Saturday was a day off. We start up again on Sunday for 6 days. So, we got up a bit later, went to church and headed to Blue River Cave for the afternoon. We attended the closest Adventist church to where we were staying; only a 10 minute walk. Although, after the 10 minutes, the sweat was soaking thru my shirt. Both English and Spanish speakers attend this church, so lots of translating. The main project for our group is building a new church for the Spanish speakers. That is where we will attend next Saturday.
The place was packed. A good, old fashioned church service. Lots of singing, special music by our group, and Jon, our Associate Pastor gave the sermon. Even tho there were 7 fans going and all the windows open, the place was sweltering. We are hitting 100 degrees now, with the humidity in the 90’s. HOT.
The real treat for today was the hike/climb/swim in Blue River Cave. This 75 acre parcel was gifted to a gentleman from the Mayans in the 70’s since he had been so kind to them. He has built some very nice cabins on the property for college groups to study the area and it is free of charge. He was actually at the river when we were there. Nice guy.
Looking out the entrance to the cave. Beautiful.
Rochell in her first caving experience.
A very interesting cave. Water runs through it at a pretty good clip, sometimes the water is deep, other times you walk. Everyone wears a headlamp so you can see where you are going. We went in quite a ways, good workout. Pictures are tough because of how dark it is. A few to give you an idea of what it was like. Very memorable adventure, actually.
Our best picture of what the cave was like
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