July 5, 2012
Today was an interesting, but very rewarding day! We started off our day a little slow being that we had no water for over 24 hours. You don’t realize how hard it is having no water until you try to flush the toilet, wash breakfast dishes, take showers, brush your teeth. . . It was interesting to say the least. Paul and Mark met some people to go see if they could get the water problem resolved. They were gone for several hours, had to hike about one mile into the jungle to the waterfall where the water source starts. On the way there, they met a man with gun who was looking for a jaguar, which was seen in the jungle. After clearing a path through the shoulder-high jungle with a machete, they had to dig out a lot of sand which had infiltrated the system due to heavy rains. They were successful and about 10:30 a.m. the water began flowing again at the guest house. What a relief! Everyone else continued to work on Bible school preparations, team devotions, hanging out with the Hosanna House girls, and there was a steady stream of people heading to the shower!
Today was the last of our 4-day Bible School. We hosted 2 Bible school programs, one at the chapel close to Hosanna House and one in the city of Dangriga, which is about a 25-minute drive from where we are staying. The team at the chapel averaged about 25 children for the week and the Dangriga team averaged about 37. Matthew and Lauren Phillippy taught the lessons this week where we highlighted the miracles of Jesus. The children had a lot of fun as we performed dramas, sang songs, played fun games, and made crafts. There were several children who never heard of Jesus and many who were very familiar with the miracles we were teaching. We taught the salvation message on Wednesday and invited the children to make Jesus their savior. Today was our last day with the children. It was an emotional day for many of us saying goodbye to these kids with some of them asking when they would see us again. All in all the teams felt VBS went very well and the kids had a lot of fun learning about Jesus.
We had to say goodbye to another friend this morning. One of the Hosanna House girls, Abigail, left to return home. She is actually an American girl who will be returning to Missouri to live with her cousin. She is a very sweet girl who many of us had the pleasure of getting to know. Please pray for Abigail as she makes the transition from Hosanna House back to the States.
Our day ended with spending devotional time with the girls. Bekah lead devotions on how Christ comforts us and is our best friend. She used the illustration of a flower and how each petal may look the same, but up close, there are many differences, just like each of us. God made us all individuals, but gave us talents to share to work as His team. This is what we have experienced in Belize. 17 individuals came together to form a team to do God’s work in Belize. Even though we are all different, God’s mission is being accomplished thru us as we lean on Him and allow Him to work through us.
Thank you for uplifting us in your prayers as we are away. We have several more days here and will spend much of our time with the girls from Hosanna House.
Linda, for the team
Today was an interesting, but very rewarding day! We started off our day a little slow being that we had no water for over 24 hours. You don’t realize how hard it is having no water until you try to flush the toilet, wash breakfast dishes, take showers, brush your teeth. . . It was interesting to say the least. Paul and Mark met some people to go see if they could get the water problem resolved. They were gone for several hours, had to hike about one mile into the jungle to the waterfall where the water source starts. On the way there, they met a man with gun who was looking for a jaguar, which was seen in the jungle. After clearing a path through the shoulder-high jungle with a machete, they had to dig out a lot of sand which had infiltrated the system due to heavy rains. They were successful and about 10:30 a.m. the water began flowing again at the guest house. What a relief! Everyone else continued to work on Bible school preparations, team devotions, hanging out with the Hosanna House girls, and there was a steady stream of people heading to the shower!
Today was the last of our 4-day Bible School. We hosted 2 Bible school programs, one at the chapel close to Hosanna House and one in the city of Dangriga, which is about a 25-minute drive from where we are staying. The team at the chapel averaged about 25 children for the week and the Dangriga team averaged about 37. Matthew and Lauren Phillippy taught the lessons this week where we highlighted the miracles of Jesus. The children had a lot of fun as we performed dramas, sang songs, played fun games, and made crafts. There were several children who never heard of Jesus and many who were very familiar with the miracles we were teaching. We taught the salvation message on Wednesday and invited the children to make Jesus their savior. Today was our last day with the children. It was an emotional day for many of us saying goodbye to these kids with some of them asking when they would see us again. All in all the teams felt VBS went very well and the kids had a lot of fun learning about Jesus.
We had to say goodbye to another friend this morning. One of the Hosanna House girls, Abigail, left to return home. She is actually an American girl who will be returning to Missouri to live with her cousin. She is a very sweet girl who many of us had the pleasure of getting to know. Please pray for Abigail as she makes the transition from Hosanna House back to the States.
Our day ended with spending devotional time with the girls. Bekah lead devotions on how Christ comforts us and is our best friend. She used the illustration of a flower and how each petal may look the same, but up close, there are many differences, just like each of us. God made us all individuals, but gave us talents to share to work as His team. This is what we have experienced in Belize. 17 individuals came together to form a team to do God’s work in Belize. Even though we are all different, God’s mission is being accomplished thru us as we lean on Him and allow Him to work through us.
Thank you for uplifting us in your prayers as we are away. We have several more days here and will spend much of our time with the girls from Hosanna House.
Linda, for the team
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