Women's SS Class at Sweetes Church
Ron Jones, host missionary, preaching at Sweetes Church
Team 2 leading a couple songs during worship
Austin with the "Austin's"
the Coconut BoysOur Team
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Some Pix from Sunday 3/9
Women's SS Class at Sweetes Church Ron Jones, host missionary, preaching at Sweetes Church Team 2 leading a couple songs during worship Austin with the "Austin's" the Coconut Boys
Monday, March 10, 2008
Prayer request
We are asking for prayer for Debbie Bowman. She put in a full day of hard work and then came back to the apartment feeling ill with upper respiratory flu symptoms.
Please, also, pray for the rest of our team that we will remain healthy for the remainder of our stay here. There are still many things we want to accomplish while we are here.
It is so comforting to know that we can rely on you to lift us up to the Lord in prayer. Thank you for being our support and encouragement!
Please, also, pray for the rest of our team that we will remain healthy for the remainder of our stay here. There are still many things we want to accomplish while we are here.
It is so comforting to know that we can rely on you to lift us up to the Lord in prayer. Thank you for being our support and encouragement!
Team #2 - Day 4
What a day today. In our devotion tonight with the team we were asked to give one word to describe the day. Answers were; undescribable, life-changing, worship, inspirational, affirming, and others.
We worked on the church today. We started off extra early since Julie woke everyone up at 6am on accident, for some reason she thought it was 7am and thought we were late. The painting project continued on with great progress being made. The bathrooms are looking great. I was amazed to find out that this church and pre-school went on for two years without having a working bathroom.
We also tackled the job of cleaning up the yard of the church. It was overgrown and it appeared someone had cut down some overgrown trees from the neighbors yard and just left them there. We moved lots of brush and leaves, raked up broken glass, removed lots of broken concrete, dug out some stumps, and cleaned out the ditches. We originally negotiated for a guy with a dump truck to come and haul the stuff away. He originally thought it would take one load. Instead, it ended up taking three oversized loads. It was hot and we seen some huge spiders and lizards. I admit, I even screamed like a little girl once. In my defense, it was a really big lizard.
I also got to drive a van with a stick shift. The steering wheel was on the opposite side of the van and they drive on the left hand side of the road. How I got to the hardware store and back with out stalling out or getting in an accident was only by the grace of god.
The people of Antigua are very friendly and welcoming. The christians here are filled with the joy that only Christ can bring. They have so little, but they know they are so very blessed because they have Jesus. But even the non-christians we have met have been friendly. We got to talk to some guys working on cars up on car repair corner tonight. They were great telling us about their cars and the races. Greg was totally into it talking about flux capaciters and muffler bearings and all that other car stuff. The only thing I knew was that they were fast and I wanted to drive one.
I am so very glad that I was able to come on this trip. I have truly been blessed and this has been life changing for me. We like to hear your comments on the blog, so please send them to us.
We worked on the church today. We started off extra early since Julie woke everyone up at 6am on accident, for some reason she thought it was 7am and thought we were late. The painting project continued on with great progress being made. The bathrooms are looking great. I was amazed to find out that this church and pre-school went on for two years without having a working bathroom.
We also tackled the job of cleaning up the yard of the church. It was overgrown and it appeared someone had cut down some overgrown trees from the neighbors yard and just left them there. We moved lots of brush and leaves, raked up broken glass, removed lots of broken concrete, dug out some stumps, and cleaned out the ditches. We originally negotiated for a guy with a dump truck to come and haul the stuff away. He originally thought it would take one load. Instead, it ended up taking three oversized loads. It was hot and we seen some huge spiders and lizards. I admit, I even screamed like a little girl once. In my defense, it was a really big lizard.
I also got to drive a van with a stick shift. The steering wheel was on the opposite side of the van and they drive on the left hand side of the road. How I got to the hardware store and back with out stalling out or getting in an accident was only by the grace of god.
The people of Antigua are very friendly and welcoming. The christians here are filled with the joy that only Christ can bring. They have so little, but they know they are so very blessed because they have Jesus. But even the non-christians we have met have been friendly. We got to talk to some guys working on cars up on car repair corner tonight. They were great telling us about their cars and the races. Greg was totally into it talking about flux capaciters and muffler bearings and all that other car stuff. The only thing I knew was that they were fast and I wanted to drive one.
I am so very glad that I was able to come on this trip. I have truly been blessed and this has been life changing for me. We like to hear your comments on the blog, so please send them to us.
