As I arrived at Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church, Pembroke Pines, Florida, just after 6:00 a.m., I was a profound moment to see the missionaries gathered in their beautiful yellow polo shirts and black slacks for their inaugural mission trip to Belize. The team included six (6) missionaries [...]
Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church, and our mission organization, Friends Reaching Friends, are preparing for its inaugural mission trip to Belize City, Belize, Central America, from June 7-14, 2014. For over 25 years, we have been committed to helping people, particularly children, internationally and locally. Having served as missionaries in Haiti, Panama, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic (the past [...]
It’s Saturday, and once again it is homeward bound from the Dominican Republic to South Florida. Before leaving the hotel, Father Vicente took me to bless the newborn son of Davis and Judith Santana. It was wonderful to see her again and to see their [...]
A knock at the door at 6:00 a.m. by our Team Leader, Karen Eddy, was the indicator that we were once again to prepare ourselves for going out into the mission field. With the customary Eucharist in the morning, we were blessed by the beautiful playing of [...]
Granville Home The girls gave their customary concert today. This included singing, dancing and a skit which they wrote. Very entertaining! They then enjoyed their bags, ice cream and cake. This has really been a difficult group of girls this year, however we remain confident that we have had some influence on them. Miss Granville [...]
After the celebration of the Eucharist in the church, the Team went off to barrios to a place, which means in English “Liberty Village,” where they held another medical clinic. I returned to my hotel room and spent the morning working on church-related matters. [...]
Medical Clinic Dr. Claudette McKenzie joined the group today, Thursday, June 13, after spending 3 days with another mission team in Kingston. With her area of specialty being gynaecology she is a welcome addition. Our Dr. Richards was ill, but with meds and some prayers she is recovering nicely and will be back in the clinic. [...]
Wednesday was, for me, a snap-shot into an aspect of Father Vicente Pena’s ministry. In addition to being the priest at Iglesia de San Juan Bautista and seven other mission satellites, he is the Bishop’s liaison between the Diocese and the Government of the Dominican [...]
Medical Clinic The Medical Clinic continues to work smoothly. Today was the last day with the dentist. Dr. Hibbert treated 21 dental patients on this day. We can not say enough about how great an asset he has been to the team. The medical doctors saw over thirty patients and all left with 90 day [...]
On Tuesday, June 11, we celebrated the feast of St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr. It is always a special day in my life since my childhood parish in Barbados is named after this wonderful saint. This year is even more special since the Parish of St. [...]