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 [...]
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Today, we celebrated the Feast of St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr, during the Eucharist in the courtyard of the hotel. Barnabas (Son of Encouragement) and Paul were companions on several missionary trips until a dispute ensued between the two of them as [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]