Ada Bible Church

Thankful, the team arrived safely today and are expectant to be used as the hands and feet for God’s Glory. We got the privilege to meet the Local pastor and his wife of Benque Nazarene Church in Benque Viejo del Carmen located western Belize. They were so welcoming.

We thank God for granting us a very beautiful, warm, sunny morning. After a delicious breakfast, we had our devotional time and later on got ready to attend Sunday service. This Sunday church service was a very special one since we got to participate in the Lord's supper(Communion) led by our very own group leader, Luke.

After communion, the little kids were asked to go to their class for Sunday school. We had such a great time teaching them about David and Goliath. We can't wait to see what the lord will do in the upcoming days!

Such a wonderful time praising alongside these kiddos! Oh, the Lord is good.

Every act of service is a ministry! This afternoon, we helped in packing the love bags that will be distributed throughout the week to different families within the community of Benque. We are expectant of what the Lord will do this week!

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Tonight’s church service was led by the team’s worship group and the word was preached by our youth pastor, Luke. We learned that the Lord wants us to come before him and surrender ourselves to him and him only! He is there for us despite anything that we might be going through. Blessed be the name of our Lord!

The worship team did an amazing job!

Also, 4 of our youth gave some powerful testimonies all for the glory of God!

Today we started our full day of ministry. After having a delicious breakfast we were divided into two groups. One group went to paint and the other went to visit families. We took a blessing bag, heard their stories and we prayed over them. Cecilia whom we visited is a farmer and she was so welcoming, sweet and kind. She even gave us some raspberries and zucchini from her farm. What a blessing it was to visit families from Benque.

The next group headed to the Nazarene School and started prepping the picnic tables and painted them. We also started painted the front side of the main building of the school.

Set Sail! This year’s VBS theme first day was successful. Throughout the VBS , the children enjoyed energetic worship songs, exciting games, creative crafts, and many fun activities that kept them engaged and smiling. Most importantly, they learned valuable biblical lessons through the story of Noah, discovering what it means to trust and obey God even when circumstances seem uncertain. As we “set sail” on this journey together, we were reminded that God is always faithful.

Later in the evening our guys had an incredible time with the local men from church. As we played pool and enjoyed the other activities we were also able to know the men from the local church a bit more.

Tonight, the ladies had an incredible time fellowshipping with the women from the local church. We shared a devotional based on the story of Mary and Martha and spent time discussing the lessons we can apply to our daily lives. As we enjoyed giving manicures, meaningful conversations flowed naturally, and everyone was actively engaged. It was a wonderful evening filled with laughter, encouragement, and genuine connection. Above all, tonight was a reminder of the importance of being intentional—taking time to listen, share, and build relationships with one another.

We also had the opportunity to spend time with some dear friends from Dunamis Ministries this evening. It was a blessing to reconnect, catch up on all that God has been doing in our lives and ministries, and enjoy meaningful fellowship together.

Thanking the Lord for a new day. We were back at it again this morning. New crew today at Howard Smith Nazarene. Feeling accomplished as only a few more picnic benches are left to be painted. We came with a game plan and initiated that plan as soon as we got to the school. The picnic benches are looking A-MA-ZING!!!!

Grateful to be a part of this amazing team down here in Benque and being able to help out with the school.

No place is too high that we aren’t able to reach when it comes to painting. Got to finish the small side of the front entrance of school today. We came ready to work and got this done in no time. Excited to come back and get the rest done on Thursday morning, lord willing. Can’t wait to see the finished results.

Taking the love of Jesus into the homes of families in Benque Viejo Town has been so rewarding. We thought we were bringing blessings to them, but got quite the surprise, as we were the ones being blessed. No matter their circumstances, we were welcomed into their homes with smiles on their faces. They told us their stories and at the end, we were able to pray with them. How good God is!!! He is known in all countries and in all languages.

Another great day of VBS. 75 kids showed up for some fun with us. There was dancing, ball toss competition, paint class and story telling and Touth Experience. The story today was about when Jesus was asleep on the boat and the storm arose. The disciples were afraid and had to wake Jesus up. With the power he had, he commanded the sea to be quiet and still and instantly it was quiet and the sea was calm. This Bible teaches us that the same power Jesus had, he gave to us. We can trust and believe that when we call on his name, even the seas need to be calm.

Having such a wonderful time with the local youths of Nazarene Church. Music, games and testimonies. How good it is to be in the house of the lord and having fun too.

Ended youth night with worship to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Anything we need, our father has it. We know our Lord will provide our needs according to his promise in his word.

What a wonderful day it was leading VBS. We had approximately 96 kids enjoying themselves with us. We started with some songs then divided them in their respective groups. Today’s Bible story was about Noah’s ark . We also had lots of fun throwing water balloons at each other.

Fun times with the kids.

Closing

It was a great pleasure to be able to spend time and reconnect with our friends from Santa Elena Nazarene Church . They received us with open arms and had prepared for us a special dinner. We enjoyed ourselves with them and prayed for each other. Saying goodbye was hard but we are grateful knowing that the work of God continues.

It was a great experience for us to have been able to compete in a football game. It was a fun time watching both teams play . At the end Belize came out being victorious!

This morning the Lord granted us the opportunity to visit people within the community and talk to the them about God's love, pray for them and even sing some worship songs with them. God’s love, grace and mercy is never-ending!

Colossians 3:23

~Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men!

And that’s exactly what the painting crew did. They did an amazing job painting the walls of the school and the picnic tables.

Oh! Today we had such a fun time with the kids, playing games, listening to stories, doing crafts and dancing. Also, the youth experience group had a blast playing water games! Such a bittersweet time yet a very memorable one!

VBS was such a big blessing to us as much as it was to all the 90 kids who attended our VBS. All the praise and glory be to God!

After VBS, we made way to our last closing meeting at pastor’s Cano house. We are so grateful for what the Lord did this week! He came through in so many ways. And we are looking forward to coming back next year if the Lord permits.

Thankful, grateful, blessed!

We are so overwhelmed and Grateful for what God did this week of ministry. Lives were impacted and we know what was sowed in Benque Viejo town Church and community was such a great blessing. We had the opportunity to pray thanking God for all his faithfulness , grace and Love for us.