Two Awesome Days
Where do I begin? I have been here around eleven days, sometimes it feels like a month and sometimes it feels like we have just arrived! I have not had a chance to share with you yet so I will try to keep it short and not get too carried away!
First off I miss you all. Samantha, Ali, Randy, Mom, Dad, etc. Uncle Kieth I think about you often and your pledge to pray for everyone by name every day until we get safely back home. Thank you it is working. All of your prayers have made this trip a huge success. We could all leave today and our new Antiguan friends would be very happy with what we have accomplished.
Yesterday we were able to worship at our 3rd and 4th different church. We were at Swetes (pronounced Sweets) Wesleyan Holiness Church in the morning. We went to Sunday School where six classes were taking place at the same time in the sanctuary! Needless to say it was a little distracting. We heard a great message there. That night we went to Parham Wesleyan Holiness Church. We were late because our van ride did not show up on time, not uncommon here! We get there when we get there! The pastor commented that he arrived just ahead of us. We heard another great message by Pastor Paul Edwards who is also the District Superintendent in this district.
Today we left the duplex at our usual 7:30 a.m. ( we had our own transportation)! We were able to hire a local trucker to haul away a truck loads of brush,broken glass, chunks of cement, lizards, spiders, and any other critter that had made the churches back yard its home. Our young men of Team II were remarkable. Ray cracked the whip on Tony, Andrew, and Austin. They worked really hard, cutting down trees with Brother Mac's machete! The truck driver had no idea what he was in for. We cleaned that yard down to the grass, what there was under all that garbage. We ended up with three truck loads taken out of there.
When Team I left I thought there was no way that Team II could do as good as a job as the first gang. Well guess what, they have! We are all working great together, all pulling in the same direction to minister to the people of Gray's Farm community. These people are living in desperate situations and there are so many people that need the Lord, probably a lot like it would be inter city Flint or Detroit!
One more story then I will sign off. By the way we are having some technological difficulties uploading photos. We are hoping that we can get the photos to Pastor Peter (we miss you) and he can upload them from home.
I met a young single mom the first Sunday we were here at Church. She has a little boy, Genesis, who is as cute as they come. We immediately became friends and she has been sharing with me about her life here in Antigua. While she was in London, England having her baby her neighbors tapped into her electrical service and ran up a bill to the tune of $470.00 EC, so she has no electricity, no running water, no inside toilet, no panes of glass in her windows, and obviously no refrigerator! It is a very rough neighborhood so she has to board up her windows up at night for safety. Just two weeks ago she was awaken in the night by her neighbor screaming that a masked man was raping her! She can not come to night church unless a friend brings her because it would be dark when she got off the public bus on the way and it would not be safe for her to walk to her house from the bus stop. Greg, Gert, Debbie D., and I were in her home today because were are going to give her the money to get her electric hooked back up and Greg is going to install a yard light for her. She never complains, we prayed together before we left and she was thanking the Lord for all her blessings! She has the sweetest spirit about her. She and her son are always very neat and clean, her little house was very clean. The people here take pride in what they have, at least the Christian community does. The little children in the morning are at their bu stops in the morning with their clean uniforms on with their clean and pressed white shirts on!
Pray for us we can not get every body's electricity turned back on but we can share with, wave to, visit with anybody that comes by the Church while we are working on it. It is heart breaking to see the conditions that these people are living in.
In closing, keep praying because the devil rears his ugly head every so often. This lets us know we are doing what God wants us to do. Keep our missionary hosts, Janice and Ron, in your prayers. They are wonderful people and are great hosts.
Learning to Serve,
Julie
(PS The beaches are beautiful! )
First off I miss you all. Samantha, Ali, Randy, Mom, Dad, etc. Uncle Kieth I think about you often and your pledge to pray for everyone by name every day until we get safely back home. Thank you it is working. All of your prayers have made this trip a huge success. We could all leave today and our new Antiguan friends would be very happy with what we have accomplished.
Yesterday we were able to worship at our 3rd and 4th different church. We were at Swetes (pronounced Sweets) Wesleyan Holiness Church in the morning. We went to Sunday School where six classes were taking place at the same time in the sanctuary! Needless to say it was a little distracting. We heard a great message there. That night we went to Parham Wesleyan Holiness Church. We were late because our van ride did not show up on time, not uncommon here! We get there when we get there! The pastor commented that he arrived just ahead of us. We heard another great message by Pastor Paul Edwards who is also the District Superintendent in this district.
