After breakfast at the hotel our team walked to a park one block from the El Reyes Hotel. Pastor Lee had asked our team to help fix up the park for children in the community. 9 of the 10 swings were missing and trash and limbs were littered throughout the park. What we all thought would be a simple project took several hours as we were missing several parts needed to hang the swings. Pastor Lee went to four hardware stores to find the necessary parts. Each swing seat has a LIFE.net stamp imprinted on hardwood. Each swing seat costs $20, but provides a great service to the community. Pastor Lee has replaced swing seats in several parks in surrounding neighborhoods and intends to do more in the future. It was an extremely hot morning in Belize, so our team tried to stay well hydrated with lots of water. Several of the gals on the team assembled the swing seats, several guys hung the swings and made sure they were level and others on the team picked up trash. It was a great feeling knowing that we have improved this park for the kids of Belize and gotten the word out about Pastor Lee's church.
For lunch our team was treated to pizza at a restaurant called Peppers. We had cheese and pepperoni pizzas, garlic bread and waters or sodas.
After lunch we went door to door in the Belmopan community, passing out flyers, inviting people to LIFE,net church and praying for those that expressed various needs.
At our evening team dinner we surprised our team leader Mike Diefenbach with a carrot cake for his 49th birthday. Each team member took time to share "words of affirmation" with Mike by telling him one way in which he has touched their life.
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