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Belize Mission Team 1: June 21 - 27, 2008 Saturday: Everyone got to Belize OK...after a 1 1/2 hour delay in Miami due to a light bulb being out somewhere on the plane. Here are some pictures of their arrival at the San Ignacio Hotel.
 Wednesday
was the end-of-school party. The children were treated to a piñata full
of candy andprizes; a special lunch furnished by ROWKIDS; more stickers
and balloon animals. Work continued on
the ceiling; a group painted one of the teacher's houses; work was
completed on the outdoor shower for the teachers; the young people built a
pathway between the school and the community center and one between the
teachers' houses and the school building. Once
again, it poured down rain but it did not stop the work crews and it did
not stop the football (soccer) game. The children, all, loved the back
packs full of school supplies which were donated by the members of St.
Andrew. One young man wanted a special thank-you written to the children
of our church: Children
of St. Andrew,
I got marvelous things in my bag...it was very nice of the children of
your church to do such a nice thing for us. It will help me start
school next year. I want to thank all of you. Adriel Mendoza
Thursday began with a tearful "see you
later" to Debby from the team...Debby left early in order to be at worship
service on Sunday to play the organ for the 40th anniversary celebration.
Work continued on the electric and plumbing, the doors and shutters were
began, the ceiling was finally finished and the first coat of paint put on
it. Allan LaCoe and crew replaced the sill on the rear of one of the
teachers' houses and a final coat of paint was put on, VBS was creating
bookmarks for the children back at St. Andrew and more fun with stickers.
 Friday
was only a partial day of work...the ceiling fans were installed, the
doors and shutters were hung and the locking hardware put into place.
Games were played with the children and all too soon "goodbyes" had to be
said. The route taken back to San Ignacio was different today...we went
across the river on a "man-powered" ferry instead of taking the bridge.
Of course, the ferry crew was more than glad to allow some of us to do the
hard work of cranking the ferry across the river. At devotions, this
evening, John said, "Back in September, when we started planning for this
trip, I told all of you that a little spark had been ignited in your
hearts...after this week, I see a bonfire in your hearts...I hope that
when you return home, you don't let the world put that fire out!"
Saturday was the day for goodbyes
from the Adult group and hellos from the Young Family group. After much
worries and projected delays with the group returning home, it all was
for naught. The Adult group flew out of Belize on time, made their
connection in Miami and were in Savannah before midnight. The only
problem was their cars were in Jacksonville...the drivers of the
vehicles rented a van and drove down to pick-up the cars and the others
took a shuttle home to Hilton Head.
Mission Team 2: June 29 - July 5
Sunday was fun day. Trip to Caracol and Rio on the Pools.
Watch for final Mission trip photos and postings the week of July 7... and in worship on July 20.
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Monday
The Young Family group arrived
and got through 
Monday
was the Young Family group’s first interaction with the kids of Billy White.
Because the kids were already out of school, attendance was low in the morning,
but word quickly spread throughout the village that the team was at the school.
The ladies of the group conducted VBS for 3 different age groups. The new
classroom was painted a cheery yellow, the outside of the classroom was painted
to match the rest of the school, work continued on the window and door openings.
Tuesday
surprised the team with a medical mission group from Ohio State University in
the Billy White community center. Scott Cummings felt that this was a God
moment because he and Wendy have been struggling with the idea of a medical
mission group…now he knows that it is meant to happen in the near future.
