July 23

As our time here in Belize winds down to just a few days, we seem to be getting busier. This morning our day in the classroom began with singing, and instead of singing to the music of a CD, as is our custom, Caleb Crawford came up to the room and accompanied us on the guitar.

The hard working First Reformed team got another span of sidewalk poured this morning, and the ladies got a lot accomplished in the library repairing and numbering books - however the news of Katie, JJ & Eric's nephew going into heart transplant surgery changed the mood a bit. They stopped what they were doing for a time of prayer for little Robby. We were thankful to hear just a short time ago of how well God answered those prayers and Robby is doing well post surgery.

Dale and I left the school around 11 am to go to Cristo Rey. We needed to pay a visit to Rueben, a Cornerstone teacher who was hurt in an accident over 4 weeks ago (broken kneecap, ankle, and nose) and has been in bed ever since. He still has another week before they will put a cast on his ankle and he will be allowed out of bed.

After that visit we drove over to the other side of the village to the Nah's. Natalia and Hilario had invited us for lunch today.

Natalia made us Salbutes - another one of our favorite Mayan foods. While we were there, a Chinese pastor friend from Taiwan stopped by and we had a fun visit talking about the differences in the way Chinese prepare food - and the unsual things they eat - snake, cat, dog -can't even remember how we got on that subject, but it went on for quite a while.

After classes were over for the day, we went refrigerator shopping with Carla. First to Courts, then home to measure her fridge, then back to Courts, who wouldn't be able to deliver until next Wednesday. She needs one sooner so we went to Cinty's, then to the Cinty's around the corner, then to an Indian appliance shop, and to another Indian appliance shop up the street where she FINALLY found one they could deliver sooner. Then we had to go to the bank to get some money to pay for the fridge, went back and paid the man - and by then we were hot and hungry.

After dinner at RD's, we arrived back at Carla's to find Loli and Viany and Abdiel waiting for us. Viany had made me a beautiful set of pillowcases. (They are a couple that live in San Narciso and attend Alvaro's church.) We have spent the past two hours visiting with them,

and some of the FRPC team members stopped by to use the internet and had fun interracting with Abdiel. He is a precious little boy.
We promise to have more pictures of the team tomorrow. It's been such a busy, but fulfilling day.