July 22

Another action packed day! Our friends Elsa and Tito had us to their new home in Patchakan for lunch. It was such an enjoyable visit! Elsa and her mom made Dale's favorite - Rellano. (Stewed chicken that has been stuffed with sausage and hard boiled eggs and a spicy black ricado.) Elsa and her mom spent the morning preparing it. They had to do it at Elsa's mom's house, which is about 2 blocks away because Elsa doesn't have electricity yet or running water. They are very proud of their new home.

And, of course one of our favorite Belizean "ninos" is Kristine, their daughter. But, back at the work site- the team was getting a lot done today. They poured about 50 feet of sidewalk. They were very thankful for the breeze that was blowing and the occasional cloud cover. A couple of the really hard working ones did some book repair work for Carla in the library ...

While the rest of them did a little manual labor outside in elements. Here is the group filling buckets with rocks and sand to mix with water and cement....

Then a few more of them wheeled it over to the sidewalk area....

Where a Belizean worker is waiting to help them dump it in the forms...

and here is some of the finished cement work. It poured rain about 30 minutes after they had made the last wheelbarrow dump. The cement now has a nice raindrop texture!

Finally, here they are getting ready, in the living area of their "home," to listen to Carla give a Power Point presentation on the history of the Presbyterian Church in Belize. It really helped to show the team that what they are doing here in Belize is important! They also are having a good time with 60 to 70 children (so far) in Bible School in Chan Chen Village. (Sorry, no pictures, we don't go with them to Chan Chen)