Well, we have been home for two days, and we are adjusting to life back in Fredericton! You will all hear more about our trip in the coming weeks, and we will post information on the bulletin board at the Cathedral this weekend. But in the meantime, here are a few pictures of our last day at St. Hilda's school.
We will be posting more pictures over the next few days, so please check the blog again soon!
On our last day at St. Hilda's, the staff and students held a wonderful thank you/goodbye party for us, which many parents and community members attended. While the kids were still in their classes, we decorated the wall of the school with flags, balloons, and a sign that said "Our church is praying for you!". Underneath, we taped up the prayer hearts that many Cathedral members created. We told the crowd that at the end of the presentations they could take the hearts home.
During the show, each class did a presentation for us; either a song, a dance, a skit, or a recitation. Here is the Standard 6 (grade 8) class dancing. Those kids can move!
As for us, Kurt spoke to the crowd to tell them about all of the love and prayers and preparation from the Home Team and the Away Team in Fredericton. We sang "O Canada", and we presented pewter Cathedral crosses to each of the teacher's at St. Hilda's. Then Robbie, Lionel, Natalie and Roan put on a puppet show (which they wrote)! There were so many kids that it was quite noisy, but as you can see from the pictures below, the kids loved it!
After the show was over, we enjoyed a picnic lunch with the community, and we saw many people (kids and parents) wearing the heart prayers. Several of the children asked us to read the prayers to them.
It was a wonderful send-off and way to say goodbye to the friends that we'd made last week. We feel very blessed to have had the experience of serving at St. Hilda's, and we look forward to continuing our relationships with the people we met in Belize.
Stay tuned: more pictures to come about our time at St. Hilda's, In His Will Ministries, and our other activities in Belize!
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