Some Young Ladies from San Pedro

Some Young Ladies from San Pedro
These young ladies danced for us in their traditional dresses

Belize Mission 2011

We completed another amazing trip to Belize. This trip was special because it was made by 10 friends who became even better friends. David & Beth Gains, Greg, Annette & Shawn Sargent, Dawn Ficorilli, Joni Oakley, Glenn & Tamera Turndrup and David Ahuja teamed up to go serve the people of Belize.

We continued our initiatives in the local schools. We moved into a new community, Cristo Rey, just one mile away from San Pedro village which is our home base. In Cristo Rey we partnered with two of the local schools to install computer labs in both school. One school got a completely new computer lab. we instaled new tables and 10 computers. The internet was connected by the local telecom the day we left. We also installed 5 computers in a school that already had a few old computers. The group taught some classes to the teachers and the students. Our second project was to have fun with Vacation Bible School. It was a huge success with over 50 kids turning out to have fun and to learn about the love of God. We also did some light construction work. We installed two basketball backboards and we did some construction work at a local tortilla factory.

On this trip we learned to understand patience. The trip started out with many challenges. June is the start of the rainy season in Belize and boy did it rain. We had monsoon like rain fall for 3 days. We worked in mud! but in one day the sun came out dried everything and we were able to accomplish all our tasks ...

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Preparations

The Belize team is busily preparing for our trip that is in just under a month! The construction team has purchased several items to assist with repairs needed in San Pedro, including fixing a basketball hoop. The computer team is preparing materials needed to teach computer classes to parents and set up a computer lab in a school. The kids camp team has decided what they will teach the kids during the week and they are now gathering materials.

This week God answered some HUGE prayer requests for our team!! We needed to get all of the donated computers and their custom made boxes ready to go by Friday and we needed to get some shipping details worked out. They had to be ready by Friday so they could be shipped to Mobile, Alabama and then sent on a ship to Belize. Thankfully, the packing all fell into place, and on Thursday we learned that a local company would donate shipping to Mobile! We are so thankful that God answered these very specific requests for us!

As we are preparing, would you continue to pray for us? We ask that you pray for the people that we'll meet in Belize, our projects and work in Belize, safety in traveling, final money to be raised by team members, and that God would teach us to love people!

Thanks for following us on this journey!!

-Beth :)
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