Camp Day!

Journal #15
Camp Day
January 17, 2012

Camp Day

The morning started very fast! A professor came running through the dorm saying, “guest speaker is starting in fifteen minutes.” The guest speaker was a pastor from Ohio that is training pastors in Belize. The guest speaker talked about ethical issues in Belize, and we did four case studies on ethical issues that have recently happened in Belize. While the guest speaker was talking- we had breakfast: pancakes.
Immediately after breakfast we were supposed to load on the bus to head for the school we were to spend the day at. When one of the men down here heard where we were going, he said that we should not go there because the bus would for sure tip over on the roads on the way there. The road that we are on is under construction, and farther down the road from our camp, it is not safe enough yet for a bus to pass. We are hoping that we will be able to find a school, orphanage, or something else to do today. The people of Belize are not much for making plans, which for me, is completely opposite than my personality! It is hard to have something planned and prepare for it and then it does not happen.
We had class and talked about Love & Justice, which will be a major point that I can include in my debate that I have tomorrow.
The weather today has gone from heavy rain to sunny, and everywhere in between. The bugs are getting worse and worse, even bug-spray is not helping at this point.
Because the day's activities were canceled, we were stuck at camp all day. We are not close to any town or any concentration of people, so the only Belizeans that we have been able to have contact with are the cooks and people that live right beside the camp.
I spent the afternoon working on my final debate that I have tomorrow.
For dinner we had tortillas, beef, beans, cheese, and salsa. Dinner was really good, and it was probably the first time I actually felt “full” for a week or so. After dinner I finished my debate for tomorrow!
Dwight, our amazing contact & bus driver, was the speaker for the evening. Because I had breakfast with him the other day, I was super excited to get to hear what he had to share. The verse that Dwight started with was Proverbs 22:1 which says, “a good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.” After hearing all that Dwight has been through, he definitely has kept a good name and always looked to love, rather than the riches and money that he could have. It was cool to hear how God has worked in this one person's life and how His purpose for his life has been apparent, but along the way there have been many ups and downs.
I am excited about tomorrow... we get to leave camp & do lots of things- hopefully we will be able to do some missions work, too!! :)