to each other and to jehovah."

This one's from Kohlton:
"Here in Belize you are definitely not in the world's limelight, when you're in a strange town in a third world country far away from anything glamorous you realize that. However, there is a spiritual spotlight here, the spiritual progress of students and teachers is accelerated quite a bit. This comes to mind when you see students like carol make jumps such as becoming an unbaptized publisher and being on the school.

When Carol found out she was going to be joining the school and going in the ministry she came to our house and frantically told us. I really don't recall seeing someone be as excited as she was about anything else ever. She was indeed in red alert mode. It really shows the excitement that the truth can foster. I don't know if people simply don't have as many ties to the world here or what, but it seems as if the studies and deep biblical conversation come to you, wherever you are. Today I was terribly lost in the maze of flooded yards looking for a call. I managed to find a man who wants me to come to his work to study with him. Shortly thereafter a student named Babe questioned me about a few scriptures in revelation as he always does when I see him on the street. There is no lack of Biblical interest here, only a lack of teachers to quench such interest. There definitely is a spotlight of spiritual growth and interest here in Belize."

Hello everyone from back home! We miss you all and we hope everything is well wherever you are. Once again we hope that these experiences will encourage  you and help you to continue to serve Jehovah to the best of your abilities.

This ones from Derrick:

"I have a had couple more experiences that have happened since our last post. The first one is from a study named Robert (I talked about him some point in the blog, he was one of the guys that came up and asked for more magazines cause he finished reading the one he found on the ground) any-case we had a great study going over chapter 3 of the bible teach book. The chapter talks about Jehovah's Sovereignty and at the end of the study we were reviewing what we learned and I told him that this was a very important chapter and that what we learned today was one of the themes of the Bible, I told him that, "what we learned today is one of the most important things you can ever learn from the Bible. It's that Jehovah has the right to rule." His eyes lit up and he said, "One second!" He then stood up and went into his house, he came back outside and said, "I don't want to forget that." He then handed me a sharpie and a piece of wood and asked if I could write that down for him. I then wrote Jehovah Has The Right To Rule on the piece of wood and handed it back to him, I couldn't stop smiling. He then got up and grabbed a hammer and a nail and began to nail the piece of wood on his wall right as you open the door to his house. Robert said, "Now every-time I  come home i'll remember that Jehovah has the right to rule." 

Davis is another study that I found here in the territory when Seth was with me a couple of months ago. I have been telling him how important meetings are since our first study but I found him a week ago walking around and asked if he was going to make the meeting. He said, "I will be there. If I am not there this time then I will never be there." I thought to my self I guess its now or never for Davis. I told him that there would be a car here at 9:30 to pick him up for meeting (the meeting is about a 15min drive from where most of the studies live and none of them have cars) he said he would be waiting. Sunday came and I walked in to the meeting and couldn't find him so I figured he was not that interested in making the meeting after all especially since the car came back without him. Well right as the meeting started he came up the stairs and sat down, he managed to hitch a ride with someone heading this way and said he wasn't going to let satan stop him from coming to the meeting. He ended up loving the meetings and hopes to make it to more in the future. "   

This ones from Keith:

"It's been a few weeks now here in belize and life couldn't be any better. The group is progressing, individual studies are progressing, and Jehovah's spirit is becoming ever more present  and better known.  Despite the jaunts to the beach and the occasional late night card game, we have all been really busy planting seeds and developing the interest. Kholten and i are finding our groove with a handful of calls and studies to occupy our week. Everyday presents new experiences and faith strengthening conversations, but there was one man that stands out from these last couple of weeks. His name is Arnold.
His hunger for truth and cheer excitement just blows me away. He works at a local resort called Turtle INN, and within the property there is housing for some of the workers. This is where Arnold lives and on the step is where we study. He speaks english but his first language is spanish. It may seem like studying would be a challenge but we have made it quite easy. He uses a Spanish bible teach book and bible and we get along  just fine. When you have a great study it can brighten up your entire day, but with arnold, he brightens up the whole week. He asks great questions and when he learns something new his whole face lights up, he sits back, and thanks jehovah! I can't stress enough how excited he is about his studies, he has already read most of his book and he really wants to go to the meeting. I told him when and where but unfortunately he is scheduled to work. But this is what he said " IS OK! I GO FOR MY GOD AND I JUST TELL THEM THAT I GO!" He's really Excited! Truly If anyone just wants to they can "Taste and see that jehovah is good". (Ps 34:8) Helping people taste jehovah is a wonderful privilege."

This ones from Kohlton:

"Hello friends, hope everyone is well.  Clint's a new student here on the peninsula. He has an incredible appreciation for spiritual matters; he's always on the beach reading the magazines and his Bible.  He loves his studies, we've been averaging 2 hours a study. He accepts the Message from the Bible and will hopefully be making the meetings soon; all from studying with him for two weeks! He may be taking us in his boat to Monkey River to complete some territory there, so that would be excellent.

There’s another study that Derrick and I got to conduct the other evening, Babe & Olga.  They both give excellent comments and after only three months of studying Babe continues to say that “Soon ill be doing the same thing you guys do!” speaking about the ministry work. Olga owns a restaurant on the main street that she’s offered us to use for Sunday meetings; our first meeting there is on Sunday. What a witness it will be for our meetings to be in an open-air restaurant on the main road, where everyone can see! Physical time is certainly slowed here, people rarely know what time it is; but spiritual time is accelerated! People make great progress quickly, accepting the Truth in a heartfelt way. As you can see, even the students here help make Jehovah's Name vindicated." 


This is Daniel and Andrea they have been here for 3 years and Andrea got her skirt stuck in the bicycle chain heading to the service meeting.


Some of the territory we have here in Belize. The walk way is held up by bags of garbage.


Our congregation picnic that we had this last Sunday