Belize Days 5-6: Saturday & Sunday, July 10-11, 2010

Well, after 2 more days without internet we are back up again. Here's the scoop on Saturday and Sunday ...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Same morning routine today. When the teams went over to the worksite, however, I stayed behind to finish up my message prep for this evening’s youth service and tomorrow’s church service. I joined the teams around 11am. They got the roof of the veranda finished today, got sheetrock up in the upstairs, and ran a lot of electrical wires. We also got the Fritzler’s fence painted for them, and did more Christian Education prep. After lunch we went back to the camp and changed into our swimming suites, then headed about 10-minutes away to a resort. There was a leopard there, a couple of monkeys, and gorgeous exotic birds. After checking them out, we swam for about an hour-and-a-half, then stopped by the Belizian version of 7-11 for some drinks and snacks. Back at camp we cleaned up and then had pizza for dinner. At 6:45pm we were picked up by the bus and taken to Ron’s church where we participated in the youth service. I preached, and the students joined in all of their games and activities. Good times! Back at camp we did a run-through for tomorrow. The majority of the team will be running the children’s service. Jeff, Mike, Ady, and I will do worship and I will preach in the adult service. Two other teams that are here right now will also be at church with us, and the team from Oklahoma (staying here at the camp with us, called World Impact, coincidentally ... really cool people!) will be doing some dramas and sharing a couple of testimonies in the service as well.

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

2pm - Once again same morning routine. Sam led devotions and prayer, and was quite good and funny. At 8:45am Craig picked up six of us - the worship team and two of the girls to go get set up for church. The rest of the team was picked up at 9:15am by the bus. Our team led the children’s service, and also led the worship and I preached in the adult service. After two opening songs, the team from Oklahoma did two dramas and then we did more worship before the message. The service went really well, and we could really sense the presence of the Lord. The team did a great job with the children’s service as well. They led songs, did some of their dances, shared some Bible stories, and gave testimonies. I was very proud to hear that they went all out and held nothing back. Pete and Dylan even did aerobics with the kids, which I heard was ridiculously hilarious. During the bus ride home many of the children had their balloon animals in hand with smiles on their faces. We had lunch at the Fritzler’s home. Our afternoon plans to do a Spanish service were changed, so Bob went with Craig to a church about a half-an-hour away to see if they wanted to help them at their evening service.

11:45am - This afternoon we enjoyed some free time, so a few of us got to catch a nap. At 5pm we had dinner, and at 6pm we were picked up and drove to a Spanish church where we did two of our dramas, I preached, and Adriana interpreted. It went very well, and the church was very grateful. Back at camp we had a team meeting to debrief, several of us had tea as our voices are shot, and Mike Fenimore and I started working on writing a song. He wrote the music, and I am working on the lyrics. At 10pm the other team staying here at the camp joined us for a night of worship. Mike, Mike, and Jeff led with two of their students and it was really awesome! Everyone really engaged with the Lord. I then had everyone partner up with someone from the other team and pray for one another. It was really cool to see them encouraging and ministering to one another.

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