We arrived, 48 from all points in the USA, West Coast, Central, East Coast and were deposited at the Belize City Airport within 30 minutes of each other. After gathering every single bag, we headed through customs and were greeted with friendly appreciation from the customs officers who know us from previous years. Three quick miracles, safe passage of people and bags and through customs. We loaded 5 vans with 48 people and thousands of pounds of luggage. 
We found Belize a bit overcast and cool, but could not resist a few pictures.
Ohio Belizeans
The trip up country lasted several hours, passing cane fields, school children walking home, cattle farms, papaya farms, the cane factory. Several vans stopped at the Orange Walk Hospital, the place for surgery and dental teams, and some headed straight to the hotel another 45 minutes north. Dinner at 6 PM at the water front restaurant of Tony’s was welcome relief for travelers who had come thousands of miles and been up for a day to two days in some cases.
Friday morning breakfast was at 6:30 AM with devotions outside on the patio at 7 AM. All were challenged to allow Christ to love the people of Belize for one week and represent Christ as best they could for seven days.
- Orientation at breakfast before going outside
The surgery team saw hundreds of patients at the hospital.
Hundreds come in hopes of Surgery- Belizeans and Menonites
The dental team will see their first patients tomorrow after spending a day setting up their trailer.
ENT Dr. Rick Devore sneaks into dental trailer
The construction team are hard at work for a handicapped lady with two special needs grown children.
Mayan Cave had this capstone over it, discovered by builders before our arrival
Oregonians and Belizeans working on inside of 4 room home
School girls on road in front of house at noon
Laura visits with Mom and special needs children who await moving from a hut to a hurricane proof home
The village team helped count medicine and organized before 4 days of village clinics and the doctors and most nurses on that team helped all day at the hospital to identify patients needing surgeries.
Grateful for the first blog and everyone seems to be adjusting well and working hard! We will be praying for your work this week.
Shout out to Tory, hope you are doing well!
Enjoy your weather – we got 3.5″ of snow today in Dayton, Ohio!
Looking forward to new updates.
Blessings,
Charlie and Karen
Hi John,
I visited this family a few times with Rafael, and used to see Monica when she came to the food bank and around town.
Have a great time, doing great work. I miss the missions, hoping to get back maybe March.
Best Regards,
Jill
OH, I miss you all so much! May God bless this trip in ways you all have never experienced. Hugs for all, especially my dad, sis, and uncle. Love from Lori and Sally. I will be back someday soon.
Hi to Jon Kinghorn,
We were pleased to hear that you were going on this mission trip, and hope it proves to be a wonderful experience!