Thursday in Belize

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Wednesday (day 1 of build) at the end of the day.

There are 4 walls, the house is up on 7 foot posts.

The other house is where the Bell's are currently living.  

Some of the team helping lead worship at the Wednesday evening service for Mt. Hope Community Church.  A few even led the children's ministry that night.

Thursday (day 2 of build) - Half of the team went to the house to continue with construction and half stayed at the mission to help with odd jobs. Chris and Kelly helped work in one of the library trucks sorting and organizing the books.We were even able to help Ms. Linda get the church library set up - she said she had been dreaming of starting one since she got here several years ago. It was such a blessing to help her get this set up. Others helped sort and organize donations.

The team was framed!!

The building crew returning for lunch ... you don't see 16 people piled into the back of a pick-up too often.

At the end of the 2nd day of construction, the house had glass windows installed, a rail around the porch, rafters and gables for the roof and the inside walls framed. And according to Becky - the house was also thoroughly swept! 

This evening, we went up to St.Ignatious for ice cream (!) and to walk around the town. There is a strong Chinese influence here with several restaurants and the grocery stores are "Chinese Markets." 

Our evenings end with song and devotions. In God's amazing way, the devotions are tying together. Even the ones that were prepared prior to the trip. The major themes have been trust and obedience. For a group of Americans who are used to many comforts and luxuries - there is a large amount of trust for our comfort. And obedience in doing what God wants us to do in spite of our own desires. As the mission team t-shirts say, "It's not about me." It's about sharing Christ with our actions. 

Prayer:

for the team - to trust God and be obedient with grace.

Chris - her legs were eaten up with bug bites (you can do an incredible connect the dots on them!) and they are starting to itch something fierce

The Bell family - as their house gets dedicated in the next couple of days.

Mr. Bell - healing. He has 2 months in bed. His wife only makes about $100/month to cover all expenses.

Team Members - various aches and pains from the physical labor.

Pastor Ron and Linda - there are 11 kids living in this house. Patience.