It's Veronica's birthday - and we were invited to lunch at her house. Several of her sisters were there, her mom, nieces and nephews, daughters, and grandsons. She told us several of them had arrived at 7 am! We got there at 12:30 and were handed, right away, the traditional plate of chips and cheese dip with a coke. Next, a bowl of escabeche, and then a plate of tamales, followed by two slices of cake - oreo and strawberry. It is always a joy to fellowship with Veronica and her kids. Zair (her only living son) was at the church helping to pour the staircase to the sanctuary, so he missed out on the festivities.
After lunch, and a tour of her daughter and son-in-law's new house, we went over to the church to watch them pour the cement staircase. It was like a three ring circus - a group of teens were having a pizza lunch under the carport at the manse, a group of men from the church and the team of men from Atlanta were working on getting the staircase cement work done, and the ladies from the team were holding a Bible School for the village children in the front yard and basement of the church. So much activity in one place!
We headed back to Corozal around 4, and took a short rest before we went to meet our friends Elsa and Tito for dinner in town. Our favorite Cactus Plaza was not open tonight - so no salbutes or tortas for dinner. Instead we went back to RD's - the kids (Kevin & Kristine) wanted pizza. We had another enjoyable evening with a young family we have come to love! After dinner we went over by the water where there is a small playground and let the children use up some of their energy.
Right now Dale is watching a soccer match on TV with Albert & Romalda - Mexico vs. Canada. We've had a full day!
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| Veronica, her daughters and grandsons. |
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| Singing "Happy Birthday" to the birthday girl. |
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| Elsa descending the stairs to Leydi's new house. |
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| Preparing forms for the pour, the one in maroon is Veronica's son Zair. |
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| Ring #1 - Bible School children playing games. |
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| Ring #2 - the cement mixing begins. |
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| Ring #3 - waiting for the next bucket of cement. |
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| The staircase being poured. |
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| Our friends Tito, Elsa, Kevin & Kristine |
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| Dale with Kevin & Kristine |
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| Puppies for Kate... |
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| A horse for Lindsey... |
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| Some soccer for Ryan... |
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| and a tractor for Jacob & Easton. |
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