I am sitting here thinking aobut the next week. This is totally not what you should do in Belize. Just get up tomorrow and see what the day will bring. I have been doing this - mostly because whatever I have planned seems to get put on the back burner anyway. I want to go throughout the neighborhood and map out the homes and try to tell who is living where and find the preschoolers and babies. I need to follow up on the 20 children from last week. I want to get organized. I need to go find my missing child from Friday if he is not at school tomorrow. Ok - i will stop.
I went to the Holy Cross church service today. The children sang - "this is the day that the Lord has made" sounds even better in Spanish. Then we went to Rendevous restaurant on the north side of the island to a benefit concert by Jill Holly. Just a singer-songwriter that was coming to Belize and decided to do a concert for the school while she was here. It was relaxing and fun. I ate BBQ chicken, slaw, beans and tortillas from the stand by Richies. I love sunday as everyone has bbq chicken for sale - street vendors are the best...did i mention that all that food was $4.50 US?
The sun is shining!!!!!! I actually laid out by the pool for about an hour. I do not even have a tan yet!
Pray for me and the children and the school. Love y'all, Kim
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this sounds great. So what groups do you have coming down to provide services.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful Sunday. I missed being at Living Word--and I sure needed my super spiritual charging by now. I think I am on the mend finally, however, so should be able to get back in the swing of things.
ReplyDeleteMapping out that neighborhood is something I would have loved to have done! Have a great week.
The song is lucille by Kenny Rogers
ReplyDeleteIn a bar in Toledo,across from the depot,
ReplyDeleteOn a barstool she took off her ring.
I thought I'd get closer
So I walked on over.
I sat down and asked her her name.
When the drinks finally hit her,
She said,"I'm no quitter,
But I finally quit living on dreams.
I'm hungry for laughter,
And here ever after
I'm after whatever the other life brings."
In the mirror I saw him,
And I closely watched him.
I thought how he looked out of place.
He came to the woman
Who sat there beside me.
He had a strange look on his face.
The big hands were calloused,
He looked like a mountain,
For a minute I thought I was dead.
But he started shaking,
His big heart was breaking,
He turned to the woman and said,
"You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field.
I've had some bad times,
I've lived through some sad times,
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille.
After he left us,I ordered more whiskey.
I thought how she'd made him look small.
From the lights of the barroom to the rented hotel room
We walked without talking at all.
She was a beauty,but when she came to me
She must have thought I'd lost my mind.
I couldn't hold her, for the words that he told her
Kept comin' back time after time.