More bugs and service...

Dana's perspective

Well, night two. Today has been a real eye opener, I now know why they have hot water taps in Belize, decoration. Yup, everyone looked at us like we had two heads when we asked about the hot water, "what do you need that for? It's already hot". Good point, man what a way to wake up.

We thought we would get a lay of the land find a map, some groceries, try and get past the ewww factor we've been feelin. While getting ready we discovered crabs in our back yard fair size ones too, they live in holes in the lawn. What? Any way lets go, we're outside start walking thump a snake falls out of the tree about 15 feet in front of us. It stands up like in the cartoons slithers away with its head about 10" in the air. We kept our cool, turns out it was poisonous, rare too. So I guess we were lucky to see one?

Well we went about the village it was fun, strange weather though. Sunny hot rain, all at the same time. While we were doing our best not to be touristy some one said spray for cockroaches before you leave for the day. Not more bugs please! So only hearing half the advice " spray for cockroaches ". We waste no time. So here is why you leave for a while, they don't like it when you try and kill them!! They get mad!! So picture the three of us back to back with a machete to defend ourselves while wave after wave of huge cockroaches come out of apparent thin air! There was a lot of weeping as many of you are thinking right now. Oh yeah nasty biting ants don't like it either. I'm not sure what demon liquid concoction that spray was but short of making them completely vaporize, I can think of nothing else that would be so effective. We're still finding dead roaches after our meeting, I haven't told Carlee and MacKay yet, there still reeling from the last assault.

The meeting was beautiful, the elders work so hard ( all 2 of them! ), the younger ones jumped right in after the meeting to clean. Oh yeah don't want to forget if you are here at the Kingdom Hall they leave the doors open, no screen for air flow. Well last night the largest flying beetle comes in to disrupt the meeting, no one paid it any mind. MacKay and I looked at each other with eyes as big as dinner plates, and I think B57 beetle knew it because you guessed it he flew right into me! You'd all be so proud no screaming or crying, I brushed if off, crushed it with a very loud crunch and the attendant, Joseph  picked it up like it was nothing and threw if away, our hero.

Well tomorrow big day in service, we'll let you know how it goes, we've been told over and over everyone loves to talk about the bible, Exciting! I've gotta go pick up some dead bugs for now, and reassure MacKay that the geckos on his walls will not fall in his open mouth while he sleeps. Now that he has me thinking about it I'm worried, considering putting toilet paper in my ears so nothing else can get in. What if it likes toilet paper?