Recent Travels

 I have just returned from 2 weeks in Cuba. It was a great time of meeting different Latin Link friends and contacts there  - thinking about ways in which we can work together. For several years, Latin Link has been developing friendships with churches there, and some of the possibilities now are a result of those long term friendships.

 

I spend a week in Havana -this view is from the Baptist Seminary

 Retired Latin Link members were able to teach in the seminary as well as lead a conference for retired people with a church in Havana. Their humility and years of experience in Peru was a real advantage as they shared with the church and with pastors.

 

I then spent a week in a small town, 2 hours west of Havana. Strider Hollie has got to know the church and pastor over the last couple of years, and was able to organise the visit of a Step team who are now helping out with a children´s holiday Bible school and youth activities.

 The Step team got around in a variety of modes of transport.....

 Here - the Edinburgh Step team in the back of a truck.

 

It was highlight for me to spend an evening with the Step team as they visited a house church. As building new churches is virtually impossible, the vast majority of growth in the Cuban church is through house churches - who meet together in someone´s home - not more than 12 people - and study the word and encourage each other. For that reason, leadership training is a huge need. During our visit, a few members of the step team shared testimonies and preached, and we prayed for each other. It was a real privilege to be invited to share with them. Most of the church, particularly in that area of Cuba, have never met people from outside, and were encouraged by hearing of what God is doing in other places

Airport farewells.