One Day Left!!!!!

The top picture above is showing both of my bags fully packed and ready for Belize. The bottom picture is an "exploded" view of both bags showing the entirety of their contents.

Well, I have one full day left here in beautiful Colorado until I get on a bus at my school en route to DIA to board a plane that will eventually land me in Belize City. There begins the actual adventure, because as most of you know the adventure started way back in September for this trip, that I have spent the past 6 months in preparation for.

As I speak, some of my classmates are in other cities performing in sports tournaments for our school and they are planning on getting back late Saturday night so they have all been fully packed for a couple days now, whereas I finished packing just this afternoon.

I also think you would like to know that I was able to raise sufficient funds just in time for the total amount deadline that was set for this past Monday. I cannot give enough thanks to those who have supported me both prayerfully and financially. I cannot wait to get there but I also cannot wait to get back so that I can share my experiences with you both through stories and through pictures, which I plan to take a whole lot of.

Until next time,
Ben Means

As The Hour Draws Near...

Hey Everybody!

It's been too long since my last post and I apologize for that. Anyway, I am now less than $500 away from reaching the total funds I need for my trip to Belize.
I have been constantly going around to different stores and putting in applications, going back a couple times and doing all that is needed when applying around. I'm praying that if God wants me to have a job, that He will have His will done not mine. If He doesn't want me to have a job, then it shall be, but either way I'm putting my faith in God that He will provide everything I need to be ready and to go on this once-in-a-lifetime trip.
In school we have been practicing different group drama's that we will perform for the villagers while we are down in Belize. We are also tested every Friday on two or three more verses that are key to witnessing to lost people. I have noticed that it is becoming much easier to read my Bible because I know that when I do, I learn more and more ways to trust God, and to share His love with those around me.
As the trip dawns nearer and nearer each day, I feel a rising excitement in my heart about the trip as a whole and all the amazing wonderful memories that I know God will allow us to make while we are down there.
God has been visibly working in all of my classmate's hearts' as well as mine own to prepare us for the opportunity He has laid before us. In our class discussions, we have grown more and more open with each other in talking about intimate topics that are close to each of our hearts.
I am praying for each and every one of my classmate's and for my own heart that God would choose to break us while we are down there and that He would reveal Himself to us in ways we never dreamed of. I am praying for those such as me that are struggling to raise the sufficient funds for this trip because I don't want anyone to miss this trip.
Please pray for my class and for me that God would use us in many ways and that He would change our lives through this trip.

Prayerfully His,
Ben Means