Wednesday, December 28, 2011

SOGGY & HAPPY

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It was a Friday... the Sittee River day... and for those of you who forgot what Sittee River Day means... it means a 45 to 60 min bike ride to the service meeting. That means leaving Hopkins on bike at 8am. Well, we had a study in Hopkins at 9:30 so we decided we would meet the group in Sittee River around 11:30. The morning study went well, and we were now off to Sittee... and wouldn't you know the second we were out of town (too far to turn back) the heavens opened up with crackling thunder and BUCKETS OF RAIN! ha ha ha We were soaked!

We took shelter under a tree to wait out the storm... but this storm was too big to wait out! It lasted the whole day!

This is a typical scene in Maya territory: a handmade stove (made out of white limestone powder, and the water from washing the corn), with a fire in each hole, and a pot of beans boiling on top... except if you look closely a chicken has jumped up into one of the cooking spots and laid 19 eggs in the warmth :) ha ha ha when I first saw her I thought she was dead!

The same chicken....
Yes, can you tell I couldn't get enough of this chicken?! ha ha ha

While I was going nuts over the chicken, Sue and Azelia were going nuts over the cat... YUCK!

Another typical scene in Maya Center. It's the best territory: you eat while you preach! At various houses in the village you can buy fresh eggs, small sweet bananas, plantains, rice prepared all by hand, corn, oranges, etc. It's wonderful! This lady just hacked down a bunch of small sweet bananas with the machete :) she charged us $5 BZE which is $2.50 US

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