| OPERATION BELIZE MERCY: Hurricane relief post Dean
Hi everyone…
As you may have been following the storm reports for Hurricane Dean…you saw that the storm did hit the northern part of Belize . Belmopan , and the surrounding area where we live sustained minor winds and rain…which was a blessing. The day after the hurricane hit, we were organized to action. We sent out a team of 15 or so men, ready to cut down trees and help in whatever way we could. The next day we followed, Omar, our DTS students and me. As we journeyed up to the northern most part you could see the increasing damage of the winds and rain. The trees were down, then uprooted, power lines down, buildings and houses damaged, windows shattered, roofs blown off, entire thatch roof houses torn to pieces. It was a wake up call.
The real story began when we reached our destination, Corozal, the northern most district of Belize. In a week and a half we were able to visit many homes but only able to help some. One house in particular grabs my attention. The roof was completely soaked and just blown and torn off. The entire inside of the house was soaked, it looked like it had been at the bottom of some body of water. the smell was that of an old musty, mildew basement. Every piece of furniture, clothing, bed was ruined by water damage. Our team was able to rebuild a new zinc roof, clean up the fallen trees and damaged outside shower and outhouse structures. Some of the girls helped the family actually move into the house. They began washing all the clothes, setting things outside to dry in the sun. One DTS student tells how she was just blessed by being able to help this family and share some of her life with the mother of these three young children.
These relief efforts were some stories that I will never forget. A team from our area will continue to journey up to this part in order to provide man power to these communities also the local Christian radio station is currently organizing a group of 80 persons to provide help to northern Belize . Continue to pray for the people and families that have been effected. There are resources being provided in some of these areas to rebuild roofs and such by NEMO, the Red Cross and other organizations, however the number of persons to actually do the work is lacking. Pray that God would soften the hearts of some to follow the call to action, even within the country itself.
This Monday we will continue in our school of Discipleship Training . After two weeks of intense work and experiencing the hardships of others, we will be studying the topic of spiritual warfare. Pray that God would continue to work on the hearts of the students and grow the leaders, Omar,myself, John, Patti, Jason and Sara into the servant-leaders He desires us to model.
Blessings,
Omar and Alyssa Myrie
SERVING GOD IN BELIZE
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