Day 3 Sabbath

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Here is what happened on Sabbath.

Boy, oh boy, did we ever get a rude awakening this morning! About 5:45 one of our guys got up to go to the bathroom, only to discover that the entire room was covered in about 4 inches of water. As if that in its self was not enough of a disaster, there were about 30 sacks of dry cement stacked on the floor. Joe Martin sent out the SOS, and all the guys shot out of bed and were on duty in less time than it takes to tell. It took almost 2 hours to get things under control. One of the toilet valves did not shut off properly, and it continued to run the entire night. Fortunately we were able to get the cement powder out of the saturated paper sacks, and very little of it was actually lost.

After a good breakfast, we left for church by about 9:25. Kids were given the option of attending the campus Spanish church, the campus English church, or the Spanish church in downtown Corozal. All but about a dozen went to the English services where Joe Martin preached. The two campus churches are no more than a 6 minute walk from our living quarters. Many of the locals remember us from years past, and some of us have made friends with them over the years, so church is somewhat of a reunion.

We went home and had a wonderful Sabbath dinner, rested for a few minutes, then loaded the bus for a 45 minute drive to the Mayan ruins. The ruins are not exactly on the kids’ “bucket list”; they are pretty low key. Kids were able to splash around in the ocean, climb coconut palms and pick a few to worry open, climb the pyramids and mounds, and more. Before departing we had our sundown worship in a gazebo by the ocean. Great times.

The plan was to take the kids to town to visit the ice cream parlor and walk around a bit. Not to be. There was some kind of fiesta at the center plaza, and many of the shops (including Sunny’s Ice Cream) were closed. So we just hung out at the place and played some table games.