Today we left the duplex at our usual 7:30 a.m. ( we had our own transportation)! We were able to hire a local trucker to haul away a truck loads of brush,broken glass, chunks of cement, lizards, spiders, and any other critter that had made the churches back yard its home. Our young men of Team II were remarkable. Ray cracked the whip on Tony, Andrew, and Austin. They worked really hard, cutting down trees with Brother Mac's machete! The truck driver had no idea what he was in for. We cleaned that yard down to the grass, what there was under all that garbage. We ended up with three truck loads taken out of there.
When Team I left I thought there was no way that Team II could do as good as a job as the first gang. Well guess what, they have! We are all working great together, all pulling in the same direction to minister to the people of Gray's Farm community. These people are living in desperate situations and there are so many people that need the Lord, probably a lot like it would be inter city Flint or Detroit!
One more story then I will sign off. By the way we are having some technological difficulties uploading photos. We are hoping that we can get the photos to Pastor Peter (we miss you) and he can upload them from home.
I met a young single mom the first Sunday we were here at Church. She has a little boy, Genesis, who is as cute as they come. We immediately became friends and she has been sharing with me about her life here in Antigua. While she was in London, England having her baby her neighbors tapped into her electrical service and ran up a bill to the tune of $470.00 EC, so she has no electricity, no running water, no inside toilet, no panes of glass in her windows, and obviously no refrigerator! It is a very rough neighborhood so she has to board up her windows up at night for safety. Just two weeks ago she was awaken in the night by her neighbor screaming that a masked man was raping her! She can not come to night church unless a friend brings her because it would be dark when she got off the public bus on the way and it would not be safe for her to walk to her house from the bus stop. Greg, Gert, Debbie D., and I were in her home today because were are going to give her the money to get her electric hooked back up and Greg is going to install a yard light for her. She never complains, we prayed together before we left and she was thanking the Lord for all her blessings! She has the sweetest spirit about her. She and her son are always very neat and clean, her little house was very clean. The people here take pride in what they have, at least the Christian community does. The little children in the morning are at their bu stops in the morning with their clean uniforms on with their clean and pressed white shirts on!
Pray for us we can not get every body's electricity turned back on but we can share with, wave to, visit with anybody that comes by the Church while we are working on it. It is heart breaking to see the conditions that these people are living in.
In closing, keep praying because the devil rears his ugly head every so often. This lets us know we are doing what God wants us to do. Keep our missionary hosts, Janice and Ron, in your prayers. They are wonderful people and are great hosts.
Learning to Serve,
Julie
(PS The beaches are beautiful! )
Sunday, March 9, 2008
week 2 Sunday AM
Hello to all those who are reading this, and as they would say here in Antigua "blessings". I will let the rest of the team relate their own impressions from today, so I will not try to quote them in this short greeting.
We attended Sweets Church today and Rev Ronnie Jones lit them up! Great message, but your week two team bombed when we tried to do some music. I only say that because their music was so good; not that ours was so bad. You would love to hear their quartet do "Days of Elijah". I would really like to see Ron Jones bring a missions team to us from Antigua! You would be as blessed and encouraged as we are.
This trip has already made an impact on my life. Dave, better known here as Chaplin Dave, continues to challenge the team everyday with some very insightful scripture and questions. It was very good to see him and Chris share their personal testimonies in front of 200 plus people this morning. Most of us would agree that they both need to do more public speaking.
I am impressed with the very personal moments I have observed in how everyone has stepped into different but vital ministry roles. There are some who are immediately drawn to the people here, some are drawn to the tasks at hand and some are drawn to other things that they will tell you about.
I cannot explain how much your comments on this blog mean to us. It is like living in a very remote area and getting a letter from home. Please do not be afraid to comment! We look at them like Pastor Tony looks at Dr Pepper after a week without one.
Missing Passport Man,
Greg
We attended Sweets Church today and Rev Ronnie Jones lit them up! Great message, but your week two team bombed when we tried to do some music. I only say that because their music was so good; not that ours was so bad. You would love to hear their quartet do "Days of Elijah". I would really like to see Ron Jones bring a missions team to us from Antigua! You would be as blessed and encouraged as we are.
This trip has already made an impact on my life. Dave, better known here as Chaplin Dave, continues to challenge the team everyday with some very insightful scripture and questions. It was very good to see him and Chris share their personal testimonies in front of 200 plus people this morning. Most of us would agree that they both need to do more public speaking.
