Day 2 – Sunday, July 10, 2016
Our second
day in Belize was pretty relaxing and full of worship and sermons. We got up to
eat breakfast at 7:30 am and filled our empty stomachs with scrambled eggs,
toast, cereal, and bananas. Afterwards, we got ready to head to Lakeside First
Baptist Church – the lively church the Belize team visits every year. Just as I
remember from last year, the worship was as spirited and energetic as ever. I
actually got a bit of a headache because I was in the second row and the speakers
were blasting right in front of my face. Anyway, Pastor Rocke delivered a
message on how we have an obligation as Christians to reach out to people
around the world. We weren’t the only visitors the church had – an American
team from Kentucky was also visiting to evangelize and play sports. We got to
talk to regulars as well as interact with other foreigners.
After
church in the morning, we headed back to headquarters to rest up until our next
activity at two. We ate a light lunch of chicken noodle soup and either napped
or played basketball outside. At two we headed upstairs for BCCC’s service.
Members from BCE lead worship and Uncle Craig gave a sermon on being
fruit-bearers. It was a nice surprise because the founder of BCCC visited with
his wife and daughter from Alabama and told us the story of how the church was
founded. Afterwards, we had a huge potluck dinner with everyone who attended
service and got to talk to BCCC youth members as well as more BCE members and
the Alabamans. After dinner we chilled and hung out with each other. BCCC and
LGCC youth were doing silly things like arm-wrestling each other having thumb
wars and doing push-up challenges. Once the BCCC youth left, everyone kinda
went off and did their own thing – some were napping yet again others were
jamming upstairs and still others were talking and preparing for vbs.
At around
eight we gathered together for a short nighttime worship and reflection time as
well as planning for the next day. We sang Man of Sorrows, How He Loves, and
Heart of Worship to set the mood for discussion. We went around in a circle
sharing our individual experience and perspectives of the day. For example, Joe
had gone on a walk on his own and was able to talk to local Chinese grocery
store owners and ask them to come to BCCC and Pastor Dave and Uncle Craig had
an eye-opening conversation with a BCE member Oshain who has a big heart for
the people of Belize City and was sharing his concerns for the city and
expressing feelings of discouragement because of the poor condition of the
city.
We would
really appreciate it if you guys could pray for our health, protection from
mosquito bites since we will be out in the park tomorrow (WHICH IS FILLED WITH
MOSQUITOS AND SANDFLEAS AND ANTS), good sleep and good dreams, and high
attendance rate at our vbs. It’s only ten pm but it’s bedtime! Goodnight~
Peace
and love,
Mei
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