July 25, 2009

This last day in Corozal Town has been a busy one for us - and still will be. We were awakened at 5:40 am by some one weed-wacking right outside our bedroom window. Once we were up we had breakfast and started packing up for our trip home.



We spent last evening with Chayo and Amy. They will begin working at Cornerstone next week when Summer School begins. They are moving into our house as soon as we vacate it.
Please keep them in your prayers. This move back to Belize will be a big adjustment for them - especially Amy. Her parents (MTW) missionaries will be here for 2 more years, so at least Amy will have her mom nearby.



Back to this morning - about 9:30 Loli & Viany stopped by with Abdiel and Viany's mom (in picture) to say goodbye. We enjoyed visiting with them for a while and then a couple of former students of ours came by to see us - Herminio and Antonio Loza. They both graduated from Cornerstone last year and have spent a year working in the cane fields and for the papaya industry to earn enough money to continue their
education. Herminio, standing next to me, wants
to be a doctor! Antonio wants to pursue IT. It was so good to see them!

We had an invitation from Elsa and Tito to go to Patchakan for lunch, and they served us rellano - Dale's favorite. Elsa is in the picture dividing up the chicken and rellano into bowls while her cute little daughter Kristine looks on. We enjoyed our lunch, stopped by and saw Yadira (another teacher friend) and hurried back to town because we had to take a friend to catch a boat to San Pedro. We saw a couple manatee in the bay while we were there waiting for the boat - first time for me, Dale has seen them there before.


Late afternoon Albert & Romalda stopped by to say goodbye and ended up staying for dinner.
Nehru and his wife Norma were making us BBQ
chicken for dinner - so we all sat around our table

and had a wonderful time of fellowship and singing together. They all have just left, it's now 7:15 and we need to finish up our packing and cleaning up the house because we leave here in just twelve hours for a day of worship, fellowship, and fun with our San Narciso church family.


Tomorrow night we will be in Belize City and then fly out Monday morning - back to Pittsburgh. Pray for our last day here with our Belizean friends and for our safety as we travel to Altun Ha (by school bus) with the SanNarciso congregation, then on to Belize City to fly home on Monday.

Our next blog will probably not be before we arrive back home in Pittsburgh.