Belize Volunteers

📍 Lincoln, Nebraska
🎓 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

I expect to learn how to love when it feels I have no love left to give. I expect to learn to sacrifice when I feel I have no strength left to suffer. And I expect to find a deep and profound joy in that loving suffering that I otherwise would never know.

📍 Fort Worth, Texas
🎓 University of Dallas

"It is in giving that we receive."

📍 Hagerstown, Maryland
🎓 Franciscan University of Steubenville

I am so grateful that the Lord has given me a second year in Benque and I am excited for the growth and joy that is to come!

📍 Findlay, Ohio
🎓 University of Findlay

I hope to give my all each day! This will force me to come back to the Eucharistic table every day for my daily bread.

📍 Sterling Heights, Michigan
🎓 University of Detroit Mercy

I hope to grow in my ability to love God and others.

📍 Lincoln, Nebraska
🎓 St. Gregory the Great Seminary

I want to grow as a leader in my second year of mission, and I want to purify my intentions to do things for Jesus and for my students!

📍 Greensboro, North Carolina
🎓 University of North Carolina

I will give myself to those I am serving through commitment to discerning the Lord's Will and seeking to respond to His graces.

📍 De Soto, Kansas
🎓 Kansas State University

I hope to learn to trust the Lord more and more in my daily life, and to lean on him instead of myself. I also want to get better at starting conversations about faith, our lives, and our struggles with the people that I meet.

📍 Clarkston, Michigan
🎓 Ave Maria University

I hope I grow in surrender to the Lord in both big and small ways this year and to walk with my students toward a greater understanding of the truth.

📍 Tyler, Texas
🎓 Louisiana State University

I am hoping to learn to surrender more to the Lord and how to better love the people around me no matter where I find myself!

📍 Renton, Washington
🎓 University of Washington

I hope to contribute a readiness to love and serve those around me.

📍 Katy, Texas
🎓 Texas A&M University

I hope to become a better sister, daughter, friend and teacher/mentor for love of God and to grow in my knowledge of the faith and in love for Jesus so that I can be His instrument to bring the students and those around me to the Father.

📍 West Des Moines, Iowa
🎓 Iowa State University

I will give myself to those I am serving by showing Christ's love to the students and other missionaries each and every day.

📍 Benque Viejo, Belize
🎓 Franciscan University of Steubenville

I hope to be able make myself as available as possible to those around me and to do all things for the sake of love for God alone.

📍 Lynnwood, Washington
🎓 Washington State University

I expect God to increase my capacity to love those that God has put in my life to serve.

📍 Tulare, California
🎓 Washington State University

I hope to give selflessly to my students and the people of Benque so that they may come to know Christ.

📍 Seattle, Washington
🎓 Washington State University

I hope to grow in my love for Jesus and see Him in all those I encounter during my time in Belize.

📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
🎓 Franciscan University of Steubenville

I wish to serve my students both inside and outside of school through a relationship that is centered around community, fun, and, most importantly, the sacraments.

📍 Steubenville, Ohio
🎓 Franciscan University of Steubenville

I hope for a greater communion with God, those around me, and to win souls for Christ - "For zeal for thy house has consumed me." Psalm 69:9

📍 Jacksonville, Florida
🎓 University of Florida

If I can meet each one of my students with a smile and the impression that I'm glad to see them every day, I think that can go a long way.

📍 West Palm Beach, Florida
🎓 University of Florida

I am looking forward to loving my students and fellow missionaries in a deep, authentic, and unconditional way.