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Belize Rainforest

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Transition, Purpose, and Laughter

When two dozen people go to the Belize rainforest to discuss wealth and justice, while also spending their evenings talking about seemingly insolvable issues like Middle East peace or child exploitation, it’s either going to be an amazing experience or an absolute explosion of entrenched opinions and logistical challenges.

Thankfully, no doubt in large part because of your prayer, it was an amazing experience.

The second annual Junkyard Wisdom Belize went off without any logistical challenges, thank God.

More importantly, the people who came had a wide range of opinions and perspectives, but a shared love for God …

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Jaguar Creek Honored by TripAdvisor

Jaguar Creek has received the Certificate of Excellence award from Trip Advisor! Very, very cool for Jaguar Creek to receive this award. It’s a testament to the amazing team in Belize and all their hard work. I’m proud of them and honored to work with them!

Here’s more from the Jaguar Creek website:

We’re very excited to have earned, for the first time ever, a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor. We could say a lot more about this – like how awesome our staff is, and how they work to make sure every guest feels at home and well taken …

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The Founding of Jaguar Creek

The folks at Jaguar Creek recently asked for my reflections on the early days, so I drafted this for their blog. Seems worthwhile to share it here as well.

It was nearly 25-years ago when the phone call came. I answered with a simple, “Hello?” and the crackly voice on the other side said without any preamble, “I found it.” The voice was my friend Kirk calling from Belize. He and his wife had been searching for a unique property in the Belize rainforest so we could build an environmentally friendly research and education center. The goal was to have …