Moving Camp

Journal #13

Moving Camp

January 15, 2012

Moving Camp

The morning started with fry-jacks, eggs, cheese, and papaya for breakfast. It has been raining the last two days, so the bugs are getting worse and the weather has not been quite as nice as it was the first week.

After church we will be moving camp, to Columbia- a more remote, rural area. I am excited about this opportunity and hope that we have lots of opportunities to minister to the people of Belize. In reflecting on what I have done so far, I am very surprised that many of the people I have talked to have been vacationers. I think that it is awesome I am in this place, able to minister to not only the locals, but also the people who are visiting. Yesterday I met a couple from New York and I was able to share what we were doing and how it was changing lives, as well as what we stand for and how we are trying to make a difference.

The church we attended was in San Ignacio, it was the Nazarene Church. The people there were awesome and they were so excited that we were there to worship with them today. Church here is so different- the people worship our God with the depths of their hearts. The congregations do not seem to care about what others think of them, or anything else- but they want to make sure that all of their hearts go to worshiping God.

After church we headed back to camp for lunch. We had grilled chicken, baked beans, and cole slaw. We quickly loaded up our bags and headed for Columbia. The drive was long, but we made two stops along the way- which broke it up some... except for the fact that the breaks were in the first hour of the trip- and the last (almost) three hours, we did not stop at all! It was not as bad as I had anticipated, but it did seem like a very long ride. I thought that sleeping would be a good option to pass the time, but once we started driving- I was too interested in the things that we saw along the way! It was so cool to see orange trees, growing wild and growing everywhere. We also passed lots of banana trees and those were cool to see in such large numbers.

We made it to our camp- which is a really long ways from anything! When we got here, there were kids around- kids of the cooks. For dinner we had fried chicken, tortillas, and beans. Tomorrow we are heading to a school in a local village. I am excited about the opportunities we will have here to meet people as well as to minister to these people.