Today (Tuesday) we begin our work at YES (Youth Enhancement Services). We'll be working with the girls of the school again this year, leading devotionals for them, teaching some crafts and classes, and continuing to build on the relationships we have already started. We have team members who will be working with the staff to move their accounting/bookkeeping programs over to computers.
Please be praying
* for Tina and her family. (Kenny and Tina Logan are in charge of the youth ministry, Tina was in a car accident last week)
* for a good initial time at YES.
* for continued relationship-building in tonight's activities at 8 Mile.
* that team members' minds and hearts would be open to God's Spirit; that they would be living examples of God's love and strength to the people of Belize.
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people... Ephesians 1:17-18
...so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Belize prayer update 3
From Sophie:
Praise God for a good first day!
Praise God for a safe day of travel!
Praise God that we got settled into our fun, dorm style
accommodations!
We spent a good part of the afternoon at 8 Mile. Kenny and Tina Logan
are in charge of the youth ministry, but Tina was in a car accident last
week, and Kenny is spending most of his time at the hospital with her.
The youth from the youth group have such ownership of the group that
they are invested in it and are determined to make sure we have this
children's/youth outreach program tomorrow. We met first with the youth
group president, Yensi (an amazing leader at only 17 years old). She
began by introducing herself to us, and then began introducing the rest
of the youth to us. We learned all about their various ministries and
community service projects.
The rest of our day was spent in worship, planning, playing some games
with the kids at 8 mile, and now we are thrilled that it's bed time!
Tomorrow [a holiday in Belize] we are meeting up with the 8 Mile youth
group for a full day of youth and children's activity. Depending on the
size of the group we attract we might be able to start our weekly
construction project.
Thanks for all the prayers! Love always!!!
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Please pray!
* for good attendance at the planned events; that Christ's love
would be clearly modeled and presented, that those attending would come
to know Him
through the stories, activities, and interactions.
* that God would be glorified through team members' thoughts,
words, actions, and reactions as they seek
Him on this trip.
* that God would use the team's efforts to bless the people of
Belize, drawing them closer to Himself.
* that team members would serve with good attitudes - in humility -
as they work.
* that team members would truly learn what selfless serving is like.
* that team members might know Jesus Christ more because of this
experience.
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ
Jesus: Who, being in very nature God,did not consider equality with God
something to be used to his own advantage;rather, he made himself
nothingby taking the very nature of a servant,being made in human
likeness. Phil. 2:5-7
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of
yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with
sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each
of you. Romans 12:3
Praise God for a good first day!
Praise God for a safe day of travel!
Praise God that we got settled into our fun, dorm style
accommodations!
We spent a good part of the afternoon at 8 Mile. Kenny and Tina Logan
are in charge of the youth ministry, but Tina was in a car accident last
week, and Kenny is spending most of his time at the hospital with her.
The youth from the youth group have such ownership of the group that
they are invested in it and are determined to make sure we have this
children's/youth outreach program tomorrow. We met first with the youth
group president, Yensi (an amazing leader at only 17 years old). She
began by introducing herself to us, and then began introducing the rest
of the youth to us. We learned all about their various ministries and
community service projects.
The rest of our day was spent in worship, planning, playing some games
with the kids at 8 mile, and now we are thrilled that it's bed time!
Tomorrow [a holiday in Belize] we are meeting up with the 8 Mile youth
group for a full day of youth and children's activity. Depending on the
size of the group we attract we might be able to start our weekly
construction project.
Thanks for all the prayers! Love always!!!
----------------------------------
Please pray!
* for good attendance at the planned events; that Christ's love
would be clearly modeled and presented, that those attending would come
to know Him
through the stories, activities, and interactions.
* that God would be glorified through team members' thoughts,
words, actions, and reactions as they seek
Him on this trip.
* that God would use the team's efforts to bless the people of
Belize, drawing them closer to Himself.
* that team members would serve with good attitudes - in humility -
as they work.
* that team members would truly learn what selfless serving is like.
* that team members might know Jesus Christ more because of this
experience.
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ
Jesus: Who, being in very nature God,did not consider equality with God
something to be used to his own advantage;rather, he made himself
nothingby taking the very nature of a servant,being made in human
likeness. Phil. 2:5-7
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of
yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with
sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each
of you. Romans 12:3
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Belize prayer update 2
Just received from Sophie...
"We made it safely to Belize. The only hiccup on the way down was a two-hour delay on the tarmac in Houston. We are getting settled, ready for lunch, prepping for tomorrow, and heading over to 8 mile to meet with some of the youth to plan for tomorrow's all-day youth activities (and worship with them)."
Praise God for His protection this first day of travel!
Please pray!
* for group unity to be formed.
* that each person would focus on God and not on themselves.
* that God would be glorified through team members' thoughts, words, actions, and reactions as they seek
Him on this trip.
