By the last day of missionary work, the missionaries are tired and well spent but by the grace and strength of God, we keep on going. This particular Friday, June 12, was no different. We were up at the dawn to worship together at the Eucharist at 6:15 a.m. The readings for the day focused [...]
As we approach the middle of the week of our missionary work in Belize, the normal routine of Mass at 6:15 a.m. followed by breakfast, the loading of bags and items in preparation for our departure from the hotel at 8:00 a.m. was all in order. Today’s Scriptural readings served as a reminder that we [...]
Friday, June 13, 2014 Usually on our mission trips, Fridays are light with the afternoon off so that the team could relax or to buy gifts for their family and friends before returning home. However, this was not be the case. It would be a fun [...]
Thursday, June 12, 2014 We began the day, as usual, at 6:30 a.m. with worshiping God, giving thanks to Him for His wonderful blessings of the past day and looking forward to His guidance and strength for yet another day of hard but rewarding work. The [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Sunday began at 6:30 a.m., with meditations followed by preparing for the 9:00 a.m. Eucharist at the Iglesia Episcopal de San Juan Bautista, Bonao. The time of the service was an hour earlier than last year’s. Nevertheless, after breakfast, prepared by Ron McDonald, we left for [...]