First I'd like to say that I am part of the most amazing Kingdom family. We are a people of strength and maturity who have cultivated the gifts of Yahweh inside of each of us and found our Promise and who we are. The Spirit has total access to our lives and flows freely through us so that we can express Yahweh anywhere we are in the world. This is even more amazing because I have an extended Kingdom family in other ecclesiae (churches) around the US, and we got to do this trip with some of them also. The same Spirit runs in all of us, and we give Him all glory and honor.
We spent eleven days in Belize, but it felt like a lifetime. This is probably because the impact that we had there will last a lifetime... an eternal lifetime. We found the same Spirit that we brought with us there in a group of faithful people. Partnering with them, we ministered to the entire nation. Yes, the nation. We infiltrated systems that impact the whole country including the schools, national TV and radio shows, and even the Belizean Coast Guard. There was no door closed to us, and I know that is because the people who have been there and taken their place as kings and priests of their land have opened the door for us. We just came alongside of them and input our own anointings and expressions of Yahweh.
My favorite part, of course, was ministering to the schools. Getting to go and do what I do every day in another country opened my eyes to where my students have come from, and it also opened my eyes to me. I am able to take the Infinite and bring it to a level where people can understand and apply it. I do it every day, and I did not realize that before this trip. In fact, much of what I did on this trip is exactly what I do in Arkansas. On Tuesday I was teaching for our last day of school. Thursday I flew to Belize, and Friday I was teaching school again. I think one of the things I learned the most was that Yahweh is the same wherever you are, and that you in Him are the same wherever you are. It is like one of my poems:
"Wherever I go the Kingdom is
Wherever I am Yahweh's Promise
Shines brightly forth in the emptiness
The hope that creation will harness"
It doesn't matter if you are in Belize on a missions trip, working at your everyday job, in a service at your local ecclesia, or laying in bed all day sleeping. You are still Yahweh's Promise, and when you are faithful to go where He sends you, that Promise is able to be expressed everywhere.
I went to Belize largely to see what Yahweh looked like in Belize. What does He look like on a missions trip? What does He look like in another country? This is only the second time I've left the country, and I know Him so much better now than I did the last time; I wanted to see. Lo and behold He looks the same. It really drove home the point that Yahweh--in complete and utter totality--is in everything and everyone. Hear, oh nations, Yahweh our Elohim, Yahweh is One! And we are One in Him.
He even talked to me about the Infinite just like He does here in Arkansas, and at the advice of my Apostle, I will be starting a blog about that soon. More details to come on that one.
Everything Yahweh told me about Belize during intercession before we left was confirmed when we got there. It was a land of Promise, purity, and unity. They have the same surface problems I see in America, but nothing can touch or alter the Promise of Yahweh. It is still there waiting for the kings and priests to discover it and take their places. Some of them already have, but more are coming.
Overall, it was a wonderful trip, and I loved getting to minister there. The tropical climate is not one that I enjoy, so I would never have taken a vacation there, but they do have some beautiful scenery that we also got to explore. I loved seeing the Mayan ruins because history is the BEST, and climbing to the top was just another way to prove that there is no such thing as death. I also loved seeing the beaches and the original way to make chocolate. Sampling the chocolate was definitely a highlight of the trip also. Let's just say that people should make chocolate with ginger and chocolate with cardamom more easily available in the USA.
The eleven-day lifetime we spent in Belize was amazing and eternal. I will forever cherish the memories and love the relationships we built there. I doubt it will be the last time we go, and I can't wait to see all that Yahweh brings of what we have just seen begin.
