Island Travels

We were on assignment this week once again to the town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. We paused to admire the beautiful coast at sunset. 

Returning from San Pedro we stopped at Caye Caulker to visit some church members. An island about one mile wide and five miles long--an hour by boat from Belize City--Caye Caulker was once a remote fishing village but now is a popular destination. It is the home to about 1,500 residents whose primary occupations are in tourism.   

Caye Caulker is smaller and quieter than Ambergris Caye and San Pedro Town. Mode of travel is limited to bicycle, a few golf carts, and lots of walking on the packed sand streets and lanes.

Elder Magnusson discusses our visit with our friend Frank Ross, elders quorum president of the San Pedro Branch, who resides on Caye Caulker. Frank conducts regular ministering visits with the church members who live on the island. 

  

As a way of training Primary leaders in the Maya Mopan Branch, I recently taught singing time to these children. To start our lesson, we read Matthew 5:16   Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  What was the song we learned? Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam, of course!

Elder Chiesa, originally from Uruguay, is a zone leader in our area. He recently was transferred to Belize from El Salvador, and so he just received his new badge in English. Elder Chiesa has made remarkable progress in learning English so he can communicate effectively in this country.  

No, we didn't attend a funeral. It was district conference this weekend and this gorgeous arrangement of native flowers graced the chapel.

Our church produced a new video this past week that is titled:  Migration: A Yearning for Home. Many species are innately drawn to return to their location of origin.  Are human beings different? And, where is home? Watch and see.