It has been a soggy day in Belize! There was rain early this morning before we woke up, but when we got up at 6:45 am the sky was bright with sunshine. We left for Cornerstone around 8:30 and the sky was getting grey. It started raining just before we arrived, and soon the sky started pouring buckets of rain.
The aftermath was lakes everywhere and frogs croaking like we've never heard. Sounded like the cicada's (sp?) that we hear some summers in Pittsburgh. Very loud! I guess they were happy for all the extra water.
While I was working on the books in the library, a former student stopped by to visit with Dale. Here they are discussing the wonders of cell phones that have internet access.
We were invited to Veronica's for lunch. She had killed two chickens this morning to make her birthday lunch - one pot of escabeche and one pot of relleno. Delicioso! Dale had two bowls of the relleno, and when I sat down there was a bowl of each at my place, complete with a chicken foot! The meal was topped off with a slice of chocolate cake (Veronica's mother had baked for her) and a slice of cake from a quince años party they attended yesterday.
Felize CumpleaÑos!
We had a delightful time with Veronica and her family - son Zair, (one of our former students) two of her daughters and her two grandchildren. We are invited back for her birthday lunch next year! Hope we can come.
On our way back through town we ran into some more friends from Cristo Rey and we are invited there tomorrow for lunch.
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