“Be happy that your names are written in
heaven.” Luke 10: 20b
On Monday, the day before the retreat was scheduled to
start, there was no petrol available for the buses to take the youth from
Remedios to Gibara, in the eastern part of the island and nine hours away, where they were to have their retreat.
It was a bit of a scramble, but they turned the sanctuary of
the church in Remedios into a multi-purpose room, started using the rooms in
the unfinished building extension, and found someone who would cater the
lunches during the retreat. The
young people, although disappointed, rallied and the retreat was on. The facilities cannot accommodate all
of them staying overnight for the three days of the retreat, but the mission,
the message and the motivation were intact.
The retreat's theme was sharing the gospel.
The scripture was Luke 10: 1-20 -- Mission, Message, Motivation.
Two of the young men, Padilla (left) Daisel (right) also taught using their experiences,
After the Bible Study and the Mission Study the young people divided into small groups for a more in-depth and specific discussion of what they heard. Here, they are meeting in one of the unfinished rooms of the new construction.
Which also doubles as the lunch room.
Evening program - Choir
The planned outings
to historical places in Eastern Cuba was replaced with other activities.
They piled in this truck, walked across a large field and...
jumped in the river.
Played fútbol (soccer)
and football
They also played games during the morning program.
Badminton. Notice the string for the net and boards for the boundaries.
Best hair contest using shaving cream.
And then, scooting across the rooms to the chairs with the cookie,
But to eat the cookie, you have to put it on your eye and slide it to your mouth without touching it.
They look like zombies, don't they?
They learned that God has given us a mission that is unique to each one of us--to our experiences and our person. That we have a life-changing message of reconciliation to God. And a motivation:
"Be happy that your names are written in heaven." Luke 10:20b
~ Rachel
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