We were up and at 'em bright and early this morning! Here is a little of Cabin 17 morning procedures...
Breakfast was at 7am Monday-Wednesday morning, so it would start off about 4am with the yellow bellied sap suckers knocking the heck out of our roof. We found out that when they did this it would scare the bugs in the roof and they would eat them. I am not kidding when I say it sounded like a machine gun going off over your head. Depending on whose cabin they chose, the volume changed with location. Along about 4:45 or 5, the other birds in the area (quite a variety) would start they "singing". The alarm (which we really never needed) went off at 6. Barb was first in the shower. The shower head was interesting. The water was heated in that part, so most mornings we didn't wait long enough to get a "warm" shower.... When Barb was done, I jumped in the bathroom. When I walked out, Megan took her turn and last, Ellie would roll out of bed. We were all ready by 6:55 and headed down for breakfast. No one really cared too much about their "look" as the humidity, rain and heat truly determined the "look" of the day. I said thank you many times to GOD for my curly hair!
We were supposed to have church with the entire school, but due to the rain the infants 1 and 2 (grades 1 and 2) did not attend. We all pretty much squished under the tent. The rain stopped and we were able to worship and praise God for all the things He has provided. 3/4 of the students are not Catholic, but they were respectful and participated throughout our worship time. To have little kids sing songs of praise sure does my heart a bunch of good! :)
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| David giving the homily (photo credit: Kiefers) |
The infants 1 and 2 and standards 1 and 2 (grades 1-4) had their field day this morning after mass. They loved all the activities and sure didn't want it to end.
The painting was finished and much of the computers were taken care of. We headed back to Windy Hill for a late lunch. After lunch many went into the town of San Ignacio to wander around. I was able to hang out with a group and found a very cool cross. The cross is made with the word Jesus and the 1st s makes the vertical part of the cross. It is made of a type of wood that can not be exported from Belize because of the small amount of trees there are. We headed back to Windy Hill in time for dinner.
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| Kim in San Ignacio (photo credit: Schweiger) |
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| Pat and David in San Ignacio (photo credit: Schweiger) |
After dinner, Jason (the chalk guy) created another awesome drawing for us. The theme was Chasing the Lions. (there is a book by that name)... Now, Jason and Deacon David did not discuss prior to the trip what this night's topic would be, but Deacon David had a strong feeling that he should bring along these laminated quote pages. He wasn't sure why he was supposed to bring them as they really had nothing to do with what he had planned for the evening. When Jason started talking Deacon David's jaw dropped... Pat ran back to their cabin to get the copies of the pages and the two just meshed together! It gave me the goose bumps! Chasing the Lions means to look at the difficulties in your life and use them in ways others never thought you might...
Great ending to an awesome day!
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