God doesn't have fine-print...

Allow me to catch you up on what's been going on over the last week while Amanda was here...

We walked down to the tourist village of Belize City Wednesday afternoon to check out what the tourists see when they arrive on the cruise ships. I have to say that it's a bit of an eye-opening experience after being here for almost 3 months. We discovered that the cruise ship tourists see a very sugar-coated glimpse of Belize when they come in to spend the afternoon in this amazing country. The village was filled with lots of shops featuring high-end name brands, fancy diamond shops, vibrantly-colored restaurants, and an almost mall-like atmosphere which is completely un-Belizian if you step outside the gates of the village. However, I did find probably the greatest souvenir t-shirt you could buy from Belize...

Yep, it says "Someone who loves me went to California and got me this t-shirt" and then has Belize under that... not really sure about this! lol

Here are a couple pictures taken during the school day... my students absolutely loved her!

We headed out to Caye Caulker for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before she had to hop on a plane back to Georgia. We had a couple great days in the sand and sun!

 

Our private little cabana on the beach!

This  cute little boy rode his bike out on the dock and sat with me for a little while... he was so cute!

Here are more photos from the first weekend with Amanda....

 

This is Lewis crawling through one of the lowest parts of the cave.

 

This is Amanda's Sprite Ad photo 

I went back to Galilee Baptist Church for Sunday School and Worship this morning. This was my second time going there and I'm already falling in love with the people there. I shook hands and hugged nearly every person before leaving and got to know the Pastor and another man named Syndey a little better before church started. We sang "Victory in Jesus", "I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart" (from the kid's choir), and "Because He Lives" during the song service which really made me feel back at home at Rock Springs! 

The title of the blog comes from a line that Mr. David (my Sunday School teacher here) used repeatedly during his lesson. He was talking about the fact that God is faithful with each and every one of his promises (on a side note: he also mentioned that there are over 800 promises given from God in the Bible) and that there is never fine-print at the bottom of the screen with God. He promises something and he gives it. Plain and simple. However, we sometimes don't see the promises fulfilled because we are too caught up in our own ideas about what the solutions to our problems and promises should be rather than what God wants them to be. I have to say that this lesson gave me a lot to dwell upon for the upcoming week.

Me in my Easter skirt that my mom sent before going to church this morning.