Monday, January 26, 2009
January 25
We arrived in Belize yesterday. It was actually fairly cool for Belize: only 75-ish. We got out of the airport and hopped on the bus to head to the Hosanna House. Ingrid and Victoria were there waiting for us. We stopped for lunch at the Diamond Restaurant. Then we "toured" Belize City and saw the US Embassy. It's the biggest building in Belize.
We have a pretty large group this year. There are 12 of us. Two teenagers, two women, and 8 men.
When we got to the Hosanna House at around 4, the girls played catch (tag), then futbol (soccer). The men joined in later.
After dinner, we played some more soccer, had devotions, and went to bed.
Today, some of the men went golfing. The rest of us went to the little Mennonite church close by. At first, we drove past it, and the kids told us to keep quiet and not tell our driver. Eventually, (up)Chuck caved and told Mike (our driver) that we had passed it quite a while ago, so we turned around. When we got there, they were in the middle of Sunday School, and the kids didn't want to get off of the bus. We finally got them all off.
We got home around 12:30 and played some more catch and futbol. We ate lunch, then rode bikes with the kids. A lot of them went with Chuck, Michaela, and Monica on a walk to the river. It was very refreshing. On the way back they grabbed some tangerines off the trees and ate them. Most of the tangerines were pretty sour, but a select few were sweet with a bit of sour-ness.
Mr. Bob drove our team to see the worksites the men would be working on. We went out to eat in Dangerige and bought some ice cream. We got back late, so we had to skip devotions.
We have a pretty large group this year. There are 12 of us. Two teenagers, two women, and 8 men.
When we got to the Hosanna House at around 4, the girls played catch (tag), then futbol (soccer). The men joined in later.
After dinner, we played some more soccer, had devotions, and went to bed.
Today, some of the men went golfing. The rest of us went to the little Mennonite church close by. At first, we drove past it, and the kids told us to keep quiet and not tell our driver. Eventually, (up)Chuck caved and told Mike (our driver) that we had passed it quite a while ago, so we turned around. When we got there, they were in the middle of Sunday School, and the kids didn't want to get off of the bus. We finally got them all off.
We got home around 12:30 and played some more catch and futbol. We ate lunch, then rode bikes with the kids. A lot of them went with Chuck, Michaela, and Monica on a walk to the river. It was very refreshing. On the way back they grabbed some tangerines off the trees and ate them. Most of the tangerines were pretty sour, but a select few were sweet with a bit of sour-ness.
Mr. Bob drove our team to see the worksites the men would be working on. We went out to eat in Dangerige and bought some ice cream. We got back late, so we had to skip devotions.
