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Reflections on our first led trip.Working alongside our Belizian brothers and sisters…sharing the workload…taking over when someone got tired…making sure that everyone drank enough water…sharing our love for the Lord…seeing Him in each other...knowing that we are working together for His people and His glory…not knowing if we would see each other again this side of Heaven, yet praying that we

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How do we sum up such a moving experience? On Sat we drove close to 2 hours to go to a tiny church for worship. As we drove into San Pablo, the Pastor who was so very humble and proud at the same time of his church met us. We were served a delicious meal of rice and beans and stewed chicken and we fellowshipped with the Pastor and his family.As the church service started, the people poured into

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This last couple of days have been full. On Thursday, we completed the steps on the outside of the church, and then spent part of the afternoon shopping and seeing more of Belize City. Friday saw us at the Belize Zoo and visiting the ancient Mayan Ruins. The ruins impressed me personally more than I thought they would. It was a very hot day, and it took a lot out of us, but it was so worth it. We

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We spent today helping to paint the outside of church, and starting to build steps to the front door. We had a few more people ask us when the church would reopen. What a blessing to know that they are waiting for the opportunity to either get back or begin to worshiping at the church again. It is very possible that many of the folks in the neighborhood simply cannot get to a church because they

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Remember the frame for the platform that we made yesterday? Well, today was spent filling in the base for the platform, first with large rock, then sand with smaller rock, and finally with 5+ batches of hand mixed, hand poured cement. Can you say sore back and ready for bed? I can, but not after we go to the Spanish congregation’s Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting.Lunch today was beans and rice, and

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We began our work in the church building today. We started by building a frame for the base of the platform. Tomorrow we will fill it all in and begin to build its floor. It is very hot and muggy, at least for us Americanos. We lasted until about 2PM, and then quit for the day. Later we discovered that some of the Bellizians were there working 'till about 6 PM. Maybe our goal should be 3 PM today

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What a day ! English Service in the AM. A great time worshiping the Lord. A visiting Missionary couple from TX was walking by the church and heard the singing, so they decided to come in and join us. The Pastor invited them up and prayed for them, even though they had never met. He also had the whole team come forward and introduce ourselves, and had me join them for prayer as well.Lunch was next

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Well, here we are in Belize!...Praise the Lord!...We are a group of 5 on this trip, building relationships with our Belizian brothers and sisters, and helping to rehab a currently unused building into to church building. Our first faith building moment came when the airline check in lady almost didn't let one of our team board the plane in Boston board because his Passport was difficult to read.

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Join us of a fun day of volunteering at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Saturday, June 26, as we help to raise funds for Rick & Ruth Odess' Mission with Missions Door. www.ricknruth.orgWe have asked to be screeners,as in the past, and will be meeting at DBC at 0 dark thirty, also as in the past.Please contact Rick to sign up and/or get further details.Thank you!

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I was ordering lunch (on a filed trip to the mall with a Spanish class)and I had a copy of "Revolution in World Missions" by K.P. Yohannan. The lady behind the counter notice the picture (one Indian Christian baptizing a new believer, also Indian) asked if it was a good book, and also asked if the folks were Indian. I answered yes it is a good book and yes they are Indian. That was it for the

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Rick and I spoke at a church this morning and it turns out to be my Grandpa's childhood church in Meriden NH!!He turns 101 years old today and I sat in the pew he sat in as a child! http://www.firstbaptistmeridennh.org

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Thanks to those who came out for our Prayer Time last night. All are welcome to come, the second Friday of each month, to pray with and for us. We meet at Dover Baptist Church, 151 Washington St., Dover, NH 03820 at 7 PM. You can check out our schedule on my Calendar page

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I think it appropriate for my first real blog posting to welcome our newest grandchild (#8) into the world. Gabriel Noah Wood arrived yesterday, March 11 at 7:50 AM. 7 lbs. 14 oz. 20.75 inches. Proud parents are our daughter, Becky, and her husband Will. I wonder when his first Missions trip will be ?

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Thanks so much for visiting, I'm looking forward to sharing with you as Ruth and I embark on our journey into full time ministry, stay-tuned.

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