Good evening there! This is your temp DJ Angel An checking
in! Hope your day went well?!
Today was a very eventful day for the LGCC/SCBC Belize STM
team. We received lots of love from the
local Belizean church @ Lake Independence Baptist Church during our visit. THEY LOVE HUGGYS!!! Which I don’t mind at all. It was POURING rain outside and it made the
hugs temperature-bearable and made me feel at home. The pastor gave a message that was almost
like it was written specifically for us.
A memorable quote: “In heaven, there is not Chinese church or Belizean
church, so why are we sitting separately?”
When I heard that, I looked back, I was shocked at the racial
separation. @.@ It’s true, we like to hang out with people we
are familiar with, we like to hang out in our comfort zone. But if Jesus hung out in his comfort zone,
then how are we saved now?! If we hang
out in our comfort zone, then how are those who need our help be saved? You can’t say “oh, someone else can do it”, but
someone else is going to say the same thing and in the end nothing gets
done. So we mixed up our seating
arrangement and got inspired. During the
worship, which btw was completely island style (great drummer, base guitarist
and just a great set overall), I was DANCING! I couldn’t contain the joy that
was inspired by the people at LIBC. I
can’t say I’m completely in love with Belize yet, but I’m def likin’ it! People in general here are just real chill and
joyful – Island style!
We then had a service at the church we are partnering
with/living at (Belize Chinese Christian Church). BTW, side-tracking a little bit, I don’t know
if anyone mentioned the living conditions or food here in the previous blog
posts, but IT’S GREAT! I’m not
low-maintenance, so trust me when I say IT’S GREAT! Parents at home, qing fang
xin! Well, esp for girls at least. The fried chicken is soooo yummy! OK, I’m back.
I did the worship set with Pastor Brian and Matthew Chang. It was a great set in my opinion, esp. being the
first time worshiping with these guys in front of a fairly new crowd. Once again, I felt God’s presence and that
warmth in my heart.
In the late afternoon, we prepped for VBS that’s starting
tomorrow and will last for the whole business week. We spent hours learning the dance moves for the
singspiration songs. Lots of pressure because Matthew and I are supposed to
lead the moves without the actually videos and Matt is lacking. LOL JK.
He’s a guy, so I cut him some slacks, but Come on Matt! Ok I’m kidding again. Love the guy. Lots of preparation went into the making of
this. We brought all the supplies from
home, from crafting pencils to room decorations. I’m ready for VBS, so is
everyone else on the team. The skits are
gonna be awesome because we have some talented dramatic actors on the team –
Austin, Emmett and BJ. I’m excited.
PRAISES TO GOD! For blessing us with SUCH a nice team. I’m so glad and thankful for everyone on the
team. They make me think I don’t want to
go home! This is how comfortable I feel
here.
Please lift up the team though. It’s been storming for the last couple of
days, with today being the worst. The
roof is leaking as I’m typing right now, but it made the stay here so
interesting. This is to fully experience
Belize. The good news is, when it rains,
it’s nice and cool. But the bad news is
boys. LOL Ok, not just boys, but boys who
like to dance in the rain. I know it’s
romantic and all, but come one, xxxxx xxxx, I would rather not give away any
EmergenC if I have a choice. So peeps at
home, please lift up our health and our energy as we get into our main mission
of the trip tomorrow.
Thank you for your continued prayers, love and care for
us. Until tomorrow, stay cool!
God Bless,
Angel An
Praise God! Sounds like it was a mutually encouraging time together! The pictures are too small! lol
ReplyDelete