Blogs from Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda, Central America Caribbean - page 2

CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF OUR TRIP!! THIS IS A LINK TO GOOGLE PICTURES: http://picasaweb.google.com/thevertical Just past the link into your web browser and see pictures of our trip. they are named by the dates the pictures were taken (i think!) We love you all and can't wait to see you on Saturday night! Pastor Ben Hannah and Ethan (daddy and mommy love you!)... read more

Hello to all. I just wanted to give you a brief update on our week and our ministry. Every morning we were able to do a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the kids of the island. The first day we had 84 kids, but it only went up after that!!! Tuesday (157 kids), Wednesday (147) and today (132 kids). We were able to talk to them about the creation story, the Bible is the Word of God and we also talked about Salvation. What a powerful week of ministry! In the evenings we were able to talk to the teenagers of the island about the topic of sex and what God has to say to us, through the Bible about what is right and wrong. The first night we talked about how the world and God's ... read more

Hello I am Olivia and I will be talking about what went on today! Well we got up bright and early around 5:30 for some girls and 6:30ish for me. The island time is really weird. It gets early real early and dark early! The kids started banging on the gates to get into the area of the church around 8:30am we gave them the soccer ball and they started a game. Lucy and I went out to play with the little boys and a group of young girls instantly grasped on to us and went to the other field to play. We got really hot but it was time for the VBS to start. But when we got in there we found no comfort from the heat the power had come off and NOTHING WORKED! ... read more

We have arrived in Barbuda, the ladies on Saturday night and the guys on Sunday morning. We had a great time in service worshiping together with Barbuda Pentecostal Church. Kami and Dave led Sunday School this morning and Nic, Alicia and Kara shared a testimony, our team performed a funny skit (the itch skit) and Kara awed the church with her Fine Arts Piano piece. It is beautiful here and we spent the afternoon walking around Codrington, the main (and only) city on Barbuda. We invited everyone we saw to Vacation Bible School during the week days and then to our youth services during the nights. Yes it is hot, and it takes time getting used to NOT having A/C, but the breeze is awesome! We are enjoying all the local and wild animals (the flocks ... read more

Grandma was eaten by a shark Dad, by a killer whale And my baby brother got slurped up By a rather hungry sea snail Andrea Shavick So you think you know your sharks: scary, horrible, teeth producing machines, all set to attack! Well according to National Geographic, more humans get bitten by people from New York each year than by sharks. So it’s time to learn a bit more about these amazing creatures and realise that sharks tend to leave us alone, as long as we leave them alone. Don’t get me wrong, sharks are efficient hunting machines, but they would much rather chomp down a tasty fish or crab than chase after you or me. So how do they hunt, well they have an amazing array of fine-tuned senses at their “fin-tips”. They can sense ... read more