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Lamanai or Bust!

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Today was our cultural excursion to Lamanai National Park to visit the Mayan ruins. We took a very short ride from the hotel and were brought to a resort with boat launches on the river.  Sadly, this is where Dave and Nate had to leave in order to make it to the airport. Roldán was kind enough to take them. Farewell and blessings for a safe journey home! This is the boat we took up the river. Our guide told us that this river is one of only two in the world that flow from south to north. The boat ride took just over an hour in the blazing sun. Thankfully the driver was a speedster so we had a fun and breezy ride!  As we traveled up the river, our tour guide, Hermanio, talked to us about the wildlife, the history of his ancestors (he is an indigenous Mayan descendant) including an ancient Mayan sport named pok ta pok that is still played in competition to this day!  A jade religious artifact.  Stringray barb used to draw blood fr a female chief for sacrificial offering. 🤢 Hermanio also
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Day 4 Last Day of VBS

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 This week is just speeding by! It is already the fourth and last day of VBS. We have been blessed with an awesome team! Our team shout is appropriate “Yay God”!   The team was able to do a little bit of shopping before the afternoon VBS session. Of course, there was ice cream involved!  And…Froot Loops?  We were fascinated that eggs were sold in bags lol! We had 33 children come to this brand new little church today, along with several parents and grandparents. The joy from the children’s and adults’ laughter was a beautiful thing. It was definitely medicine for our souls! The children had lots of opportunity to hear God’s word while playing, singing and with the lesson and skit.    We even had a budding guitarist in our midst. When it was time to end the VBS, pastor Mark made balloon characters for all the kids. They were overjoyed and gladly waited while he and the team gave them each something special.        It was very emotional to end the program, because most of the children ha
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