Today started again with another devo and coffee. #thisteamrunsoncoffee&jesus. After quiet time, we had an amazing breakfast of eggs and french toast. Once we finished breakfast and cleaned up, we got dressed and headed out. We drove through Belize, seeing more of the towns; and then took a 45 minute boat ride to Tobacco Caye Reef. The weather was rainy on the boat, but the ride to the island was so much fun! On the island resort, we got to swim, paddleboard/kayak, snorkel, a

12/19/2025 Today the team woke up to a beautiful sunrise and sat out on the lawn to do our morning devos and sip our coffee. At 8 we had a delicious breakfast of cheesy eggs, sausage, watermelon, and toast served with a variety of local jams and butter from the Country Barn. After a quick breakfast we said a brief farewell to our friends at Grace Bible Church bidding them safe travels home. We then hopped on the bus and headed into the village for another morning of fun games

12/18/2025 Today was a sunshiney day in Belize. We started the day with personal devos and coffee (but first coffee am i right ;)). Then we enjoyed a fantastic spread of local fruit, a sweet, tasty, flip flappin fryjacks and omlets before we headed to the local park in the village to begin our day with the kids! The morning consisted of pipe cleaner creations, soccer, lots of freeze catch and many smiling faces. We got a chance to deepen relationships with the kids who have b

Today was another beautiful day in Belize. We started the day at varying times from 6:30-8:00 with personal devos and then we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, potatoes and fruit before we headed to the school at St. Margarets Village to begin camp.  The morning consisted of crafts, soccer, games and other activities, and while there weren't many kids in attendance, we made the most of the morning and everyone had a blast. With the smaller groups, we got

12/16/2025 This morning, the team woke up at various times ranging from 6 to 7 AM, before heading to our personal morning devotional. Afterward, we had a short bit of downtime before breakfast at 8 where we enjoyed some banana bread french toast and eggs. After breakfast, we loaded up and headed to St. Margaret’s village. When we arrived, Mr. Raines and the rest of the GBP team joined us as we got set up and bagged 32 sets of food items from masa and rice to peanut butter and

12/15/25 We made it to Belize! The team all woke up around 3:30 AM, and then ate biscuits and gravy made by Miss Cierra Espinoza. We prayed Belizean style (all at the same time), then rolled out of camp around 4:45, and had a smooth drive to IAH. We arrived at the airport and went through TSA smoothly, and then departed around 9:30 AM, with a quick 2 hour flight to Belize City. After we arrived in Belize, we went through customs quickly and headed to Samuel’s Sanctuary with o

Today started with our morning Bible study at 7:15 A.M. Our study was over Titus 2:11-15, and the main theme of the passage was...

Our morning began with a continuation of our team's study through the book of Titus. This morning we studied chapter 2 verses 1-10. We...

Our day began with observations of Psalms 100, which has themes of praising the Lord with thanksgiving. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast...

Today was yet another beautiful day in the Belizean mountains. We started our day at 7:15 with a devo in Psalm 2. We had pancakes, bacon,...

This morning, the team woke up at various times ranging from 6 to 7 AM, before heading to our morning devotional over Psalm 1. Afterward,...

What a great first day of our trip!  The team all woke up around 3:30 AM, and then ate breakfast tacos made by the team’s own Cierra...

We started the day with morning personal devotionals followed by breakfast at Samuel’s Sanctuary. After a brief planning session, we...

We started the morning off around 7 with coffee and personal Bible study. Juan and Mark, the chefs for Samuel’s Sanctuary, had a...

Matt Raines suggests reading one of the Ascent Psalms (Psalm 120-134) each night and talk about what it might have been like to have been...