Sundays/Monday

     Sunday
Today the team went to a local church for our morning service and spent the rest of the day adventuring around Mayan ruins. The service was very engaging and was quite different than what we have back home. The sermon was great but the service was more inclusive than most services many of us have encountered.

     The Mayan ruins were also very cool. We climbed to the very top of the tallest ancient tower and as we looked out one side we could see Guatemala and Belize on the other side. We truly live in an awesome time in history where we can appreciate such history.

    After we went to a local restaurant called Hodes. It was an awesome time and everyone enjoyed sitting down and having a meal together after a great day of rest. From mike playing a large Belizean xylophone for everyone in the restaurant to Tracy getting called babe by our writers, laughs were had by all! We certainly enjoyed our sabbath down here in Belize.


Monday


Well it's the beginning of many of your work weeks and down here in Belize its the beginning of ours too!! Today was our first day that the team split up to take on a couple of different tasks. The first group of us were 7 that went to a local school. Half the day was spent learning about the school and meeting the kids. The other half we spent cleaning some houses here on the YWAM base to bless the staff here.
The staff here is absolutely amazing, it only seemed right to bless them as much as we can.
    The other 14 of us went to help Troy and a local contractor Darrell build his new bible school. The vision for this school has been developing for a few years and it is finally taking physical form. Many of the local ministry here have been ordained with little to no bible education and Troy, Barb, Carmen and Faye are seeking to change that. They are building a school that can teach pastors/priests across denominations the more mature teaching of scripture. Its an amazing fest of unity that 6 different denominations are supporting this and We get to be a part of it! After losing half a day waiting for delivery of bricks and rebar, we still managed to get 8 out of the ten walls stsrted. We worked hard and all were pleased and tired by the end of the day. Despite multiple doses of sun screen many of us still got burnt ; The Belizean sun is an unforgiving one.

     At the end of today we all went for amazing swim in the creek near the base and it hit the spot. It was truly something out of a movie. Hanging palm trees, crystal clean water, and soft sand beneath your feet and oh ya, 25 degrees. Are you jealous yet :)?