by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 28, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
November 3 Life in the jungle: I woke up at 6 AM and did a walk around. The yard is a complete disaster with many mature trees down. The river lot is basically decimated. Virtually every mature tree is destroyed. Besides debris, only two large trees in the coconut...
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...
