We started the morning with a Belizean breakfast of fryjack, refried and eggs. We had time during devotions to meditate. The education team headed to the Methodist school and helped lead devotions and visited 4 different classes of kids ages 4 to 12. We were going to teach 4 more classes, but they took one look at Jill and recognized her crazy volleyball skills. We taught 2 basic volleyball clinics – the kids loved it. After school the team took some kids swimming in the Caribbean – it was rough but someone had to do it. Most of the kids are not swimmers, so they clung to the team in the water like barnacles.
The dental headed team headed to the clinic and got to treat a jaguar hunter, missionaries with Child Evangelism Fellowship and interns from Machaca (a Christian camp for kids) along with the locals. Some people had come from far away villages, and waited for hours for their first dental visit. We had a little excitement at lunchtime when Josh backed the van into a ditch. McGyver Marcus and Josh engineered the van loose with boards, a car jack and lots of pushing. April from the Snack Shack made sack lunches for us each day that we devoured.
In the evening we went to Da Wata Fountain, the ministry set up by Valley Bible’s missionary Julia DeShong for the walk-about children of Punta Gorda. Gideon and Maylin, the directors of Da Wata Fountain, invited us to sing songs and play with the kids. We were able to pay for the Monday dinner that was served by Maylin and Stephanie to the 40 kids and our team– beans and rice, Johnny cakes (biscuits), chicken, coleslaw & juice. The kids are starved for interaction so we shut down the street, played volleyball and swung them around. Carrying the kids and loving on them was one of the highlights of our trip.
The dental headed team headed to the clinic and got to treat a jaguar hunter, missionaries with Child Evangelism Fellowship and interns from Machaca (a Christian camp for kids) along with the locals. Some people had come from far away villages, and waited for hours for their first dental visit. We had a little excitement at lunchtime when Josh backed the van into a ditch. McGyver Marcus and Josh engineered the van loose with boards, a car jack and lots of pushing. April from the Snack Shack made sack lunches for us each day that we devoured.
In the evening we went to Da Wata Fountain, the ministry set up by Valley Bible’s missionary Julia DeShong for the walk-about children of Punta Gorda. Gideon and Maylin, the directors of Da Wata Fountain, invited us to sing songs and play with the kids. We were able to pay for the Monday dinner that was served by Maylin and Stephanie to the 40 kids and our team– beans and rice, Johnny cakes (biscuits), chicken, coleslaw & juice. The kids are starved for interaction so we shut down the street, played volleyball and swung them around. Carrying the kids and loving on them was one of the highlights of our trip.
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