Saturday, December 30, 2017

Monday, December 04, 2017

Monday, July 17, 2017

Made it to airport Trinidad

First flight leg complete. Landed in Trinidad and shouldn't have to deplane. We will see if that holds true.

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Nineteen baptisms!!!

We had a wonderful treat last night. We had one of our youth, Rosie, decide for baptism on Saturday night so we gathered for her baptism before worship on Sunday. After she was baptized, pastor Jonathan asked if there were any others. One by one they stepped forward till we had nineteen (!) total that were baptized for the first time or recommitted themselves! Since most of them were youth that don't have their parents there, the only others that I will mention are David Peganyee sr and jr! The Holy Spirit was moving last night in a powerful way. Very emotional night!

Those baptisms are a realization of why we started these youth mission trips. Praise the Lord that these trips are a tool for the moving among His people!!

Friday, July 14, 2017

Completed school!

We completed the entire school today! The team did amazing and got all of the end and inside walls done. I had a dream last night that we would finish. This team likes trying to douse me with water at the end of the project in celebration. Some times they get me some times they don't. I told them that if they completed I would let them do it. And they did

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Thursday construction report

We had a challenging day today but pushed through. We got all of the side walls done and will finish the concrete in the morning and get working on the end walls. Great work by the team day with challenges of rain and one mixer having to go to the other job site for the team coming in today.

We had one of our team members get a little concrete shower when a hole developed on a block. She took it well and got cleaned up ok.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Wednesday report.

We are done with twelve courses all the way around.  We will need to pour in the morning and get three more courses done on the sides to get done on time.   Team is doing great and we have had very little rain.  We did have a mixer malfunction today.   Had to take it apart. Recruited ray to help disassemble.  


Medical had another long day.  They had a two hour bus ride and saw over 60 patients.   Very fulfilling but tiring.  


Vbs had a good day as well.  They had over 80 children today and are making a difference.  We have an awesome team and they are taking on leadership roles they didn't expect.   







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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Tuesday construction report

We are halfway through our construction week. We made good progress today. We are completely done with the eighth course and poured. We have about half of the ninth course done. We are a little behind but hope to catch up.

We had a visitor today. One of the pastors from the conference office came by and worked with us for most of the day. We sure enjoyed having pastor Hamilton with us today. Very hard worker!!

Weather had been great so far, albeit hot. Rains once a day for about ten minutes. We pray that it continues!!

Monday, July 10, 2017

Medical team adventures

Our medical team made their first clinic trip today. They were supposed to have a 75 minute drive and 45 minute boat ride to the town that turned into a 90 minute drive and 2 hour boat ride ! Needless to say the team is tired but happy. They saw over 50 patients and made a real impact. They have a much shorter commute tomorrow to their location!!

First day of vbs

Vbs had their first day of ministry today. They had some challenges with the sound and video equipment and rain, but forged ahead! Started out with five kids and ended up with over 60 at the end. They corrected a few things with the equipment and will have a smoother day tomorrow!

Monday construction update

Had a better day on construction. Wasn't as hot and humid and got all the way done with five courses today. Will have a lot to do to catch up as we have scaffolding to set up tomorrow. Team is doing great though!

Sunday, July 09, 2017

Construction report

Our team did a great job on their first day. We had to move hundreds of clock to prepare to lay them. That took longer than usual due to how far away they were and the length of the walls.

After that, we had the first course, which is the hardest. We got about 2.5 courses done all the way around.

It was very hot and humid so a lot of folks got dehydrated. We will do better about that tomorrow.

Only rained once so praise the Lord!

Saturday, July 08, 2017

Sabbath in Guyana

We had a great Sabbath in Guyana. We went to the church where the team will conduct VBS and had church. Some of our team helped out as well.

After we ate lunch there, the team had some time to relax before our team building and evening worship and meeting.

Everyone is ready to start ministry tomorrow!

Friday, July 07, 2017

In Guyana

We made it to Guyana with all of our luggage! Praise the Lord!

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Made it to Trinidad

We all made it to Trinidad. However we must change our plane here so we had to deplane and are waiting to board the new plane. Fun

Safely in Miami

We all made it to Miami and everyone has their bag!!!! Praise the Lord. Now waiting to check in for Caribbean. Waiting for agents so quite a lineup

On the plane to Miami

All on board to Miami. A few of our team are sleeping as you can see. We are the bright yellow shirts. So far, so good.

Guyana mission trip has begun

We have made it on the plane to Miami for the first leg of our trip. We had a bit of a scare as one of our team members overslept and got to the airport with only 40 minutes to check in. Thanks to the awesome United groups staff, we got his bag checked and he and i sprinted (literally) thru the airport and made it on the plane. Praise the Lord!

We have 60 total people going to Guyana to build a school, conduct medical clinics and a vacation bible school. Pray that God will lead and that hearts will be touched!