2010 MISSION TRIP – 2ND REPORT
On Friday, each of us finished final preparations for our 1st evangelistic meeting and our preaching. Thursday night, we had all traveled with our Pastor or Elder out to the church site where we would be preaching and practiced setting up our computer and projector equipment. Some of us also practiced the sermon with a translator.
On Friday, each of us finished final preparations for our 1st evangelistic meeting and our preaching. Thursday night, we had all traveled with our Pastor or Elder out to the church site where we would be preaching and practiced setting up our computer and projector equipment. Some of us also practiced the sermon with a translator.
Now Friday was here! On Friday, we especially needed to prepare because not only would we preach Friday night, but then again on Sabbath morning and Saturday night, and Friday would be pretty much our only time to prepare for those two sermons.
Some of us were nervous, some of us didn’t know what to expect, some of us were realizing just what we had gotten into.
Late in the afternoon the local pastors began arriving to transport us to our various churches. The church I was invited to is at least a 45 minute drive from the “hub” city where our hotel is located. One of our young adults, Leilany Rivas rides along to her church since the same pastor is the leader of both church sites (he actually has 17 churches and he meets with the leaders of all those churches every Sabbath afternoon for training and reports, although he is only in 1 church a Sabbath). Our route takes us along part of the Pan-American highway toward the Mexican border some 43 kilometers north.
Some of us were nervous, some of us didn’t know what to expect, some of us were realizing just what we had gotten into.
Late in the afternoon the local pastors began arriving to transport us to our various churches. The church I was invited to is at least a 45 minute drive from the “hub” city where our hotel is located. One of our young adults, Leilany Rivas rides along to her church since the same pastor is the leader of both church sites (he actually has 17 churches and he meets with the leaders of all those churches every Sabbath afternoon for training and reports, although he is only in 1 church a Sabbath). Our route takes us along part of the Pan-American highway toward the Mexican border some 43 kilometers north.
Most of our churches are very simple with either a concrete or tile floor.
The pews are basic wooden benches with a back board.
The roof may be sheet metal or concrete. One of our group, Justine Link is preaching in a auto garage with speakers mounted so the sound can carry out into the neighborhood. Another of our group, Levi Collins is preaching in a pavilion with half open sides. Five to Seven churches are coming to that one site so there are about 300 people attending there. Most of our churches range in attendance from 60 to 100+.
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