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It's been quite some time since my last post. The last two weeks have been a roller coaster. I'm very busy so I have to make this quick.Last week I was staying and working in Ladyville, where the airport is located. I worked with Ladyville Baptist church and pastor Maurice Westby. The team consisted of a few different churches under an organization called "Erin's gift of Hope". The organization was created a couple years ago in remembrance of Erin, a fifteen year old girl who was killed in a car accident. They were from New Jersey. The team wasn't real spiritually mature as a whole but they were quite the workers. They helped David put up forms to pour cement, the last part of the process before putting the roof on the new church. They also did a VBS in the morning. We did farming out at pastor's farm early in the morning, at like 6am. Funny thing- I was in charge of the farming, up early early everyday. It was a good week. A number of kids were quite chal...

Well it's Sunday evening, July 1st. I just got back from Corozal. Corozal is a spanish town on the northern border of Belize and Mexico. I was up there setting up for a trip in August, which my brother will be on with some of his youth! This past week I was assisting in a trip with Group Work Camps. Praying Pelican teamed up with Group Work Camps, the largest short term missions organization in the U.S. to bring 85 students to Belize City. The teams split and worked at three different churches in the area, serving in construction at the local churches and homes of those in need affiliated with the churches. It was a long week, and lots of work was involved. I was stationed at the Faber's road site for the entire week. The team I lead worked on the beginnings of a new fence around the church, building the foundation. They also served by connecting with a single mother of 11 children across the street from the church. They repaired leaks in her roof, painted the house inside and ...