Belize Questionnaire

If you missed our meeting after church on Sunday, February 28, would you please complete this questionnaire to help us continue to plan the trip to Belize.

More Trip Information

We plan to have a Construction Team, VBS Team and team that wants to do both; please let us know you’re preferences.

Families will be able to stay together, as much as possible, in what’s offered for the accommodations. Please let us know your preferences for accommodations.

It can get hot during the day and so we’d ask that you be careful to bring a water bottle and drink frequently.

English is the primary language in Belize and because there are many factors in this trip that can allow for accommodations of people’s gifts, needs and abilities we are open to teens and possible older children attending on this trip. So please be aware that there might be greater diversity of ages and abilities in those attending this trip relative to other trips you may have been on. We’re pleased to offer a trip with the potential for side-by-side intergenerational and international ministry.

Again, teens and older children are welcome, please contact Marc Otto or Joyce McGinty for more information.

You are not required to attend the Lamani day trip or the trip to San Pedro following. Please let us know what you plan to attend so you can receive cost estimates.

The current estimated price of 1450 includes Lamani but nothing related to the side trip.

Costs to San Pedro from Corozal by boat are approximately 90 dollars RT. And airfare from Corozal to San Pedro returning later to Belize International Airport is approximately 140 dollars. This is in addition to the airfare to get to Belize. Roman’s Village is expensive and they are looking into better pricing for us at this time. Other locations will not being excluded from consideration, so feel free to offer more suggestions because the side trip is for your own personal health and benefit.

At this time we are unsure as to how we will purchase our airfare but are confident that we would like to leave from San Diego, not Los Angeles. The primary airlines to Belize City are Continental and American Airlines.

Trip Schedule

6/26 – Arrive in Belize and review the worksite

6/27 – Attend church onsite and then drive to Cerros (Mayan ruins beautifully located just 30 min from the church for site-seeing, cultural education and rest.)

6/28 to 7/2:
Work day: (5 days of consecutive work)
Construction: 7am – 11am, lunch and rest, 1pm – 5pm
VBS: 9am – 11am, lunch, 1:30pm to 3:30pm
NOTE: The lunchtime provide a break from hottest part of day and rest

7/3 - Trip to Lamani (full day) 26 mile boat trip up river and into a tropical rainforest to view the 2nd largest pre-classical Mayan ruins and 3rd largest archeological site in Belize.

7/4 – Attend church and rest

7/5 – Work Day: 7am – 11am, lunch, 1pm to 5pm (Construction only)

7/6 – ½ Work Day/finishing/cleaning by 11am and leave for airport or side-trip

7/7 – Arrive in San Diego or…

7/7 – (Optional) Side trip to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, BZ (Possibly Ramon’s Village)

7/11 – (Optional) Likely return from side trip

Belize Overview

Trip: Belize, Corozal (English speaking)
Dates: June 26 - July 6, 2010
Cost est: $1450 (TBD)
Work: Construction/finish-work and Vacation Bible School

Description: Our work and witness team(s) will lead both a Vacation Bible School (VBS) ministry which serves about about 100 kids from their community as well as participate in finishing the last 20’ x 40’ section of the roof on a church. Pastor Gualbert said that his construction superintendent would most likely be available to lead us all week. If the roof is completed before we arrive we plan on helping with finish work like drywall, electrical outlets and more.

Other Details:

• Our Goal would be to raise over $10,000 for this project; the minimum is $5,000
• 2 blocks from the church is a small house/hotel that can house approx 20-25 people for about 7 dollars per, person per night - it has a garden area and tree house and very hospitable Christian gentleman- it's safe and secure - in fact, the owner closed the hotel to only host his last W&W team.
• Both the Nazarene church-school and the hostel have showers and restrooms.
• A local church in the community will be cooking meals for us!!!
• The ocean is a few blocks from the church where people can go to cool off following a workday
• Temps would run about 80+ degrees and very humid in June - it would be just the beginning of hurricane season...making it safer than later in the summer.
• There is a Nazarene Spanish-speaking church that has a large 40-60 passenger bus that can pickup a team in Belize City and then drive the 74 miles to and from Corozal for only 400 dollars.
• The Nazarene church and country are primarily English speaking
• Our kitchen, sleeping arrangements, and work-site are all within a few blocks of each other