After spending 10 1/2 hours in the Atlanta airport, taking an hour long flight to Orlando, a 9 1/2 hour layover in Orlando, a 45 minute flight to Miami, a 2 hour layover in Miami, and one last flight of an hour and 45 minutes… we FINALLY made it to Belize!!! After arriving in Belize and making our way through customs, our six teams that make up our squad divided up to head off to our various ministry destinations throughout Belize.
My team, made up of Summer Conneen, Emjay Lohnes, Hannah Busch, Ré Hollingsworth, and myself, have safely arrived at our ministry location in Belmopan, Belize. This month we have the opportunity to serve at Legacy Youth Movement, which is an interdenominational Christian youth training organization that was started in 2004 under YWAM and is run and operated by a network of youth leaders from various churches in Belize. We currently find ourselves staying on a YWAM base and to be honest as I look outside this morning to chickens running around and hear the rustling of the wind through the thick trees, I could not be more thankful for where God has placed us. I can already tell this month is going to be incredible!
Fun fact, this is actually the FIRST time Adventures in Missions (The World Race) has ever had the opportunity to partner with Legacy Youth Movement and we are truly so excited to see where this partnership will lead both us within this month and future World Race teams serving within Belize!
My team and I have the opportunity to work with conference admin personnels to assist them in the preparation needed for their upcoming, November conference. A lot of the work that we get to do is office and media based. This includes but is not limited to registering names that come in for the upcoming conference, praying over each of the youth by name, preparing activities and games that will be used during the conference, managing Legacy Youth Movement’s social media page, developing marketing material for Legacy, etc.
While in Belize the five of us also have the opportunity to work with a non-profit children’s home called Marla’s House of Hope. Marla’s House of Hope strives to provide safe, loving, nurturing care for God’s children who have been removed from an abusive environment. We are so excited for this opportunity and to begin working with the kids and teens who call Marla’s their home.
Today we will receive a tour of the grounds where we are staying and we also have the opportunity to sit in on seminars facilitated by various members of the Legacy and YWAM staffs. Two of my teammates and I are hanging out in the kitchen now, eager to begin our days and see all that God has planned for us! Please keep the five of us in your prayers, as well as the other five teams that make up our squad dispersed all throughout Belize.
-Meagan
Praying for you all as you follow the Lord’s leading. Love ya.
Can’t even express how much I appreciate you taking the time to share in the details of your Amazing Journey Meagan! As WR Parents (One of Your FAB 5 Magic Tree House Girls), Robin & I are truly on the Journey with you and this makes is so much more tangible. On a selfish note, it also puts my wandering mind and the spiritual warfare to rest knowing you are all safe. Praying God continue to Protect You, Provide for You, Stretch You & TOTALLY AMAZE You and Your ENTIRE Team!!!
Teammates in Christ,
Summer’s Dad
How awesome! Love your posts. It really helps to connect us. We want to be on the journey with you as WR parents!
#11n11
How awesome! Love your posts. It really helps to connect us. We want to be on the journey with you as WR parents!
#11n11
Yess!! Praying always! ??
This is so awesome! Love reading about your journey!
I just read all your blogs,and I’m so inspired by them and I will be praying for you and your team thru this journey.I can’t image what your parents went through to let you go, but I do know, it was because of God’s will and letting them know you will be taken care of. May God Bless you thru this journey. May you touch someone’s or many life’s during this journey. I can’t wait to read your blogs.
Awesome! Sounds like a great opportunity. Love the updates…keep them coming. Praying for you and love you lots!
Awe thank you so much, that is very appreciated!! We love having you guys along for the journey!!
Thank you so so much!! Love you too!!
You’re amazing, thank you!!!
Awe thank you Amy, that means so much to me!
This just meant so incredibly much to me, I can’t thank you enough! God bless you and I’m so EXCITED to have you along for the journey!!
Thanks for the update Meagan, we are praying for you and the team as you go through the day and the day’s to come. Opened up my bible this morning to this verse in Psalms, 67: 1-2
” God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.”
We love you and look forward to the next update when time allows, God’s blessings always,
Dad