3 more villages

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday have come and gone. We have held three more health clinics, seen hundreds of people, and helped several to come to know Christ as their Savior-- which is the Ultimate purpose of our ministry.

Tuesday we set up a clinic in the school of the village of Bullet Tree Falls. At this clinic, we saw 136 people, and 4 of those young men came to know Christ as Savior!!! Praise the Lord!

Triage nurses for the day- Rachel, Craig, and Marisa

More beautiful Belizian faces. (We always ask their permission before taking pictures... they typically love it)

Abbie sitting in with the doctor as he assesses this patient.

Joel got to sit in with Dr. Van.

Mrs. Shepherd hard at work!

Haylee got to love on this sweet baby as his mom and two older brothers were examined.

Pharmacy in action!

When we arrived back at the hotel that day, we enjoyed this view for quite some time. God is good!

During each of the days in the villages, two student nurses have take turns going to the local hospital to serve with Mrs. Shepherd. With permission, we took a few shots of the private Belizian hospital!

Marisa, Mrs. Shepherd, and Haylee at the hospital on Wednesday!

All of the medications

Surgery!

Labor room!

GIANT oxygen tanks.

The new addition to the hospital was beautiful!!!

On Wednesday, we set up a health clinic in the village of San Antonio, Belize. At this clinic we saw 165 patients and had 2 salvations!!!!

One of our patients was one of San Antonio's pastors. He was one of the most cheerful men that we had ever met! While listening to his lung sounds, the man said "I love to sing praises to the Lord all day long!!!"

We had a wonderful conversation with him and were so encouraged that the village has men like these leading them in the faith!

Dr. Van hooked up his iPad for this pastor and played some videos set to worship music. We loved the fellowship that we had with this fellow believer.

These are the two boy who were saved on Wednesday in San Antonio!!! This is what it's all about!

Towards the end of the day, Dr. Van performed a minor surgery on an ingrown toenail of our bus driver, Elias!

Elias had John by his side the entire time, making him laugh through the pain

Wrapping it up! Good job Dr. Van and Elias!

Thursday was an awesome day, and we saw God working all the way through. We began the day at the local market stocking up on fruits and yummy food for the day.

Then, we made our way to the village of Billy White. It is one of the poorest villages in the community, but it has also been ministered to by Rowkids ministries significantly over the past 10 years. The growth that has taken place since then is amazing!!!!

We were only here 1/2 a day, but we saw 83 patients and had 6 young boys pray to receive Christ!!!

Spices at the market

Plantains

Mangos

The fresh guacamole that we had for lunch several days this week!!! Best guac you will ever eat!!!

Belize has the BEST fruit, and we get to eat it all the time!!

The town of Billy White has a special place in the hearts of many of our team members, since many of them have personally been apart of making this village a better place and helping the people have a brighter future...not only here on earth, but in eternity as well!

This is sweet Wendy. Dr. Cummings' wife held her when she was a baby five years ago, and here she is today- as beautiful and healthy as ever!

Today in the village of Billy White, we had the honor of meeting a bright young girl named Johannah. We had been told that this "giggle box" would talk our ears off as if she had never met a stranger before and constantly find joy and laughter in the small things. She invited us to her home, so we gladly & curiously followed. Johannah skipped along the road barefoot and giggling as she played with a water balloon she had filled. The simple joys. We arrived at her home made of no more than boards, but she couldn't be more proud to welcome us. It was as if this was s symbol of friendship. Her mother came out of the room that the family of 5 shared, thanking us for coming in Spanish and begging us to pray with her. Right there in that little shack in the middle of Belize, the 9 of us held hands in a small circle and prayed. Johannah's mom prayed in Spanish as we prayed in English. There was not a dry eye in the circle. Although we could not understand her, we could sense how thankful she was for what little she had. How amazing to feel God's presence in that little house and in the village of Billy White through an eleven year old girl named Johannah.

Johannah's family's laundry hanging to dry with their chickens running below.

Johannah's parrot!

Johannah's kitchen

Johannah, her younger brother Jonathan, and their sweet mother.

The CofO nursing girls- teary eyed and humbled as we stood outside of Johannah's home.

To finish out the day, we had the wonderful opportunity to tour the public hospital in San Ignacio! We were asked to refrain from taking photos inside, but we were honored to be shown around by one of the nurses and to learn more about medicine in Belize!

Thank you again for your continued prayers! We have truly felt them! We have one more village to visit tomorrow, San Marcos. Pray that we have a good turnout at the health clinic and that the people will be receptive to the gospel!!!

-The Belize Team