A Stopover in the States

I have left WMT in Belize and returned to my home in Tennessee for a few days to prepare to leave for another adventure to Africa. I've been thinking a lot if my time away from home has helped me grow at all. I think it has. Whenever a person leaves what he or she is comfortable with, I believe there is growth. Sometimes a person has a choice whether or not he or she wants that change and sometimes not: a death in the family, a lost job, or maybe the other way around...a new addition to the family or a new job.

In my case concerning my experience with WMT I feel I was sort of nudged into making the choice to join the group. Even though I was hesitant to join the trip, the conditions were right. So I left, and my thoughts and experiences changed from just my stable friends and family at home to scattered contacts with people I now care very much for around the Americas.

I think of Church in a very global way now and the need to support people within it, as well as those who are not a part of it. I think a lot about team work, communication, culture, and how I represent myself, my God, my church, and my group to the world. It's a huge responsibility I'm not sure I'm worthy of.

Belize Mini-Blog

Significant Events from Belize that I will flesh out later:
The girls painted the walls of Belize Adventist Academy while the Aaron and Ryan worked on cement benches, and Andrew and Jared worked on their water supply.
For Sabbath we went to a bilingual Spanish/English church, ate lunch at Anita's house, and went off-roading in Aaron's 4Runner in search of a beach.
The next week we spent on vacation on the tiny island of Caye Caulker during which I got to dive the Blue Hole.
We stayed in Belize City at the Conference office, went tubing through caves at Jaguar Paw, and then I flew back to the United States.