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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as “Ondoy”, has had devastating effects on metro Manila and the surrounding area.  Dumping more than an entire month’s worth of rain in a single day, metro Manila and the surrounding area has reported losses of more than 350 people, and more than $100 million in damages.

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From June 11-21, 2009, a team of students and young adults embarked on a multi-faceted trip to serve the people of Unitedville, Belize. They partnered with a family of missionaries who have served the people of Belize for the last decade. The heartbeat of this mission was to come alongside them and bless the local …

This team of 8 missionaries was UChurch’s most diverse mission team to date – at least age wise, with the youngest participant being 19 years old and the eldest at 96 ½ years young. Though this team did a lot of “work” while they were in Tobago, they proclaim that the LORD through prayer did …

Uchurch message – August 30, 2009 – Testimonies from Uchurch members

We all got quite a surprise and a bit of a scare Wednesday night, as the rain became a torrential downpour, and was soon accompanied with a lot of thunder and lightning.  One particular boom shook our cabanas, and woke most of us up.  Luckily, as the workday began, it was no longer downpouring, yet …

As of today, we have officially experienced the 2 extremes of Belizean weather… HOT HOT and WET WET… Our first 4 days were HOT HOT, followed by 2 days of CLOUDY YET STILL HOT, and TODAY it was WET WET… Our day started with shovelling dirt… Afer lunch the torrential downpour began and the dirt …

Today we spent all morning shoveling dirt,  then we brought in a dump truck full of dirt and shoveled some more! Tomorrow we get to, guess what? You got it! Shovel dirt again in preparation for laying the cement floor. It was an eventful evening with the youth tonight. On a sad note, there was …

Over this past weekend, we had an opportunity to experience several aspects of the Belizian culture. On Staurday morning, we visited the market in San Ignacio, sampling many of fresh fruits that were available. So much better than in Canada.  That afternoon we visited the Mayan ruins of Xunantunich. Unfortunately, earthquakes about a month ago …

The day started off nice and early (around 7:00 am) with eggs and french toast.  We gave the day to God and stocked up on water. Our initial task when we got to the worksite was to clear out any excess debris out of the ditch we are using to build the foundation for the …

The team arrived safely and without incidant today. Many team members were running on less than 3 hours of sleep. We met at the airport at 4:30. We flew to Belize through Houston so we cleared both American and Belizian customs. When we arrived in Belize we were greeted with a wall of heat and …

Our team is off this coming Thursday morning, June 11th! We’ll be at the airport bright & early at 4:30am if any of you want to come see us off ;-) This blog will be updated regularly while we are in Belize (as long as the internet doesn’t go down!), so make sure to check …

June 11-21, a team of students and young professionals will be serving the people of Unitedville, Belize. For updates throughout our trip, click here. If you are interested in discovering more about the purpose and vision of this trip, click here.

Uchurch message – May 24 – Brant Reding – Missions Sunday

From June 11-21, 2009, a team of students and young adults embarked on a multi-faceted trip to serve the people of Unitedville, Belize. They partnered with a family of missionaries who have served the people of Belize for the last decade. The heartbeat of this mission was to come alongside them and bless the local people …

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