I am impressed with the very personal moments I have observed in how everyone has stepped into different but vital ministry roles. There are some who are immediately drawn to the people here, some are drawn to the tasks at hand and some are drawn to other things that they will tell you about.
I cannot explain how much your comments on this blog mean to us. It is like living in a very remote area and getting a letter from home. Please do not be afraid to comment! We look at them like Pastor Tony looks at Dr Pepper after a week without one.
Missing Passport Man,
Greg
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Re: PS To Frank
Just wanted you to know Julie and I used your bathroom stalls today. Flushingly good job, Frank!
PPS We are missing our personal papparazzi. However, we are trying our best to duplicate your creativity. How are we doing?
PPPS We broke your record for photos in one day. We reached 500 if you allow for the EC conversion!!!
PPS We are missing our personal papparazzi. However, we are trying our best to duplicate your creativity. How are we doing?
PPPS We broke your record for photos in one day. We reached 500 if you allow for the EC conversion!!!
Saturday's Youth Crusade
Hi everyone!
This morning we were thrilled to minister to almost thirty (!) children ranging in age from 3 to 18 years old. We sang songs, performed puppet skits, painted t-shirts, played water balloon games and a few other fun activities. We ended the morning with cookies, punch, treat bags, and testimonies from Andrew and Austin. It was so much fun! It is hard to describe the emotions that are felt when you see the excitement on the children's faces. It is both humbling and rewarding to know that what we are doing is making a difference in someone's day and, hopefully, their life.
Afterwards, we took the youth to King George Park where we had a lot of fun competing in basketball and volleyball. The day was very warm (okay, it was downright hot!!) but Pastor Tony, Andrew, Ray, Austin, and Dave still came out the winners in the final round. Not bad for some North American sunburned, white boys!
We ended the day enjoying some of the beautiful sites on the island.
Even though you are not physically here with us, we feel your prayers and your love...
Gert and Debbie D.
This morning we were thrilled to minister to almost thirty (!) children ranging in age from 3 to 18 years old. We sang songs, performed puppet skits, painted t-shirts, played water balloon games and a few other fun activities. We ended the morning with cookies, punch, treat bags, and testimonies from Andrew and Austin. It was so much fun! It is hard to describe the emotions that are felt when you see the excitement on the children's faces. It is both humbling and rewarding to know that what we are doing is making a difference in someone's day and, hopefully, their life.
Afterwards, we took the youth to King George Park where we had a lot of fun competing in basketball and volleyball. The day was very warm (okay, it was downright hot!!) but Pastor Tony, Andrew, Ray, Austin, and Dave still came out the winners in the final round. Not bad for some North American sunburned, white boys!
We ended the day enjoying some of the beautiful sites on the island.
Even though you are not physically here with us, we feel your prayers and your love...
Gert and Debbie D.
Friday, March 7, 2008
A correction by Chris
My last entry said farewell to Team #1, but I included Dave and Julie in that! They're still here, and not on their way home! I'm still very inspired by their leadership and gifts being exhibited on the team and I'm glad they're still with us for the 2nd week!
Team #2 did make it and have had a long day - especially because they went straight from the airport to the Wesleyan social event of the year - a cricket game! We were there to greet them! How good to see them! They were able to meet some of our new friends.
More posts later....!
Team #2 did make it and have had a long day - especially because they went straight from the airport to the Wesleyan social event of the year - a cricket game! We were there to greet them! How good to see them! They were able to meet some of our new friends.
More posts later....!
Anticipating our new arrivals!
This is Chris writing:
We've said "good-bye" to Team #1 and now we anxiously await Team #2's arrival tonight at 8:00. We're getting ready to head to a cricket game with the Wesleyan churches in a few minutes.
We will miss our great team from last week. They have all been such a blessing to me with their new fervor and passion for Jesus and His work in Antigua, the world and now on home to North Branch. I have been so inspired by these people - Dave's leadership as our chaplain; Julie's amazing hunger to go out and meet people and chat with them and she does it so easily!; Frank's amazing growth in Jesus, his hunger for more of Him and his amazing pictures; Dennis' passion AND compassion for the people of Antigua and his hometown church; Larry's desire to do more for Jesus and his passion to share the Good News; Tom's continual smile and love for being here on this trip and his desire to go home and keep loving his kids and family; Nicole's amazing leadership and love for the children we've met; Peter's passion and call to preach the Word and his love for the pastors of this area. Farewell, missionaries, week one!
