I'm quite sure this will be our last blog while in Belize. Thank you so much to all who have followed us in this way and faithfully lifted us up in prayer. I'm not going to post pictures with this blog because the pictures I've loaded recently take about an hour to load. Those of you who have family members on the trip can rest assured that there has been no shortage of pictures taken so you'll get to see plenty of them in a couple days. Please let your children tell their stories...ask them lots of questions when they show their pictures.
Thursday was our last day of VBS at both of our sites. Pastor Wayne brought kids from Hope Creek over to Pomona for our last day as well. The singing was ear-piercingly loud and the kids had a great time. I doubt there has ever been that many people in Pomona Christian Community Church. Saying goodbye was tough for many of the students as they formed relationships quickly. A few tears were shed and many hugs were given.
Between our 2 VBS's we had an opportunity to tour the Marie Sharp's factory which is just a mile from Hope Creek. We supported their little gift shop quite well!
Today we got a chance to see glimpses of God's glory in some of His creation. All 33 of us fit on a boat in Dangriga which took us out 12 miles to Tobacco Caye. The snorkeling boats had all left for the day when we arrived but we still got in some good snorkeling just off the caye where the reef began. For about 8 people in our team, it was their first time seeing the ocean and it was a beautiful spot at which to see it!
We ended our day today at Miss Carmen and Joseph's wedding. The rest of our team from Punta Gorda joined us...in the end we actually only spent about 3 horus with them in Belize! Miss Carmen was the one who donated her yard for our Hope Creek VBS all week. One major adjustment for many of our students all week was the fact that we never really started anything on time. We did a lot of waiting! For example, we got going late from snorkeling and took awhile to get ready for the wedding. The wedding was scheduled to start at 4:00. When we weren't leaving our hotel until 4:35, we assumed we'd miss most of the wedding...well, they waited for us! The wedding actually got started at about 4:45.
We're on our way to meet in our family groups and then to bed for the night. Tomorrow we are going to sleep in, eat brunch, visit a tropical cave, and then do some tourist-type souvenir shopping. Sunday will be a day spent in airports and we're scheduled to land in Mpls at 10:30pm. We'll spend some time tying things up on Monday morning and will get back to Yankton around 7pm.
Thanks again for praying. See you all in a few days!
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