We didn't sleep much during the night
because of the noises from the strong winds outside.
When daylight came we slipped outside to take a look around.
Our trees planted a year ago were bent by the wind.
The small bushes too showed the affect from the strong winds.
Limbs and branches from the big fallen shade tree behind our house.
The top of the tree looked stripped of it's former beauty.
The fields behind our house were flooded.
We had a loud flapping sound from a loose shingle all night!
Our neighbor's outhouse got destroyed.
Our climbing spinach plant got stripped.
and flattened on the ground.
Our back yard held flooded water.
We were glad that the storm was more windy than rainy.
We took a morning walk around our neighborhood
despite the drizzling rain.
More clean-up awaits us on the church grounds.
Earl shaved this beautiful old tree.
Our neighbor's fallen tree.
A neighbor lost the roof to his working place.
Our dear brother in Christ, Patrick Veliz, is a hard worker.
He said, "I'm glad to be your servant."
We appreciated his ability to use his machete to clean-up.
Galen worked hard too!
When Phyllis was carrying branches
she felt something move at her fingers.
It was a worm the same color as the wood.
"It lives in the wood", Patrick told us.
Did you find that worm peeping at you?
What a big brush pile by the road!
We hope the community wagon will come and pick it up.
If not when it's dry we will have a huge bun fire.
Friends from Belize posted pictures of more flooding and damages.
We will surely see more as we travel to the Belize airport
to pick up Tim and Julie and the boys on Saturday.
