It's Official...Changes in Latitudes

At the end of our last blog we shared this quote of Alan Cohen..."It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new.  But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.  There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."


In our past blog titled...Mayan Ruins, Monkeys and Ruins, we mentioned we were "up" to something, but we just couldn't share what it was.  Well, the time has come to share...we have found a house and a home in the Cayo District.  This will be an extremely busy summer for us as our target date is to be in Belize by the time school starts end of August.  We will be traveling light so we will be selling the majority of our material life away.


Although this is an exciting, exhausting time in our lives, there will be many "emotional" moments, as I (Mandy typing) don't handle good-byes very well.  I am sorry as many of our close friends will be hearing the news by this blog.  We just didn't have the time to call everyone personally to share the news.  For those we have personally spoken with and have followed us on Facebook and this blog, we are shocked that many of you didn't get it...come on...we were pricing dishes and refrigerators, and finding a church home for us!!!  Mike's official last day of work is July 28th.  As one of his favorite songs states. "I'm not calling in sick, I'm calling in gone."


We look forward to seeing everyone near and dear to our hearts during this summer.  Our future home has plenty of room for all our friends and family to visit.  We wouldn't have it any other way.  Yes, there WILL be a future bon voyage celebration.


In the meantime, we will have some fun with our situation. Do you ever watch "House Hunters International"?  Well, we will be playing the game with all our Facebook friends.  Let's see if you can guess which one we bought!


You may now have insight to the name of our blog "Our Belize Adventure 2011", it just doesn't include the research trip.  Stay tuned and follow as we post about the adventure of selling practically everything, and traveling with two dogs and cats to the small country of Belize.


Our Belize Adventure has only begun.