Friday, February 13, 2009

Mission Belize 2009

February 1
0615 Get up; 0700 breakfast. Bobby shared his life verse (Matt 16:25) "meant so much to him because he had lost his life trying to save it by his own means, and since giving it up to Jesus; got it back again." A few others share and then...
Time to go to More Tomorrow, and children's church. We arrive at 10am and start to open up the community building. Kids are already running our way. We have about 20 children before beginning and a few adults standing around, as Randy starts leading in some worship songs on the keyboard and guitar. The kids know them and are animated as they sing. Although the kids study and speak English in school, this is a predominately Spanish and Mayan speaking village. They are in for a treat, as our own Fred Zavala reads and tells them the story of Paul on the road to Damascus in Spanish. As he does so, he has the rest of our team acting it out!
After this Ralph and Bobby lead with the "butterfly" art and craft project of the day. We help each child build his butterfly, with as little or much help as he or she needs, and they start coloring their pictures of Paul struck by the blinding light, after they finish. The butterfly represents, they are told, that we are "new creatures in Christ." Just like Paul was!
After church we walked around the village and helped Randy measure and look at lots suitable for the new church, preschool, medical, multiuse facility he intends to build there for the fledgling chruch.
Back to the compound for relaxing afternoon of naps and walks across the swinging bridge to the confluence of the Belize River and Roaring Creek, a peaceful and beautiful site. There is also journaling, reading, washing clothes going on into the evening.
We've had a great, long, spiritually productive, and restful day. Thank you Lord!
Later I IM Colby to ask a computer question for the compound, and I'm informed who won the the Super Bowl. It seems rather unimportant, and a world away.
More Tomorrow!

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