We've said "good-bye" to Team #1 and now we anxiously await Team #2's arrival tonight at 8:00. We're getting ready to head to a cricket game with the Wesleyan churches in a few minutes.
We will miss our great team from last week. They have all been such a blessing to me with their new fervor and passion for Jesus and His work in Antigua, the world and now on home to North Branch. I have been so inspired by these people - Dave's leadership as our chaplain; Julie's amazing hunger to go out and meet people and chat with them and she does it so easily!; Frank's amazing growth in Jesus, his hunger for more of Him and his amazing pictures; Dennis' passion AND compassion for the people of Antigua and his hometown church; Larry's desire to do more for Jesus and his passion to share the Good News; Tom's continual smile and love for being here on this trip and his desire to go home and keep loving his kids and family; Nicole's amazing leadership and love for the children we've met; Peter's passion and call to preach the Word and his love for the pastors of this area. Farewell, missionaries, week one!
Going and Coming
Pastor Peter here. I have the pleasure of entering the final blog entry for week 1.
As I write, our friends on week 2 are beginning their day of travel. I want to be sure everyone who is keeping up with this blog prays for them today and throughout the coming week. Traveling today are:
Ray Megie
Tony Parsons
Debbie Bowman
Austin Bowman
Andrew Hable
They will join those who are here already:
Greg Shaw
Chris Shaw
Debi Desantis
Gert Zyrowski
Julie Richardson
Dave Richardson
And don't forget our great Missionary Hosts:
Ron & Janice Jones
What a team! What a week they are going to experience.
Ron has asked me this week, "Aren't you proud of your people?" My answer has easily been, "Yes". (But then, I have been proud of all the people of NBWC since God first brought us together.) Have I been proud of how Team 1 has conducted themselves, cared for one another, and fulled engaged in the ministry here? Absolutely. We have been a great team together. I pray God will bless the church we have served; Grays Farm Wesleyan Holiness Church.
Perhaps the greatest personal lesson for me this week has been the renewing of my calling to preach & teach God's word. I love discovering and sharing God's truth. What I have seen in the ministers in Antigua is a certainty and authority to share God's word. God has used them to encourage me in this. Pray for me.
I am so appreciative of Ron & Janice Jones. They have been fantastic to us and for us. By the time I get home it will be 9 days that I've been away from Sarah, William & Kate--I've never left them that long. I miss them deeply. Being here has helped me appreciate the commitment missionaries make in leaving family and their homes to serve God in other countries. I'll be home Saturday (we leave today but have an overnight layover in New Jersey). Ron & Janice will be home...sometime. Pray for them.
Thanks for supporting our team this week. We've loved your comments and loved knowing that so many of you are looking on with excitement and praying for us daily. It means a great deal. Keep it up next week.
Bye for now,
Peter.
As I write, our friends on week 2 are beginning their day of travel. I want to be sure everyone who is keeping up with this blog prays for them today and throughout the coming week. Traveling today are:
Ray Megie
Tony Parsons
Debbie Bowman
Austin Bowman
Andrew Hable
They will join those who are here already:
Greg Shaw
Chris Shaw
Debi Desantis
Gert Zyrowski
Julie Richardson
Dave Richardson
And don't forget our great Missionary Hosts:
Ron & Janice Jones
What a team! What a week they are going to experience.
Ron has asked me this week, "Aren't you proud of your people?" My answer has easily been, "Yes". (But then, I have been proud of all the people of NBWC since God first brought us together.) Have I been proud of how Team 1 has conducted themselves, cared for one another, and fulled engaged in the ministry here? Absolutely. We have been a great team together. I pray God will bless the church we have served; Grays Farm Wesleyan Holiness Church.
Perhaps the greatest personal lesson for me this week has been the renewing of my calling to preach & teach God's word. I love discovering and sharing God's truth. What I have seen in the ministers in Antigua is a certainty and authority to share God's word. God has used them to encourage me in this. Pray for me.
I am so appreciative of Ron & Janice Jones. They have been fantastic to us and for us. By the time I get home it will be 9 days that I've been away from Sarah, William & Kate--I've never left them that long. I miss them deeply. Being here has helped me appreciate the commitment missionaries make in leaving family and their homes to serve God in other countries. I'll be home Saturday (we leave today but have an overnight layover in New Jersey). Ron & Janice will be home...sometime. Pray for them.
Thanks for supporting our team this week. We've loved your comments and loved knowing that so many of you are looking on with excitement and praying for us daily. It means a great deal. Keep it up next week.
