Arrived in Cuba and off to a great start!

We arrived safe and sound on Friday morning in Santiago de Cuba…what a beautiful country! The weather has been gorgeous and the mountains and the Caribbean are more fabulous that words can express. The Cuban people are lovely and the Christians are warm, friendly, and love to hug! We visited the church as soon as we arrived and they were busy working on their 5-story structure. It is a beautiful building and will be the largest church in Cuba when finished. Of course they are already meeting in the church and as we were discussing our week during lunch they invited us to minister in their services this weekend.

We started full-swing with Josh preaching for the “Youth” service last night. They said about 200 young people would be in attendance, but word spread fast that Americans would be there the first two floors were packed with all ages—over 700 in attendance. We had a party. Josh preached and the Holy Spirit moved and the team laid hands on those in need and the Holy Spirit moved! Then we had a dancing, singing, party in the Holy Ghost. They love to sing and dance, so we got our aerobic exercise. What a blast!

Since it is Easter weekend they did not want to work at the church today so they could get ready for Sunday, so we took a fun day, visited an old military fort on the coast that was used during the war. It is like time stood still and nothing structurally as changed since the 1950’s. We have some pics, but not a chance to upload, so hoping to get some pics of the country out in the next couple of days.

Tomorrow they will pick us up at our hotel at 6:15 am and we will join them for their sunrise service at 6:30 am. They will feed us breakfast at the church, they I will preach for the 8:45 am service—their theme “Resurrection Sunday” of course. Then we will have lunch and head back to the hotel for the afternoon. Then one of our team members from Orlando will preach the evening service.

Monday we will begin work on the church building. Laying marble tile on the 3rd and 4th floors, and painting the classrooms on the top story. We are not sure what else God has in store, but we are ready!