Saturday, January 27, 2007
The Muddy Buggy Ride
-Today was shrouded in work, culture, mystery of man and a Blast of Birthday delight at the close.
-The team was up as usual early this morning to have breakfast together and today our goal was to finish all our tasks we started.
-Rick and Don with the team of masons finished pouring the lentals at the church. I (Fonda) went down to the church site and got some cement mud to fill in a concrete wall where the electricians had to open to find wire.Robert and Mike finished the gate they had started on the back wall of the yard.Fonda and Carole then made a quick lunch so we could be on our way up the road to meet an Old Order mennonite who was going to meet us and take us to a Old Order Colony called Springfield.We got to the edge of the road and sure enough there were 2 wagons hitched with horses ready to take us to a different land and a differnet culture.We rode in the wagons back a lane approx. 4-5 miles through the most mud and muck of my entire life!We saw the homes and barns and buildings as if back in time a 100 yrs. ago. No electricity, water power and wind mill power.These families settled here in Belize as an Old order colony, they have big families, I talked with one lady who had 3 children and her 4th was on the way, she stated she came from a family of 16 kids and her husband came from a family of 15. They have hugh families,go bare footed and are not as cleanly a type as i am used Old Order mennonites. The mud was simply incredible.It was a very interesting venture. Later this evening we went to an ocean front area of Belize there were a few condos that were really beautiful and right on the water.Tonight after our evening meal we celebrated one of the girls birthdays we had cake, punch, and carmeled corn, I did some face painting on the kids we had devotions and played fruit basket turn over. There was alot of laughter and a fun filled evening. We are really packed up mostly now and ready to head for the air-port in the morning! We have a great filling of accomplishment and satisfaction for all the things the Lord has allowed us to do this week. Its not all about our work we have done, but alot about the relationships we had begun with a family of 10 girls and 3 little boys who don't have parents to steer and guide them through life's difficult road.WE have learned to love these kids. Signing off from Belize-your hostess Fonda Cassidy.
-The team was up as usual early this morning to have breakfast together and today our goal was to finish all our tasks we started.
-Rick and Don with the team of masons finished pouring the lentals at the church. I (Fonda) went down to the church site and got some cement mud to fill in a concrete wall where the electricians had to open to find wire.Robert and Mike finished the gate they had started on the back wall of the yard.Fonda and Carole then made a quick lunch so we could be on our way up the road to meet an Old Order mennonite who was going to meet us and take us to a Old Order Colony called Springfield.We got to the edge of the road and sure enough there were 2 wagons hitched with horses ready to take us to a different land and a differnet culture.We rode in the wagons back a lane approx. 4-5 miles through the most mud and muck of my entire life!We saw the homes and barns and buildings as if back in time a 100 yrs. ago. No electricity, water power and wind mill power.These families settled here in Belize as an Old order colony, they have big families, I talked with one lady who had 3 children and her 4th was on the way, she stated she came from a family of 16 kids and her husband came from a family of 15. They have hugh families,go bare footed and are not as cleanly a type as i am used Old Order mennonites. The mud was simply incredible.It was a very interesting venture. Later this evening we went to an ocean front area of Belize there were a few condos that were really beautiful and right on the water.Tonight after our evening meal we celebrated one of the girls birthdays we had cake, punch, and carmeled corn, I did some face painting on the kids we had devotions and played fruit basket turn over. There was alot of laughter and a fun filled evening. We are really packed up mostly now and ready to head for the air-port in the morning! We have a great filling of accomplishment and satisfaction for all the things the Lord has allowed us to do this week. Its not all about our work we have done, but alot about the relationships we had begun with a family of 10 girls and 3 little boys who don't have parents to steer and guide them through life's difficult road.WE have learned to love these kids. Signing off from Belize-your hostess Fonda Cassidy.
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