After traveling yesterday, we spent some time in More Tomorrow today (Yeah, say that five times fast). More Tomorrow is the village where we built the church building last year for Steven Feather’s Eagle Project. Today was a good practice day.
The weather was rough…It rained A LOT today. The Sports Camp leaders played some inside games. Our lesson leaders worked their way through the first lesson. We have some debrief coming tonight. May need to work on a few things.
The village of More Tomorrow is the oldest village in Belize. Until about a year ago, there was not much of a functioning church here. This is the first of several church plants for our missionary host, Randy Gaither. It is exciting to see a new church plant that is still in her infant stages.
More Tomorrow is also the home of Minor Omar, the trainer of the infamous fighting duck. Last year Minor gave us a demonstration in the techniques of duck fighting. Mostly, he just beat the snot out of the duck! That duck has since died (probably due to the stresses of being a fighting duck and one too many duck concussions), but Minor has been training his replacement. My Daughter, Madison, was very excited and said, “I finally get to meet the kid with the fighting duck….that was one of the goals of my trip!” She was really glad that she got to meet the “fighting duck” kid.
Minor is an interesting kid. He made the biggest impression on me a year ago when I was here. I am not really sure if that is good or bad. Sometimes, he is the kid that just needs a hug. Sometimes I want to hug him til he stops breathing (he is the kid that makes grown-ups stop teaching Junior Church!). Ultimately, Minor needs Jesus as his Savior. He has not been born again…
Minor is 12 years old….the same age as Madison. Today, I watched as my 12 year old daughter and the other 15 students on our team shared the story of Adam and Eve. They loved on the kids in More Tomorrow. They shared their faith. They stepped out in obedience
Who knows….Maybe God will use the faith and obedience of a group of students from Arkansas to demonstrate His desire to have a relationship with a whole village in Belize.
Please pray on Wednesday for good weather. We are supposed to head south to the village of San Pablo if we can make it across the bridges that have been under water. Pray for God’s favor and boldness in revealing the “mystery of the Gospel.”
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