Bye for now,
Peter.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
One more Arrival
Debi Desantis arrived safely last night (Wednesday). She'll be staying through all of next week with Team 2.
Working & Worshipping
High reach Dennis.
Larry with a nice touch.
Looking so much better in just 3 days.
Frank and his 1st assistant on Bathroom duty
Worshipping together under a tent in the middle of town.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Blessed Adventure
At the beginning it has been a blessed adventure. The signs of direction from God to strive forwarded toward this mission trip have been strong and pure. The people that back me in prayer, support and guidance, along with the encouragement from my fellow team members has be awesome. As a great leader told me, our God DOES awesome things for us. I've had the pleasure to meet many fantastic people here in Antigua. The children are full of passion, passion in Christ, passion of fellowship (to go that extremely), passion to prosper in there lives. Even the children we see on the street love the attention that we give them, if it's only a picture with there friends. But as I see our mission's the children are the ones in need of somebody to go that extra mile to bring Christ into their family's home. During this week we are here, I've seen the young Wesleyan men starting to pray for and canvasing for the people of Gray's Farm Community. The repairs of the church is minor compared to the need for God in the community. As another great leader in our group stated, God is already here, we didn't bring him down here, that we are here as guides to help people understand God, and guides there souls to God when ever possible. Remember its all about our God, we have these problems in every city, even ours, but if we can save one more soul it's worth it.
The biggest thing that has happen for me here is how much closer I've became with God, He has taken me on this journey to have the people and ministers of Antigua to bring me closer to my father God. I pray with all my heart that the people in the Kingdom can fine Jesus in the way that I have and strive to prosper with Jesus our lord as time goes on. I want to thank my supporters, friends and family for the greatest gift of my life.
In Christ
Frank
The biggest thing that has happen for me here is how much closer I've became with God, He has taken me on this journey to have the people and ministers of Antigua to bring me closer to my father God. I pray with all my heart that the people in the Kingdom can fine Jesus in the way that I have and strive to prosper with Jesus our lord as time goes on. I want to thank my supporters, friends and family for the greatest gift of my life.
In Christ
Frank
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
WHAT A JOURNEY
Here we are day five. God is at work in His Church and in the lives of very team member. We started out looking for adventure and to do some mission work, what ever that means. What we found is that God had something totally different in store for us. Yes we have done a lot of hard work and we've had our share of adventures but more impotently God has transformed our live.
As a ministry team God has created a special bond among us that could be only God given and the friendships we are building with the people here are wonderful.
Last night we spent over two hours praying of the community around Gray's Farm Holiness Church and tonight we had a tremendous service under the tent in the Gray's Farm community. God was truly present in our midst. All of us have been amazed by the poverty here and are hearts have been truly broken. I know that for me Sunday and Monday night services were times of shedding many tears. As God truly worked in my heart. Those who worshiped with us at Gray's Farm Church have so little when it comes to material thing but so much love for the Lord.
Just a couple of thing that God has drawn my attention to concerning the wonderful people here. First of all they worship God with everything that is within them, time is not a disruption, they make know effort to cut God's time short. We on the other hand panic if the service runs more than an hour. Secondly, they have a great awareness of the working of the enemy and great faith in the power of God to defeat him. Many time in our live we lose sight of the craftiness of Satan and are some times lulled to sleep.
God is doing wonderful thing here and we are trusting God that this is just the beginning. Keep the team and these precious people in your prayers. We are all praying for you.
Dennis & Tom
As a ministry team God has created a special bond among us that could be only God given and the friendships we are building with the people here are wonderful.
Last night we spent over two hours praying of the community around Gray's Farm Holiness Church and tonight we had a tremendous service under the tent in the Gray's Farm community. God was truly present in our midst. All of us have been amazed by the poverty here and are hearts have been truly broken. I know that for me Sunday and Monday night services were times of shedding many tears. As God truly worked in my heart. Those who worshiped with us at Gray's Farm Church have so little when it comes to material thing but so much love for the Lord.
Just a couple of thing that God has drawn my attention to concerning the wonderful people here. First of all they worship God with everything that is within them, time is not a disruption, they make know effort to cut God's time short. We on the other hand panic if the service runs more than an hour. Secondly, they have a great awareness of the working of the enemy and great faith in the power of God to defeat him. Many time in our live we lose sight of the craftiness of Satan and are some times lulled to sleep.
God is doing wonderful thing here and we are trusting God that this is just the beginning. Keep the team and these precious people in your prayers. We are all praying for you.
Dennis & Tom
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