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Joel Diaz describes his experience in Jamaica with PPM
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Hear a testimony from Joel Diaz, a youth pastor who brought a group of his students to Jamaica in April 2012 to partner with a local church for a short term mission trip.
Most of you already know that this summer i'll be traveling to Belize, Central America, with Praying Pelican Missions. I began working with PPM in 2005, when I was a team member on a trip to Bermudian Landing with my brother Josh's youth group from Minneapolis. Last summer (2006) I worked as a summer intern for three weeks. This summer i'll be doing an official internship with Praying Pelican. I'll be in Belize for ten weeks; working with a variety of teams from various denominations, and numerous church bodies in Belize. Our leadership staff is very excited about the things that are going on in Belize. Many churches and teams have had impactful trips and are continuing to work in ministry with churches in Belize.As a staff member with Praying Pelican, I am a servant. As Paul himself declared in Romans 1:1 "a bond-servant of Christ, set apart for the gospel of God." Our staff exists to set up successful short term mission trips for Unites States churches, who ...
For those interested in what I'm doing in Jamaica- I'd love to give you a little update. Last week I served in the Old Harbour area of the parish of St. Catherine. I had three different teams from different churches- they were all fantastic. Our teams served in three different communities including Bannister, Hartlands, and Old Harbour Bay. The ministry activities including interactions with children through Bible curriculum, sports, crafts, etc. Our teams also engaged in physical work- constructing a chicken coop in Old Harbour Bay for a church member, building a sidewalk in Hartlands to help with the flooding situation, and doing some painting and helping construct porches on the church building in Bannister. God surely was at work through the week. One of our teams connected strongly with some young adult men in Old Harbour Bay through basketball ministry- playing games of basketball on a nightly basis which opened the door for relationships to be developed and seeds of th...
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