Laboring in the Lord's Vineyard

Last  Monday we accompanied the sisters serving in Corozal to the Altun Ha ruins.  It was their first time seeing our favorite ruins.  They were impressed with the majestic sites.  

They enjoyed taking lots of pictures--including this one.  (unbeknown to us).

It’s not enough to climb up the ruins… sometimes we have to climb to get into the front yard of someone’s house!  Actually it’s due to road and sidewalk construction in this part of town. On this particular visit we thought of the message of one of our beloved hymns: When thorns are strewn along my path, and foes my feet ensnare, My Savior to my aid will come, If sought in secret prayer.

A men's choir from BYU-Idaho performs this message from the hymn "Secret Prayer"

You can view the whole hymn by clicking here

As we visit people, many times they don't have a specific address.  To get to their house we are given instructions like this: (actual directions)  ...you go past the next roundabout.  Then as you pass 3 speed bumps, you'll see a yellow house on the left.  Take that road to the left. My house is the second house on the right, with 3 cars in the yard.  It is the pinkish cement house.  I snapped this picture as we were taking "that road to the left"  We did find the house after having to call the brother only once.  (we turned at the wrong yellow house the first time).We had a wonderful visit with this faithful member who catches the 5:30 a.m. bus to make it to church by 8:00 a.m.

 It was great to see so much family support for this young boy's baptism this past week.

Zone leaders' training is held monthly by way of Skype with El Salvador. It's nice to break for lunch with our Zone leaders and senior missionaries!

Ministering to others in the Savior's way is a wonderful opportunity members of the church have. As senior missionaries serving in Belize we are honored to be able to train our leaders and other brothers and sisters on how we organize ourselves to minister effectively.

"…May we labor side by side with the Lord of the vineyard, giving the God and Father of us all a helping hand with His staggering task of answering prayers, providing comfort, drying tears, and strengthening feeble knees."  Elder Jeffery R. Holland

"Our message to the world is simple and sincere: we invite all of God’s children on both sides of the veil to come unto their Savior, receive the blessings of the holy temple, have enduring joy, and qualify for eternal life." President Russell M. Nelson

When the family gets together it's nice to get pictures from home.  My brother Douglas was in Utah to attend his son-in-law's graduation.  My brothers Craig, Douglas, and Russell gathered at Craig's house along with their wives, some of our children, and some of our nieces and nephews...  

I can't end a post without a picture of the beautiful Belizean clouds.  This is the scene from a morning sunrise on one of our walks last week.