July 9, 2016
Hello all! We are safely in Belize today even though we had
a few setbacks. But God helped us get here on time nevertheless. Our San Jose
to LAX flight was delayed one hour, and the layover time to the next flight was
only 15 minutes. We were pretty worried. However, due to lots of construction
at LAX, our connecting flight to Belize was also delayed almost an hour, giving
us enough time to make the flight which left at about 1 am, and get to Belize
at around 7 am Belizean time (Or 6 am our time). Due to the nature of our
flights we were all exhausted, with little sleep and someone even said it was
the worst night of his life. Fortunately for him and for us, we were able to
nap when we got to the church we would be staying at, and then we were welcomed
with a nice delicious breakfast of Belizean breads and an egg scramble.
After we ate, we met with Belize Camping Experience in the
early afternoon to go over details and the vision for the upcoming VBS.
Unfortunately the power went out as a chord disconnected over the street and
fell off. We were all safe though. But it was still so hot without air
conditioning. Fortunately the power went on pretty smoothly in about an hour or
two, so we could experience the rest of the presentation in a nice air-conditioned
room. We also learned the fun camp theme song dance.
After the presentation, we went out for an early dinner at
Friendship Chinese Restaurant. The fried chicken was very good and everyone was
very happy after a long day. It was fun because the sodas came in these tall
glass bottles, which we had fun drinking from and playing with. Afterwards we
walked to Brodies, a local grocery store to get some snacks and essentials that
people forgot to pack such as water bottles and toothbrushes. We were able to
relax after dinner back at the church. We had some worship and debriefed.
Our prayer requests are good rest for everyone on the team
to be ready for VBS on Monday, and also for God’s protection so everyone will
be safe. The heat adjustment is making us tired, so please pray for us to have
energy. Also praise God, for getting us
here safely, on time, and for helping us get through the short power outage
safely!
-Caleb Yang
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