* that God would use the team's efforts to bless the people of Belize, drawing them closer to Himself.
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Phil. 2:1-4
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Eph. 3:20
"We made it safely to Belize. The only hiccup on the way down was a two-hour delay on the tarmac in Houston. We are getting settled, ready for lunch, prepping for tomorrow, and heading over to 8 mile to meet with some of the youth to plan for tomorrow's all-day youth activities (and worship with them)."
Praise God for His protection this first day of travel!
Please pray!
* for group unity to be formed.
* that each person would focus on God and not on themselves.
* that God would be glorified through team members' thoughts, words, actions, and reactions as they seek
Him on this trip.
* that God would use the team's efforts to bless the people of Belize, drawing them closer to Himself.
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Phil. 2:1-4
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Eph. 3:20
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Belize prayer update 1
Dear prayer warriors,
Our Belize team leaves DFW airport at at 5:30 am on Sunday morning- but with the time change tonight it will feel like it's earlier.
They'll arrive in Belize on Sunday. They will spend the day preparing for their work week. They will worship with a local congregation and work on getting their bearings.
Pray for the following items:
* that they will all rest well tonight so that they will wake refreshed and ready to minister in Jesus' name this week.
* for safety in travels, that all their luggage will arrive with them and without incident.
* that the team will rapidly adjust to their surroundings and the people they will work and minister with.
* that they will lay any concerns and uncertainties for the week at Jesus' feet.
Our Belize team leaves DFW airport at at 5:30 am on Sunday morning- but with the time change tonight it will feel like it's earlier.
They'll arrive in Belize on Sunday. They will spend the day preparing for their work week. They will worship with a local congregation and work on getting their bearings.
Pray for the following items:
* that they will all rest well tonight so that they will wake refreshed and ready to minister in Jesus' name this week.
* for safety in travels, that all their luggage will arrive with them and without incident.
* that the team will rapidly adjust to their surroundings and the people they will work and minister with.
* that they will lay any concerns and uncertainties for the week at Jesus' feet.
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24
Friday, March 8, 2013
Fwd: Tim Tam writing
>>>
>>> This is my first chance to speak since the accident last week.
>>> Yesterday afternoon I was moved to a rehab facility. Last night got my first
>>> really good nights rest. To day I will get my first bath and work on
>>> mobility so I can safely join my kids and friends at Lisa's side. I
>>> have only see her twice since helicopter took her, both times she was
>>> not conscious. Yesterday was second time when I went to say good bye
>>> when leaving hospital.
>>> Bottom line, Lisa needs prayer for tough surgery today.good news it
>>> that yesterday she started breath inning on her own. She is still
>>> intubated but she for the first time began breathing on Her own power.
>> Progress so far:
>> Thanks to numerous doctors nurses, my children, and faithful friends I fell like I am back. My broken leg is set, Cuts and lacerations across my body have been cleaned up and stitched and look better daily. Other than that just to small fracture on my wrist. I have survived a small stay in what seemed Like hell due to problems from the narcotics. I got a little crazy in the night and ripped off my bandages and pulled out my IV. Then my intestines stopped working and I got bloated and distended. I couldn't eat for a couple of days and struggled to deal with that issue. What felt like days of unbearable pain for me, I was aware that it was just a fraction of what Lisa has to and will have to endure. She is so much worse than I. We are still trying to piece together what actually happened at the accident. One of the doctors said it is as if Lisa's body was smashed on the steering wheel and simply broken through, Breaking her ribs, smashing her sternum, injuring her heart, and breaking her back.
>> They have already done surgery on her broken wrist but today is the big deal, trying to do surgery on her back and she must lie down on her front for that operation, pressure on her heart. the good news is that since yesterday she is breathing on her own. There are so many factors coming together to make this complicated surgery. One of the surgeons is encouraged that she has been unconscious through most of this and that the severity of it along with medications, much of the pain she will not remember.
>> There have been many encouraging signs of God's help through this that I would love to share. But the main thing is to get folks praying for the surgery Right this minute
> Thanks
>
> Little Moises just called me from Belize
> He heard on the news, called to read me scripture, said "as God was
> with me, so he will be with you"
>
>
>
>
>
>> TT
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>>
>>> This is my first chance to speak since the accident last week.
>>> Yesterday I was moved to a rehab facility. Last night got my first
>>> really good nights rest. To day I will get my first bath and work on
>>> mobility so I can safely join my kids and friends at Lisa's side. I
>>> have only see her twice since helicopter took her, both times she was
>>> not conscious. Yesterday was second time when I went to say good bye
>>> when leaving hospital.
>>> Bottom line, Lisa needs prayer for tough surgery today.good news it
>>> that yesterday she started breath inning on her own. She is still
>>> intubated but she for the first time began breathing on Her own power.
>>>
>>> This is my first chance to speak since the accident last week.
