BUENAVISTA

Saturday morning we headed to Buenavista to visit with the church there.  Usually we go to the three missions houses they have.  This trip the missions got together at Salvador’s house where the mission of Dos Sierras meets.

Over forty people and chairs crowded into a truck that took us on the bouncy road to Dos Sierras.  There we spend time chatting, playing dominoes, drinking fresh coconut water, and eating tasty Cuban food.  We also had a time to hear how God is at work in their lives. 

Salvador shared his struggle as he had to have an emergency eye operation and then, as he was recuperating, he broke his leg in two places.  This was while he was in the midst of a building walls in his house and putting the stucco on the outside.  He shared his frustration at not being able to attend Seminary classes in Remedios and having to depend on others to do the work in his house while he sat in the middle of it all not being able to do anything.

But he also shared that it was an amazing way of God teaching him how he provides through others:  the young man who went to Seminary classes for him and then taught him what he learned; the church community who gladden his days with visits and Bible studies at his house; the crew God provided to work on the house; the sale of his pigs that provided just the right amount of funds to pay the workers.

When he was at the lowest point he mistakenly put a DVD in the player about the apostle Paul while he was in prison.  After watching it he realized that another 30 days in a cast was nothing by comparison.

The truck was 45 minutes late picking us up.  By then it was dark and the bumps on the road seemed to have increase in number and depth.  But it did not deter our Buenavista church from singing a joyful song.

Rachel

It was pitch dark. The only light was the flashlight on the top center.  

You can see the inside of the truck because of the camera flash

Below is a video with the song, but last I tried it was not working.  

Maybe it will work for you.