Mission Day in Belize | January 20, 2015
Autor: Samanta Mauren | Publicado: 2015-07-31T15:27:00-03:00

Hi everyone,

I hope you all are doing well.

Today I'll share about our mission day&nbsp;&nbsp;(NMI Work &amp; Witness Cruise, Northeastern Indiana District Church of the Nazarene) in Belize!

Here we go!




Belize


The Lord has done it this very day;

&nbsp; &nbsp; let us rejoice today and be glad.

Psalm 118:24




Belize's flag

We woke up very excited about what God was going to do that day.

Differently of Cozumel, where the Church is being planted, in Belize,&nbsp;there are 58 Churches of the Nazarene, all of which are officially organized. Belize has 3,287 total members. Nazarene Church has also High Schools and Elementary Schools, which have around 2000 students. Praise the Lord for that! Pray for Belize.




We headed toward the port by boat. Behind me it is our ship.


In a very good mood we headed toward the port by boat. (see the video)
We got off the boat around 9:25 am.
We headed to the Nazareno School by school bus, it was so cool!





We arrived at the Nazarene School around 11am. We were received by many excited kids. They came and hugged me right away. I feel in love for those kids. There is nothing more sincere than a kid's hug. I almost cried!



We brought with us schools supplies and money for install fans and for maintenance.



Painting walls

While we were working with the VBS, others members of the team, were painting the walls of the School and doing some maintenance works.



Bible School












"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."&nbsp;

John 3:16



There is no way to measure the love that God has for us! May we live like Christ on earth, and wherever we go, we may spread His love. In Jesus name. Amen!



There were around 300 kids attending in VBS. Gaby leaded the worship, Maely and I helped her. Joyce shared the message from Wordless book. Many kids were reached by the message and gave their lives to Jesus. Praise the Lord!



After that we did animals balloons and I helped to paint faces. The kid below asked me to do a curly mustache in his face, it was so cute! Then many boys came and asked me the same thing...lol...they are so cute!








Missionary doll


We brought with us gifts for girls and for boys. Which are missionaries dolls for girls and bracelets for boys with the colors of Salvation. The colors are from the Wordless Book, their have a special meaning. Bassically they are:&nbsp;



Gold: Heaven.&nbsp;
Dark color: Sin.
Red: Jesus's blood.&nbsp;
Clear color: The blood of Jesus that washes and makes our whiter than snow.
Green: Growth. Reading the Bible. Praying. Attending a Church etc...



Darlene and a teacher from Belize

Darlene, a teacher from our team, did a training for the School's teachers.




The new Pastor (with a clear color t-shirt)

We also met the new Pastor of the Church.







Afterwards, we had a meeting.



How God is good.&nbsp;He works in the smallest details of everything... our bus driver was a very nice guy, and he was telling us about each place we were going by bus.&nbsp;




Bus driver and I


After we completed our mission at the School, we headed toward our ship.&nbsp;



Our eyes were shining with joy for everything God did that day there! The joy of the Lord is our strength!

We got into the ship a little hungry, then we went to eat some sandwich, but I only ate a little piece from my husband's sandwich...lol... That day I shared the love of God to a waiter, from the Philippines, who asked me about my t-shirt. God were working through us in the ship. Many brothers and sisters had the opportunity of sharing the gospel there too. Where some people were reconciled with Jesus. And others accepted Jesus. Praise the Lord! The plans of the Lord goes beyond everything we can imagine and beyond what our eyes can see!

Later we had a pleasant dinner with our new friends. Wow, how wonderful is to be part of God's family!






Our wonderful new friends :)&nbsp;


This day was a very special day in &nbsp;the life of our brohter Clyde. It was his birthday. Happy birthday to Clyde! He and his wife, Lois, are a blessing. They spread happiness&nbsp;wherever&nbsp;they go. May the Lord bless them even more!




Lois and Clyde


After dinner, we went to our daily meeting. And when we thought it was already too good, once again,&nbsp;the Lord surprised us&nbsp;by His infinite grace and mercy! Glory to God for the time of fellowship with our brothers and sisters. Glory to God for the worship songs we praised Him. Glory to God for many testimonies we heard from our brothers and sisters. Praise the Lord for everything He was doing in this trip! In each service was like we were receiving fresh waters from heavens and we were renewed for another day of work.













Every day that we went to sleep we had a new cute animal balloon on our bed! That was so neat!&nbsp;




It was so romantic!


This day was 'unbelizable'!




Also see the video:






Thank you. Hugs :)

See you,

Blessings,

Samanta