Belize Update 2

My last update was that only one person had gotten sick on the trip. Ooops! Actually, before it was all said and done, we had 6 or 7 of our 24 team members that caught some kind of stomach bug. Hard to tell whether it was something being passed around the team or something they ate. All seem to be doing well now. We all flew into Nashville between 11:00 pm and 12:00am last night on two different flights (one from Dallas and one from Miami). Only two pieces of luggage missing that I am aware of ... one for Jim Lackey and one for me.

The final two days went well. We hosted a men's dinner in San Juan Wednesday night with approximately 45 local men attending. That is a great turnout in that part of the world. I spoke from Ephesians (I know some of you are shocked) chapter 5 about the role of men and how they are to behave toward their wives. This is a great need in Belize. (It is also a great need in America come to think of it).

We spent the last night (Thursday night) in San Ignacio in a hotel (don't think Hilton here, but the shower had hot water!! ... something we had not had for a week). We had a final evening together with a great meal and a good night's sleep. The final evening after the meal was a time of sharing. Too much detail to go into here, but hearing each person share their one take-away was a blessing indeed.

I sensed God giving me a vision for ClearView missions' future while on this trip. We will have short term mission trips on all continents in a calendar year, every year. We will have someone from ClearView on short term missions 52 Sundays every year. This vision will be a reality within 5 years. More on this as God fleshes this out in our minds and hearts. We must take the gospel to the nations.

See you tomorrow ... it's Easter!

Pictures still to come ...