Finding Words

We have been back home for almost 3 days now, yet I am still trying to find words to describe our time in Belize. I'm slowly coming to the realization that some experiences cannot be summed up in short sentences or concise ideas. We are home, yet I am no longer the person I was when I left. Our short 11 days in Belize feel like months because of all that happened in that time. Although despite that the time seems to have passed far to quickly. I guess time is tricky like that.

I personally am beyond words grateful to each and every person that helped us in the preparations to go and the prayers while we were in Belize. There is no way that we could have done this on our own, it would have been totally and completely impossible.

For someone like me, who tends to face every challenge and difficulty with the attitude of pulling myself up by my boot straps so to speak, this was incredibly humbling for me as well. I cannot explain just how loved and encouraged each of you made me feel. In a world where people are becoming increasingly isolated, you showed me that I am not alone and that I have people around me that care about me.

We experienced moments on this trip where the prayers of everyone at home were abundantly obvious and very tangibly at work in all that we did. Without your prayers for us we never would have been able to accomplish everything that we did.

As I continue to process and learn from our time in Belize I want to share details from our days there. I am going to post here a daily journal of sorts of what our days and experiences looked like. I hope that you will enjoy reading about it and hope that I can put into words just how amazingly wonderful this trip was.

Heather