Warm Day at Yo Creek

We finished off our week of service in the village of "Yo Creek." The day of village medical was much like the previous three: hot, busy, and full of blessings. We saw over 120 patients and wrote over 200 scripts. The interesting part of the ministry team's day was the opportunity to visit students at school! This was the first village medical day that took place during the week, so instead of having the children come and find us we went and found them!


We went classroom to classroom distributing gifts and treat bags made of toothpaste, toothbrush, crayons, books outlining the life of Jesus, and a necklace with their pictures in them. We played with each grade individually which gave us the opportunity to talk with many of the students. It was a very rewarding last day. Both the students and the patients were greatly appreciative that we had traveled so far to help them. I couldn't help thanking them in return for everything that they had taught me along the way.

The trip has now come to a close and we have all arrived home safely. A second missions group was arriving on flights as we were leaving. I know that there are at least 3 teams going to Belize from the Cincinnati area this year, and they are planning on continuing with the missions next year as well. Please, if you are interested in joining us, let me know. I can get you in contact with the organizers! We would love to have you on our team.

The most frustrating part of the week was the fact that as I take a step back from our trip now, I see that the work that we did was simply a drop of water in a bucket. The more people and the more groups that we are able to send each year to Belize will greatly increase our influence and touch on their country. We have been blessed with so much. There is no excuse that we can use against taking a step out of our comfort zones and making a difference in their lives.