Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Belize Needs Your Help!
We Need Your HELP!
You Can Help from Home
1. Support a Preacher - Some Belizean Preachers have support, some do not. There is also a need to plant churches in San Ignacio & Orange Walk. Anything that you or your congregation contributes will go directly to the Preacher you support. Even $50 a month will help greatly.
2. Support a Belize Missions Team - All Teams need supplies and help with travel expenses. If you are able to support in this way, then you would receive full reports and an itemized list of where your contribution went.
3. Support a Church of Christ School - These schools are run by the Church, so we are able to teach from the Bible. These schools provide a great service to the community and are used as a powerful outreach tool. There are Church of Christ Schools in Belize City and Corozal Town.
1. Join a Belize Mission Team - The Mission Teams working in Belize are sponsored by different Churches of Christ around the United States; one may be closer to you than you think. There are many different types of Mission Trips...
EVANGELISTIC - OUTREACH
EYE-GLASS CLINICS
WORK PROJECTS
MEDICAL
What is your skill, what has God given to you that you could share with the Belizean people? Everyone who goes on a Belize Mission trip will be of assistance. Anyone can serve the Lord in the Belizean Mission Fields, they only need the desire to do so.
See our Team Calendar page for Upcoming Team Missions
Contact Us for more information on upcoming Belize Mission Trips.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
COROZAL TOWN SERVICE PROJECT FEB. 2011
FEBRUARY 2011
- WINTER SERVICE PROJECT -
COROZAL TOWN
Corozal Church of Christ
Primary School
In Belize, Churches are allowed to operate private and non-profit schools. This is a wonderful opportunity for the hosting Church to have a spiritual influence with the children they teach and also evangelize the community. However, Belize is a very poor country and these schools are in need of minor repair and a helping hand.
(1) Evangelism - We need preachers and Bible teachers
(A) Anything we can do to help the Corozal Church of Christ in their evangelistic efforts, we will do.
(2) Minor Construction - We need carpenters, masons, plumbers, painters, electricians...
(A) Work on a building addition (the work depends on the skills of those willing to come)
(3) Teacher's Workshop - We need teachers or retired teachers
(A) Provide educational assistance to the school's teachers
(4) Fine Arts/Sports Camp - We need people willing to teach
(A) Art, Music, Softball, Volleyball... basic education in these
Will you join us on this evangelistic-service mission? If you are skilled in any of these specific areas, then we could certainly use your help. Even if you do not think you could help in these specific areas, contacts us and tell us what you can do or what you would like to do. Any and every skill can and will be employed while in Belize, everyone is useful. Why won't you join us?
Thursday, April 1, 2010
BELIZE MEDICAL MISSION
MISSION: MEDICAL
A great need in Belize is medical care. Belize has hospitals, doctors and nurses, but resources are limited, so many people go years without basic medical care. Filling this important need is a tool of evangelism. Through Dental Clinics, Eye Clinics, Medical and Surgical Treatment Centers, we are showing our pure desire to help heal their bodies, thus opening the door to teach Christ as the healer of the soul. If you are a doctor, nurse, or dentist, and to desire to touch the lives of the hurting, please help us fill the physical needs of this country. The Medical Mission is a tremendous effort that is open to all doctors, nurses, dentists and qualified others desiring to make a difference.
We Host Medical Missions!!!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Quick Tips: Overcoming Challenges of Short-Term Missions
the EVANGELISM MISSION
quick tips: Overcoming Initial Challenges
Short-term Mission work is readily available in Belize for those who wish to serve the Lord in that capacity. Many people cannot take years off work and live in a foreign country. This is one reason why short-term missions have become so popular, as annual work vacations can be used to serve the Lord abroad. However, be aware, evangelizing in a foreign country is no matter to take lightly. It is true, some use short-term missions as a real vacation. They are there without an understanding of their own purpose, and without an understanding of God's purpose. Just as some go on short-term mission projects and have no impact, there are many, many more who travel with intent to assist those who are in need and without the Gospel.
