Hello from a very hot night in Belize,
Today was an extremely hot and tiring day for both us and the community of San Antonio. We started off the day by breaking into three teams and doing a "community trash walk" throughout the neighborhood. Yes, it's exactly what you think. We took trash bags and picked up all the trash we could find along our routes.
What started off as a daunting task, suddenly seemed much more doable as more and more members of the community joined us. As we passed by houses, many called out to us to ask what we were doing... and suddenly we had a few more helpers on our teams. Some even sent their children out to help us, and those little ones were eager to help out.
The trash walk did exactly what it was meant to. It brought the community together to achieve a common goal. It even enticed two of the more ambitious women in the group to throw out the idea that they should do this as a community once a month. Knowing these two women, the next time we are blessed enough to visit San Antonio they will have a schedule and procedure in place.
I've come to believe that Belize only makes strong willed women. There is no doubt in my mind that they will pick up wherever we leave off, and probably improve the process along the way. What a blessing these women have been to us so far.
Tomorrow we plan to conduct another community trash walk and hopefully we will gain more and more followers along the way. Though the work is tiring and the weather is hot, the reward is so worth while. God gave us this beautiful world and it's our job to protect it any way we can.
I'll check back soon.
Bye for now.
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