Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Observations from my Cuba trip
Just got back from a week in Cuba. We celebrated the twenty year anniversary of the Herald of Truth work there, and then got to help out with the national Men's Conference where over 300 preachers gathered to fellowship, worship, and study together.
So here are a few of my random observations.
I am blessed to work in ministry with Tim Archer, Tony Fernandez, and Juan Antonio Monroy. They are gifted, passionate, and driven to share Jesus with a lost world.
Bill Brant, our President, and two of our Board members, Faires Austin and James McCoy (along with his wife Debbie) went on this trip. It is nice to know that the people running Hope for Life/Herald of Truth share that passion and mission.
Heard Tony play the Bass with his string quintet. He could easily go elsewhere in the world and make a living as a musician. He chooses to stay in Cuba and make disciples. Love to see ministry as a calling and not just a career.
Got to see five people immersed into Christ. One older lady had an old-fashioned tracheotomy -- the kind with a flap over the area. She had to hold her hand over the flap to keep the water out when she was baptized. Really wanted to follow Jesus.
Hung out with the staff of the Mayfair church from Huntsville. That church and those brothers have poured lots of money and lots of time and energy into Cuba. Love them for that.
Preached the same sermon in Cuba that I preached a couple of weeks ago at Southern Hills. Helped me remember that we are more alike than different. Serving the same God, committed to the same Jesus, led by the same Holy Spirit, and sharing the same mission in this world. Disciples making disciples.
God is good.
So here are a few of my random observations.
I am blessed to work in ministry with Tim Archer, Tony Fernandez, and Juan Antonio Monroy. They are gifted, passionate, and driven to share Jesus with a lost world.
Bill Brant, our President, and two of our Board members, Faires Austin and James McCoy (along with his wife Debbie) went on this trip. It is nice to know that the people running Hope for Life/Herald of Truth share that passion and mission.
Heard Tony play the Bass with his string quintet. He could easily go elsewhere in the world and make a living as a musician. He chooses to stay in Cuba and make disciples. Love to see ministry as a calling and not just a career.
Got to see five people immersed into Christ. One older lady had an old-fashioned tracheotomy -- the kind with a flap over the area. She had to hold her hand over the flap to keep the water out when she was baptized. Really wanted to follow Jesus.
Hung out with the staff of the Mayfair church from Huntsville. That church and those brothers have poured lots of money and lots of time and energy into Cuba. Love them for that.
Preached the same sermon in Cuba that I preached a couple of weeks ago at Southern Hills. Helped me remember that we are more alike than different. Serving the same God, committed to the same Jesus, led by the same Holy Spirit, and sharing the same mission in this world. Disciples making disciples.
God is good.