Evangelism in short-term missions is quick and hard-hitting, so to speak, presenting a number of instant challenges: First, you are out of your element, so you act a bit differently, and sometimes have to shake off "nerves". Second, there has been no time, or only little time, to establish a relationship of trust. Third, you are going home to your air-conditioning and microwave dinners, while those you evangelized will remain in their poverty.
To overcome these three (and there are other challenges also) and have a successful short-term mission, there are few things you must know.
(1) Culture Shock Preparedness - Learn everything you can about the country to which you are travelling, everything you can about their culture and history, everything about their particular society, including government, social programs, current events. This knowledge will help you establish a limited, but important rapport.
(A) Ask a lot of Questions before you go.
(B) Ask a lot of Questions while you are there.
(C) Just talk with the people, answer their questions, ask them
questions. Most Belizeans are very friendly, and very laid back.
(2) Bible Study Preparedness - Most likely you will be going with an experienced short-term missionary. Rely on this person, talk often with this person, trust and listen to this person. You are not going to have time on a short-term mission to establish a lot of trust, so be prepared to meet this challenge and lean heavily on those who have gone before you.
(A) Use a specific Study Pamphlet - there are probably a million Ivan
Stewart study pamphlets in Belize, or more.
(B) Practice, Practice, Practice - Here you would rely on the
information you've gathered about Belize and all the information
obtained from your Team Leader. How does your approach sound?
Will you be understood? How comfortable are you with your study
approach? What verses are you going to use? Why are you using
those verses? What do those verses mean and mean to you?
(C) Relax - If you get a question you cannot handle, grab one of the
more experienced team members to assist.
(3) Returning Home Preparedness - Always keep in mind that you are going to return home - This is important for a number of reasons, two of which are:
(A) Do not promise anything that you cannot deliver. If you say you
are going write, then be prepared to do so. There will also be
some whom you evangelize that just want you to give them
money. Offer to pray with them, remember you are not there to
give financially to everyone; if you have extra cash and want
to give, do so, but discretely and with caution.
(B) If they ask, tell them whatever they want to know about the
States, but remember they cannot return with you. They will
remain in their current situation. So do not complain too much
about the lack of AC or that lack of cheeseburgers or that you so
wish you had brought more money to buy souvenirs. Just use
good judgment and be sensitive to the real conditions of those whom you interact.
(C) Since you are returning home in a week, work hard. Rest when
needed, but make the most of all your time. Do not waste any
opportunities to spread the Good News of Christ Jesus.
There is much more to learn, and you will, to be sure, return a different person. Above all, remember why you are there. Though you may have a day off at the end of the week to relax and take in the sites, you are there to do the Lord's work, to give souls the opportunity to respond to the Gospel. If that is your priority, then everything else will fall into its proper place.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
BELIZE - Prisoners Without Shoes Project - 2010
Belize Missions
2010
2010
We are STILL COLLECTING Men's Tennis Shoes sizes 7-12...
Five years ago a few individuals who had been teaching WBS Bible studies to inmates at the Belize Central America Prison organized the first “Prisoners Without Shoes” mission. Because of the great need, 1100 tennis shoes were collected and shipped to Belize. A team of volunteers went to the prison each day for 5 days to place shoes on the feet of every prisoner and to speak to them about Jesus in a
personal way. Fifty souls obeyed the gospel during that short period of time.
Today there are more than 1500 inmates at the Belize Prison and the need for shoes is as great as it was before.The opportunity to speak to the lost and broken about Jesus is even greater. The soil is fertile. It is time to sow the gospel seed.
We need help from your congregation.
Can you contribute 100-500 pairs of new or only slightly used men’s tennis shoes for the prisoners in Belize?
Can you contribute 100-500 pairs of new or only slightly used men’s tennis shoes for the prisoners in Belize?
Would someone in your congregation be willing to go as part of the mission team to place shoes and to speak to inmates about Jesus?
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