Happy Independence Day! Boy, it has been a long and busy day. We left for Sunday School this morning at 8:30. Because we are sharing a vehicle with the Zantingh's, we had to drop them off in Patchekan before we went to San Narciso. Alvaro's church has been studying the ABC attributes of God and today they were on "E" for God's enthusiasm. At the end of the Sunday School time Alvaro went around and asked each person what they learned from today's lesson and it was really interesting to see the different ways God used the lesson in each person's answer.
After Sunday school we headed back to Patchekan where we were invited to eat lunch with the Zantingh's at Romalda's mom's house. Above is the kitchen where we ate lunch. This is where Romalda grew up and she said her whole family ( the Chan's had 13 children) slept in this thatch hut which is now her mom's kitchen. Pictured above are three generations - Romalda, her mom Victoria, and Brittany.
After a lunch of rice and beans (made over an open fire) we went to the outskirts of Patchekan to visit with Elsa and Tito and their children Kristine and Kevin. (This is the Elsa I work with in the school office.)
We then headed to Cristo Rey for the 4:00 worship service. Once a month four churches - Cristo Rey, Concepcion, Louisville and San Narciso gather together for a joint worship service. This is something Alvaro has instigated to bring the churches into closer fellowship. It was good to see many folks we haven't seen for some time and to renew acquaintances. They sing, pray, read scripture and have special music from the grupo juvenil (youth groups), then Alvaro preaches. Afterwards they eat a meal that the ladies of the host church provides. Tonight the food was - you guessed it - rice & beans. Actually, we needed to leave because of the car situation, but we were brought a plate of food for the road.
We didn't get back home until about 8:30 pm - it has been a long but enjoyable day with our Belizean extended church family.
After Sunday school we headed back to Patchekan where we were invited to eat lunch with the Zantingh's at Romalda's mom's house. Above is the kitchen where we ate lunch. This is where Romalda grew up and she said her whole family ( the Chan's had 13 children) slept in this thatch hut which is now her mom's kitchen. Pictured above are three generations - Romalda, her mom Victoria, and Brittany.
After a lunch of rice and beans (made over an open fire) we went to the outskirts of Patchekan to visit with Elsa and Tito and their children Kristine and Kevin. (This is the Elsa I work with in the school office.)
We didn't get back home until about 8:30 pm - it has been a long but enjoyable day with our Belizean extended church family.
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