MEET OUR "FELLOW WORKERS"

This is Crisencio Cho, a newly appointed special pioneer. He speaks Maya Mopan. He and another special, Yoni Cok have been assigned to start a Mayan group sponsored by the Hopkins congregation. Cris (pictured) has only been in the truth for about 4 years, he is 23 years old... and already being used by Jehovah in a big way! He is a wonderful brother... come for a visit and hear his story... you will be blown away! Here, he is setting the fishing line to measure how deep the trench for the fence will go.

Here we are... digging a trench for the fence. As we dug, we smelt poop... yep, I said it... poop. And soon found out that the guys that brought the fill for the land brought cheap stuff (dirt mixed with rotten oranges)... never knew that something that smells so wonderful when fresh, can smell so putrid when dead! Between the smell, and the hard blue clay we had to break up... we had our work cut out for us! Needless to say we could eat whatever we wanted during the digging days... burn those calories baby!

We unloaded concrete block to get ready for the brothers that do masonry to come up from Placencia. Of course the cute girl in the brown shirt and baseball cap is April. For those of you that don't already know her, she and her husband Aaron have been in Belize for 4 years, and were sent from Dangriga (an hour bus ride north) to start a group in Hopkins... and we can definitely say Jehovah has blessed their efforts! There is now a newly appointed congregation here! The petite fire ball in the brown floppy hat is Ytu, a need greater from Northern Belize that moved to Hopkins about 5 months ago. Her name means "Soul Sista"... enough said. The man in the middle that looks like Mr. Bean is the beloved Paul Rose... we call Aaron Paul, as in the apostle, and Paul, Barnabas... he is so good at making the brothers, studies and people in the community feel loved... he and his wife will be sorely missed if they have to return to London.

Here we are again... let's just say this was a big job!

Now for mixing concrete... Long story short the concrete mixer we were supposed to be renting got concrete left in it the day before, so it was out of commission. The back up mixer we went to pick up in Sittee River wouldn't fit on the Aaron's tow hitch... so we rectified the problem by mixing by hand!

The booty shot is Cris, which you met earlier. You have already been introduced to the girl in the brown floppy hat. The woman in the green shirt is Carol Aibaengbee (pronounced A-bang-bay). She is down here with here 3 kids: 14, 10 and 6. She is pioneering, working part-time as a medical transcriptionist and a web page moderator, and home schooling her children! Meanwhile her husband is stuck in Nigeria. He is of Nigerian descent, went back tovisit his brother there, and now the government refuses to let him leave! Jehovah has given Carol remarkable strength and the BEST attitude! We all cannot wait for him to come join us! Hopefully you know who the girl in the striped shirt is :)

The man in the yellow shirt is Yannick Camm. He and his wife are from France, and have been in Belize for 6 years. When they moved here they did not speak English, and seeing them now, you would never know! Yannick is happy go lucky... and they both have a ton of studies. They are leaving January 18th We are going to miss them. . I'm sure you recognize Eric. :) And of course the smiley face at the bottom is Marlin!

Eric and Yannick were asked to make a prototype for a bench to be used in the hall... sad to say... it was broken up and the wood used for something else the next day! ha ha ha

Mixing concrete again... the sister on the left in the navy blue shirt is Shawn. She is April's study, and she just got baptized at the last district convention... with so many obstacles to overcome: internal and external, she is an encouragement to us all!