Church & Caves

Journal #20

Church & Caves

January 22, 2012

Church & Caves

This morning we had a continental breakfast at the hotel which consisted of an egg sandwich and orange juice. I CANNOT wait to get home and eat the amount of food that I normally eat! While I know that I eat more than I should, it really gets me feeling sick throughout the day if I don't have enough...

After breakfast we headed to a Cathedral in Belize City. It was an Anglican Church and it was the first time I had ever been to an Anglican service. It was a lot of fun, the church was pretty, and it was a completely different experience than I have ever had before. We had at least three different books that we had to keep referring to, and it was a challenge to figure out which book they were talking about or reading from. The sound system was not working, so it was hard to hear what they were saying, and not being familiar with such a church, there was lots of sitting and standing. As soon as we would stand up we would have to sit right back down, and because we were sitting at the back of the church, it seemed that by the time we sat down we had to stand back up!

After church we went to the Best Western Hotel because they had a restaurant there. There we went to the outside serving line and were able to choose lobster or chicken, rice and beans, mashed potatoes, cole-slaw, dinner rolls, and flan. The food was very good and we appreciated a good meal!

After lunch we hurried back to the hotel to change. We were to change into our swimsuits and grab a towel. We were picked up by a local tour company who drove us to go CAVE TUBING! This is something that I did not know much about, but I have been super excited for. We drove forty-six miles to get to our destination. Once there, we walked a little over two miles carrying our tube, life jacket, and head lamp. Once we reached the river, we jumped in and started down the river. It was lots of fun to go through giant caves with only the little light that the head-lamps put off. It was awesome to travel through a cave for minutes and minutes, then to come to the opening where we could see daylight and trees! It reminded me of John 8:12 that says, "When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said,
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Once we were finished cave-tubing, we loaded back onto the buses and headed back to the hotel.

After we had a chance to get cleaned up from cave-tubing, we walked about five minutes to get some pizza. There was a nice supermarket beside the pizza shop, so Sarah and I bought a few “side items” (chips and colby cheese!) to go with our pizza.

After dinner we packed what we would need for the next three days into tiny bags that will take the water-taxi with us tomorrow!