What happens when you mix 19 college students (and 2 team leaders) who have hearts for serving with an island who welcomes them with a warm embrace? You get a blessing bigger than any of them imagined! Despite some setbacks along the way (like arriving without luggage), the Wesley Foundation from Denton, Texas poured their hearts into the communities of Upper and Lower Bogue and Bluff. The group split up into 3 different teams to do some much needed home repair. One team put up siding, installed new windows and doors, and put on a whole new roof. The second team was able to tile a whole house. Team three had the privilege of jumping around to several sites and helped repair some damaged siding, re-framed windows, scraped paint off emergency housing, and even helped team two to complete the tiling project. Though it rained every single day, they worked through it showing how big their hearts really are. The group also did a Vacation Bible School at Bluff Primary School. The kids’ faces lit up every time the group arrived for another day of games, crafts, Bible lessons, and singing. The kids even taught Denton a few songs to take back to the states. To say these teams were a blessing is an understatement. God definitely worked through them. Evenings were filled with fun, lots of smiles, and tons of laughter. As they prepared to head home one student told me they had never before been that exhausted but had that much fun and been so blessed by a community. Thank you Denton Wesley for your serving hearts and the handprint you left on our community.

Check out our availability for volunteer opportunities throughout the Bahamas.

Please email us with your desired dates to come serve with us.

Tarpum Bay is a settlement that is south of James Cistern.  It is home to one of our Bahamian Board Members, Ken Culmer.  Having the opportunity to house groups farther south on the island will make it easier to broaden where we are able to be of assistance.

Flight Instructions:
From Nassau (NAS) to Governor’s Harbour (GHB): You will fly with Southern Air (19 seater) or Bahamas Air (50 seater).
From Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) – to Governor’s Harbour Airport (GHB): You will need to fly with either Continental Airlines (19 seater), Lynx (19 seater), or Twin Air (8 seater).

Facilities:

Island Coordinators:
Abraham McIntyre (Director)
Kenrick “KP” Pearce (Project Coordinator)
Emily Bagwell (Camp Coordinator)
and Year Round BMH Staff

Transportation:
40 passenger Bus

Max # of Volunteers:
25

Day-off Adventures:
Trips North
Hatchet Bay Caves
Island Made Gift Shop, Gregory Town
Glass Window Bridge
Pink Sand Beaches

Trips South
Pink Sand Beaches
Snorkeling
Ocean Hole
Island Made Gift Shop, Rock Sound
Banyan Tree

K-life, K-life, K-life…after their 3rd time as a ministry down to Eleuthera, the K-Life team carries back home to St. Petersburg, FL new stories, stronger friendships and excitement about their next trip back to Camp Symonette. K-life is a ministry attracting many different denominations, counties and schools to their program which is serving hundreds of youth each week in their spiritual walks.  The now annual trip to Eleuthera has brought familiar faces and new friends back to the island as they seek to minister to and be ministered unto each trip. The teams worked at Camp Symonette laying tiles in the new office space and in the dorm rooms. They also worked at Berta Pinder’s house in Governor’s Harbour, where they finished installing the rafters, fascia, plywood and completing the felt paper on the roof.  One of the boys with a dirty shirt and sun burnt face one afternoon shared, “I love this, I love this…it felt so good to put down that last sheet of plywood.” On Friday evening, culminating their experiences by sharing with one another special moments from the trip, many spoke up about the children’s warm hearts, the softball game on Wednesday night in James Cistern, and even the dance party bringing together the community for laughs and sharing.  BMH is thankful for the friendship of K-life ministries and their hard work and loving spirits, which made another successful week, as we played hard, worked hard, and grew in our walks with God.

It seems that when most people think of Nassau, their thoughts are geared towards tourists and cruise ships.  These are the more “popular” areas of Nassau, but there is also a lot of poverty and need.  Thankfully, a group of college students from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC wanted to serve this specific community in a real way.  St. Michael’s Methodist Church housed the group, and along with a few key members of their church body were able make the group feel instantly at home with a welcome dinner, only to be followed the rest of the week with helpers at the work sites every day, wonderfully prepared meals, and a dinner and Bible study their last night in town.  We couldn’t have asked for a more gracious set of hosts.

There were two different homes that were in desperate need of attention that housed more children than there were beds.  The group was able to close in a hole in the front of one of the homes, work on both roofs, re-frame and replace windows, build cabinets, and redo a floor and ceiling!  What a blessing!  Along with these projects, they also worked at the Fort Charlotte Urban Renewal Center.  They were able to remove old tile and paint the floor, redo the work space around the perimeter of some of the rooms, and scrape and paint the outside of the building.

As a ministry, we try and stress that the work done during a week is important, but relationships that are built are just as important if not more.  Thankfully, at the end of the week, the team had developed strong bonds with the families, and found it very difficult to leave them.  I know that the relationships that were built will have a long lasting effect in both the team and the families’ lives.  Thank you for coming to serve Wofford!

What happens when a group of 10 excited volunteers from Bluff Park UMC make their way from Hoover, Alabama all the way to Staniard Creek, Andros… hearts and lives are changed!  This group stayed at Camp Makepeace, and was welcomed with open arms by the community.  On Saturday and Sunday, playing Frisbee and snorkeling at the beach was in order before their hard week of work began.  Once we got to the work sites on Monday, the forward progress was incredible.  Their energy and willingness to serve during their week of Spring Break allowed them to impact the lives of 3 different families.  Social Services informed us of the most urgent cases in the areas where we were working, and in turn we were able to repair 2 roofs, some foundational and siding issues, along with building a small home!  God is good!  After being on the work sites all day, evenings were filled with good food, intense games of Shanghai (I-EEE-I), Frisbee, and Fellowship.  Thank you Bluff Park UMC for coming to serve the people of the Bahamas.  It’s amazing what God can do when we give Him the chance.