July 10, 2009

Last evening we took Alvaro & Elsa and their three boys out for dinner. We had a great time of fellowship and Dale was able to spend a couple hours talking with Alvaro. Alvaro brought me his "project" to format and get ready for his final presentation at Covenant Seminary in August.








This morning we went on a day trip with Albert & Romalda to Old Belize. It was a three-fold excursion. We needed to go to Belize City to the airport to pick up three packages of textbooks and a sewing machine that I had sent back in June through Harvest Aviation (a missionary support which flies out of Florida to missionaries serving in the Carribean and Latin America. )
Another purpose of our trip was to get Albert and Romalda away for the day for a much needed R&R. Also it was a perfect opportunity for Dale to spend time encouraging Albert .


Old Belize is a tourist sight on the other side of Belize City. It has a museum which takes you through the history of Belize and reminded us (just a little) of the Creation Museum in Kentucky.











These two shots are depictions of how the Mayan families lived - and not that long ago. Romalda told us that this is what her home looked like when she was growing up in Patchakan in the 1960's & 70's. She said these stick beds were just like the one she slept in and the kitchen shot very similar to her mother's kitchen.

We enjoyed a delicious lunch in the restaurant there (Rice & Beans!) and then spent about 4 hours at the man-made "beach" area that is also a part of Old Belize. Two hour drive there, two hour drive back - we are exhausted! But it was a perfect day!

Also, while we were passing by, we stopped to see the Unity Presbyterian Church in Belize city. This church is located next to the city cemetary in what they call the "burial grounds" area of town. Many very poor people living in really sad conditions, but a church that is growing and changing the looks of the area in which it was planted 4 years ago. They started a school which currently offers pre school through 2nd grade.
A team (from a PCUSA church in N. Carolina) was there working on the new school building.