Monday, Nov 7 - Under the Stars
There are 9 small groups of young people (Junior and Senior high schoolers) that meet twice a week. Tonight two of the groups come to the church. We meet in the patio under the starts where it is cool – maybe too cool for some. There are 10 young men and 7 young women. They answer questions about doctrine, history and blessings at lightening speed.
I wonder what it takes to be able to answer so fast. A total awareness of what God had done for you? A compelling need to saturate yourself with the word of God as an armor around you? Is this what it takes to stay true to God in an environment that denies God’s existence? This is what I see in Cuba. More than objective proof of God’s existence they want the experience of God’s presence. What they need is not just to know that God exists, but that there is a God right here in the thick of their day-by-day lives. God may not be writing messages about himself in the stars but He gets the messages through our blindness as we move around in this world, knee-deep in the fragrant muck and misery and marvel of the world. That is the miracle we are all after. And that is what I get here, and the miracle we all really want.
Rachel
There's something majestic and healing about worship in Cuba that I've never heard anywhere else in my life. I think about all of you often and hope that Jesus continues to move in what often seems like a beautiful, yet broken place. I'm back in the classroom teaching and wish I could be there... I talk about life in Cuba often. My students are fascinated and ask a zillion questions about Cuba. But, I understand... I mean, who isn't fascinated about Cuba?
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