St. Catharines

We are getting closer to Belize.  Our plane tickets were purchased this week, which brings us another step closer to our mission trip.

Our planning for the mission trip to Belize is well on the way.  This week our plane tickets were purchased for the whole team. ...

    Well, we have finally started our long road of preparing ourselves to take a H.A.N.D.S trip to Belize. We have had 2 meetings...

On Friday evening, our team got together for a barbecue and a meeting.  The food was great! One of our couples was informed early...

The Trinity CRC "Piece to Peace" quilting group made a girl's lap quilt.  They donated it to the HANDS team for a quilt raffle. ...

The quilting group, "Piece to Peace" , donated a girl's lap quilt to be raffled for the H.A.N.D.S team.  The winning ticket was picked...

Our team is hosting a pig roast/dinner on September 15th, at Beacon Chrisitian School.  The tickets are being sold for $15.00 each.  Donations are...

Our team will be hosting a pig roast/dinner on September 15th, at Beacon Christian School.  Doors will open at 6:00.  Tickets are being sold...

Saturday night, Sept. 15th, our team hosted a Pig Roast.  We had an amazing turnout of over 130 people attend this fund raising event....

We had another meeting tonight to get ready for this trip of a lifetime! We talked about the blessing the Pig Roast was and...

A BIG thank-you to all those who came out to support us on Saturday morning! The amount of support (prayer and monetary) that you...

A Huge Thank You! On Dec. 1, 2012, we hosted a Vendor Trade Show in our church, with proceeds going to our Belize...

  We had our last and final team meeting last Sunday evening. We had a great discussion on what the trip to Belize may...

   This Sunday morning we had our commissioning service at Trinity C.R.C in St. Catharines. It was a wonderful service with H.A.N.D.S Team coordinator...

We started off with a very early wake-up to meet at the church for 3:00am. Pastor Chris sent us off with a prayer and...

We started off with a very early wake-up to meet at the church for 3:00am. Pastor Chris sent us off with a prayer and...

Today was the first day of work. We got picked up by Pastor Alvaro at 8:00 and were driven to the school where he...

Today was the first day of work. We got picked up by Pastor Alvaro at 8:00 and were driven to the school where he...

We woke up to another beautiful sunrise. The hotel provides us with a good breakfast and we are ready to start work. We stopped...

Despite scattered showers throughout the day, it was still hot, humid and sunny. We are starting to get used to the more relaxed atmosphere...

Day 5 The day started with an overcast sky and mist; it was an answer to our evening prayer.  We opened the day...

Today we enjoyed a wonderful day off of work. Pastor Alvaro picked us up earlier this morning to head to Lamanai, which is a...

Sunday, a day of rest and worship. We were invited by Ken and Liz Westerhof, sister and brother-in-law of Bernie and Brenda, to come...

Today was a wonderful, hot, sunny day. Pastor Alvaro picked us up and took as to the furniture store where we bought a wooden...

It was another hot day in Belize. We picked up some hardware and paintbrushes for our jobs today.  This morning some of us painted...

Today is a day of mixed feelings. Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when the people you are saying good bye to, have become...

Thank-you all for praying for travelling mercies. We all made it safely home and ahead of the winter storm that hit today. Yesterday was...