Threads of Hope Belize

Joe's Input and a few Notes - - 

Now that we have been here close to three weeks and pretty well settled in our lodging and lifestyle, I thought it was about time to let you know that Linda actually let me tag along again this year.

  As we spent some time last week visiting friends and saying HI, we took some time to reflect on the ride this mission has had since the FCPC Mission Team and Threads of Hope began to work in the Los Tambos village in 2005.

  The first Monday we were in Los Tambos this year for the Monday morning assembly (with prayer and the Belize National Anthem), we were greeted by a current enrollment of 120 students.  In 2005 there were about 60. What a change there has been.  A few of the other major events over the years have included -

-  The school was made up of three classrooms in 2005. Since then an additional three classrooms have been added and a steel roof on the palapa has provided additional classroom area as well as a really nice area for the Thread of Hope ladies to do their sewing.

- Last year with the addition of electricity to the village there have been more changes.  Threads of Hope now can power their machines with electricity as opposed to batteries and inverters or solar power.

- Education involving the kids has been expanded to include more of them going to high school and the adult ladies with the start of Threads of Hope. 

- The Threads of Hope Ministry has also started fabricating uniforms for the children.

There are other changes that have helped this community and the school evolve into a great place to raise a family.  As we continue work with the folks in the community we can only thank God for the pleasure of letting us go along as part of His incredible plan.

More updates as we move along this trip.  More photos will be provided when we do projects that you may want to see... Repairs that have been done to the bathrooms over the past couple weeks are hardly worthy of photos!!!