Once again
God has blessed us in Belize with an exciting and productive day in our work
for him. Today, just like yesterday,
began with VBS proceeded by an excellent breakfast of Belizean Fried Jacks
courtesy of Edith and Ms. Lupicia. VBS was as chaotic with every child bouncing
off the walls with boundless energy and vigor. Their youthful excitement was
especially prevalent when each crew of kids shared their cheer to be judged by
Craig and his “expert” panel of judges (the winner being “Fried Chicken, Watermelon,
Ice-Cream” team). God truly blessed us
in terms of attendance with every single child returning from Monday along with
ten new kids brining our total up to 52 and nearing our once lofty goal of 60
children. With so many kids our crew leaders were sometimes overwhelmed, but
God helped us persevere and continue to provide love that the children need
ample amounts of love they all need. (Thanks to Ann for the penguin walk to
keep the preschoolers in line).
Once all
the VBS kids had left, except for Derek and Eric who stayed to help, we
returned to the construction project at hand. We made good progress digging
yesterday, so for the construction, most of the work was in digging up the
tenacious layer of earth that remained below the upper layer. Once again we all
worked and sweat like few of us had done before, and due God’s role in
motivating each and every one of us as well as a great effort from the entire
team we were able to complete the digging. Now we only await the contractors to
come and provide the church with a brand new parking lot. The painting also
continued and good progress was made on it as well as we rallied to work
diligently until dinner.
After
dinner Sylvia lead us in group prayer to pray for each individual child by
name, their families, and their future. This session enabled us to truly talk
with God for the needs for every child in a more personal manner than normal
prayer.
By the end
of the day, I found myself anticipating the next. My experience here in Belize
and far exceeded by expectations, as I believe is the same for many of the
first timers. Belize is a wonderful place and I thank God for bringing all of
us here on this missions…OMG THERE’S A COCKAROACH ON MY LEG!
Prayer Request
1)
That all the children in VBS will be touched by
Jesus and choose to bring him into their heart.
2)
For the basketball tournament starting tomorrow
3)
For the general weather and environment to be
accommodating (bugs, temperature, rain, etc.)
- James Lo
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