Our plan for the first week in Belize was to camp at the Carribean Village for a week while we searched around Corozal and other towns to find a place to live. But driving in under a tropical depression, with a rain soaked van, some weary people and dogs, and a credit card that wouldn't be accepted caused us to reevalute our situation. Parked under a huge palm tree at the empty campground, to protect us from the strong winds and rain, I left to the park office to begin my research to try and find a place to live. They had some brochures inside, there was some information on the internet, but all without promise or within reason. Most places were being marketed to wealthy travelers and not those who just wanted to assimilate into the culture. But in God's faithfulness the owner of the campground pointed us to a property around the corner that had apartments and availability. So in the rain we put together the bikes and the bike trailer and headed off into town to find a place to live.
The first place we arrived seemed ideal, but had a painted sign that said "No Pets." This was a problem although we began to speak with a lady and her daughter, who translated, about the apartments. They had two available apartments. An upstairs house for $400/mnth and a downstairs apartment that was coming available on friday for $300/mnth. We asked about the dogs and said we would be willing to put down a bigger deposit for them. They told us there husband/father would be home in 30 minutes and they would talk to him. So we took the tour and as we were leaving the father pulled up and we agreed to rent the upstairs house with a bigger deposit. The apartment downstairs was probably more ideal but it wasn't available for four days which after the campground at $20/day would put us about the same price as the house. So we agreed to the house with the option to move into the apartment the next month. What a blessing, a fully furnished home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a full kitchen, and even a washing machine, a earthly blessing for sure. That morning I had called our bank and increased our debit card to $500/day, so we told the family we would ride into town and get part of the money and deposit today and the rest tomorrow, which was sufficient for them, and they were gracious enough to clean and prepare the house for us while we were away. So anyway we rode into town in the rain to look around, get money, and get familiar. We arrived back to the house, I rode my bike to get the van, and we began to move in. It was amazing, in one day to find a place and get settled into our new country, Praise Jesus. As we unpacked it was astonishing how much we had actually brought in that little van. Three bikes, a bike trailer, bike accesories, household goods, bath goods, sporting goods, food, pots and pans, electronics, lots of clothes, dog food and accessories, it was almost never ending.
So anyway we have a master bedroom with a bath, Mo has his bedroom next to us, and the third bedroom is the dogs room/garage. Then we have an additional bath, living room, dining room/office, and kitchen/laundry. So beautiful and much more than we could ask for.
We will be visiting other towns over the next week, Orange Walk, Belmopan, San Ignacio, and Dangriga, to see where God would have us live. Corozal is a great place and might be the eventual place we settle, but please pray for God's guidance, will, and a place of peace and hospitality.
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