by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 28, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 29 Life in the jungle: I started my morning as usual chopping in the coconut field. I ended up disturbing a nest of large wasps. I never got stung but I had a wasp come at me. He buzzed around me like a drone. I kept swinging at him with my machete but he...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 10, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 24 Life in the jungle: I started my morning by basically sending my paralegal one last threat about producing my corporation papers and my deeds. The business registry office is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I told him I was going to Belmopan on Thursday...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 4, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 16 Life in the Jungle: I didn’t sleep great last night. I woke up this morning determined to stick to a Sabbath habit I started last Sunday. I started reading The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. The book has been referenced many times in podcasts...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 4, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Sorry, almost no photos with this blog post. October 9 Life in the Jungle: It’s Sunday (of course). I was all prepared to head to the ponds to chop. Over the last few months, I have struggled with what a Sabbath is supposed to look like for me. In many ways,...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 19, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 4 Life in the Jungle: Waiting for a load of gravel to be delivered I planted seedlings in the coconut field. Saul from the village brought me a yard of gravel from the hardware store. He also brought me some lumber for my next hen house. The yard of gravel...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 17, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 30 Life in the Jungle: It’s amazing how I was so exhausted to do anything yesterday but it took so long to fall asleep last night. I don’t know what the temperature was last night but for the very first time since sleeping in a hammock, I needed...