>>> Yesterday afternoon I was moved to a rehab facility. Last night got my first
>>> really good nights rest. To day I will get my first bath and work on
>>> mobility so I can safely join my kids and friends at Lisa's side. I
>>> have only see her twice since helicopter took her, both times she was
>>> not conscious. Yesterday was second time when I went to say good bye
>>> when leaving hospital.
>>> Bottom line, Lisa needs prayer for tough surgery today.good news it
>>> that yesterday she started breath inning on her own. She is still
>>> intubated but she for the first time began breathing on Her own power.
>> Progress so far:
>> Thanks to numerous doctors nurses, my children, and faithful friends I fell like I am back. My broken leg is set, Cuts and lacerations across my body have been cleaned up and stitched and look better daily. Other than that just to small fracture on my wrist. I have survived a small stay in what seemed Like hell due to problems from the narcotics. I got a little crazy in the night and ripped off my bandages and pulled out my IV. Then my intestines stopped working and I got bloated and distended. I couldn't eat for a couple of days and struggled to deal with that issue. What felt like days of unbearable pain for me, I was aware that it was just a fraction of what Lisa has to and will have to endure. She is so much worse than I. We are still trying to piece together what actually happened at the accident. One of the doctors said it is as if Lisa's body was smashed on the steering wheel and simply broken through, Breaking her ribs, smashing her sternum, injuring her heart, and breaking her back.
>> They have already done surgery on her broken wrist but today is the big deal, trying to do surgery on her back and she must lie down on her front for that operation, pressure on her heart. the good news is that since yesterday she is breathing on her own. There are so many factors coming together to make this complicated surgery. One of the surgeons is encouraged that she has been unconscious through most of this and that the severity of it along with medications, much of the pain she will not remember.
>> There have been many encouraging signs of God's help through this that I would love to share. But the main thing is to get folks praying for the surgery Right this minute
> Thanks
>
> Little Moises just called me from Belize
> He heard on the news, called to read me scripture, said "as God was
> with me, so he will be with you"
>
>
>
>
>
>> TT
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>>
>>> This is my first chance to speak since the accident last week.
>>> Yesterday I was moved to a rehab facility. Last night got my first
>>> really good nights rest. To day I will get my first bath and work on
>>> mobility so I can safely join my kids and friends at Lisa's side. I
>>> have only see her twice since helicopter took her, both times she was
>>> not conscious. Yesterday was second time when I went to say good bye
>>> when leaving hospital.
>>> Bottom line, Lisa needs prayer for tough surgery today.good news it
>>> that yesterday she started breath inning on her own. She is still
>>> intubated but she for the first time began breathing on Her own power.
>>>
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Prayers for the Word at Work Staff
As we are preparing to send a team of 20 to Belize in just a few weeks for our annual March trip, we are aware that this is a difficult time for the Word at Work staff, and would ask that you would join us in praying for them.
Tim Tam (who is the leader of the Word at Work) and his wife Lisa were in a car accident last week in New Mexico. They were airlifted to a hospital in Amarillo, TX for treatment. Lisa remains in ICU where she is being treated for her injuries. Tim's injuries were less severe, though he still had to undergo surgery to repair a broken tibia. He is supposed to be released today or tomorrow to a rehab facility.
Kenny Logan and his wife Tina live in Belize and work for the Word and Work. Kenny works a countless number of hours coordinating with teams and leading construction products, and together they have started a youth ministry program for kids in the 8-Mile area of Belize. Today as she was taking her two kids to school, her Rodeo flipped. The kids are fine, but she was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Please be praying for the continued healing of Tim, Lisa, and Tina.
Tim Tam (who is the leader of the Word at Work) and his wife Lisa were in a car accident last week in New Mexico. They were airlifted to a hospital in Amarillo, TX for treatment. Lisa remains in ICU where she is being treated for her injuries. Tim's injuries were less severe, though he still had to undergo surgery to repair a broken tibia. He is supposed to be released today or tomorrow to a rehab facility.
Kenny Logan and his wife Tina live in Belize and work for the Word and Work. Kenny works a countless number of hours coordinating with teams and leading construction products, and together they have started a youth ministry program for kids in the 8-Mile area of Belize. Today as she was taking her two kids to school, her Rodeo flipped. The kids are fine, but she was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Please be praying for the continued healing of Tim, Lisa, and Tina.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Fw: Belize update on Catarina
Just Got news Catarina is on her way home.
tim tam
Hello Everyone,
Catarina and Juan are on their way home to Belize today. Catarina has completed all chemo treatments and is doing great. The doctor and his wife are accompanying them to Belize and will be visiting Catarina's village along with Alicia and Korie Williams.
Catarina was on the local Knoxville news a few nights ago. She and Juan were at the Festival of Trees and she was riding a carousel. The news report was telling her story and the plans for her return to Belize.
Continue to pray for Catarina as she returns to her family and village.
Blessings, Carla
Read news story here
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