FBC Belize Mission Team

FBC Belize Mission Team
FBC Belize Team from left to right: Miles Dory, Patricia Clevenger, Landan Dory, Alex Smith, Brianna Dory, and Lucretia Franklin

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Path From Mission Home to Home Sweet Home...!



We’re back! We left our “home away from home” Monday morning at 6:30 and traveled the approximately 200 miles back to Belize City to the airport. We arrived there at about noon after driving through pouring rain, having to slow down to a stop to navigate the multiple speed bumps/pedestrian crossing elevations of several inches, and waiting on school buses to load and move on. Unlike I-10 where the the speed limit gets up to 80mph, we could only progess at best at the speed limit of 55mph. So – you don’t just hop in your car and take a run up to Belize City!

With some rearranging and sharing of packing room, we all came in with bags at or under the 50 pound limit! We negotiated customs without a hitch, and except for six of the people in front of me getting finger print checked – keeping me in line and making the team think I had been detained and incarcerated upon re-entry as we entered in Houston – all was smooth sailing. Naturally, Continental airlines gave our flight captain to another flight and we were delayed for an hour and a half while they found some willing captain to come fly us all home! Arriving at midnight – we rescued our belongings from the carousel, declared our mission an absolutely outstanding experience, hitched our rides and went home.

I don’t know about the rest of the team yet, but I awoke early according to Belize time this morning – unfortunately, it was to the sound of my Sprint EVO alarm rather than to God’s amazing wake-up symphony of parrots, robins and our favorite red-headed woodpecker. I should have captured it on a recording and at least provided a transition phase for coming home!

This is the last post – we just wanted to let you know we made it home safely and give a final thank you – although we will be thanking you in our hearts from now on for your gift of prayer, love and support. We will leave the blog up for awhile for everyone to re-visit and share as you wish. The journey may be accomplished, but the memories will live on.

In His Love, Grace and Mercy,

Patricia and the Team

Philippians 3:14 KJV - "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

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