Buenos Dias Belize: July 14, 2013

Last day in Belize - it rained the first day we were here, it poured the last day we are here.

Had a good lesson this morning at Sunday school in San Narciso. A team of 14 from Omaha are at the church this week(arrived yesterday). We were divided into 6 groups of 4-5 people and each group had to discuss and cross reference verses on WSC question #82 "Is any sin greater than another?" It was really good to hear from each group and their insights - first in Spanish and then English, representatives from each group explained what they had discussed. Sunday school meets from 9 am to 11 am every Sunday morning.

For lunch we drove out to Patchekan to eat lunch in Romalda's mom's kitchen. Dark clouds were forming in the south as we drove the 8 miles or so, and just as we arrived the clouds let loose and did not let up for a couple hours. There was water everywhere! But we did have a delicious lunch of stew chicken and rice and beans cooked over an open fire. It smelled so good in Mrs. Chan's kitchen! It brought back memories of camping trips in the high mountains of Colorado when I was a kid - it often rained like that in the afternoon and we were stuck in the tent smelling the smoke of the campfire until the rain passed. We had to wade through about 4 inches of water to get to our cars.

We went back to the Zantingh's for a short afternoon rest and to start packing for our trip home. The worship service tonight was held in San Victor at 4:00 (instead of 6), which meant we had to be in San Narciso at 3:15 to catch a ride with everyone on the school bus. It was still raining and the pot holes were full of water and rivers flowed along side the roads. Alvaro drove the bus and teased us that, if he got stuck in the mud, he would have plenty people to push the bus out of the mud. There was one spot on the road home that I thought his tease might become a reality.

Dale did a great job preaching tonight to a crowd of about 40 people. He preached on Phil. 3:1-10 - on Christ, our Righteousness.

In San Narciso, after church and the bus ride back, we said goodbye to many of our friends and headed back to Corozal to finish packing. It will be an early morning to make the two hour trip to the airport and head home.

It has been a joy and a privilege to be in Belize again this year! Thank you all for making us feel so welcome, and a special thanks to the Zantingh's for their friendship.