musings on ministry
We’re leaving today… but not yet. First there is packing and reflecting before a long goodbye. Packing is easy. We have much less to take home than we brought. All the gifts and Sunday school materials and the sweets and toothbrushes have been replaced by Havana Club, cigars and Che Guevara t-shirts. We’re joined by Read More …
Sunday morning was the only time that the group would separate and experience something different. We had decided to split into three groups and worship with the three churches we have spent time with here in Havana. Rob, Alison ad Katie would go back to Guanabacoa with Dyana. Matthew and Shona would stay at Luyano Read More …
Saturday morning brought a bilingual Bible study, but not until we played a circle game that had something to do with ducks, quacking and ending up sitting on each other’s knees in a circle. A great ice-breaker but perhaps not with sweaty people first thing in the morning! Our passage for study was Luke 2:41-52, Read More …
7.00am Cold shower. 7.04am In need of another shower. It’s very hot today, and humid. Breakfast is the same as the previous two days; crepes, honey and fruit. I tried guava and mango this morning. It tuns out I like mango and don’t like guava. I’ve thought for years I didn’t like mango because I Read More …
An early rise and and a cold shower were a welcome start to our first full day in Cuba. Stepping out of the air-conditioned room into a sauna like church gave us some idea of the day and week ahead but a breakfast of crepes, honey and tropical fruit put the heat to the back Read More …
We arrived in Havana, Cuba, after a short, uneventful journey. How I wish that were true! The Journey A group of 7 half-asleep young people and 2 very asleep ‘guardians’ from around the United Reformed Church Synod of Scotland gathered in the middle of the night to set off on a week-long trip to Cuba Read More …