Signs

The Cuba mission team will be having a Rummage Sale sometime in March. I'll post the date once I'm sure. Anyway, our new team member and good friend of mine, Tricia, sent Lou this email:

"blessings lou,

i spoke with my brother-in-law regarding the 6 rummage sale signs we talked about and he generously agreed to donate them, i was floored when he said yes without hesitation, you have no idea how uncharacteristic that is of him!!...

blessings & prayers,

tricia"

Praise the Lord all around!

Canceled but, Covered

Our field trip has been canceled due to family life taking precedence. No worries, Lou told me that The Free Tract Society responded to her tract request email. They asked for a mailing address! That is a very good thing. We will see what the Lord put on their heart to send. Also, Pastor Otto, who gave us tons of tracts to take on the last trip, contacted Lou.
Praise the Lord! God is faithful.

Sancti Spíritus Ministries

We are in the process of becoming a non-profit organization, Sancti Spíritus Ministries (seeking to get our "501 (c) 3" status soon), whose goal is to, in God's time, have a resource center on the isalnd that will aid Bible-believing/Bible-teaching churches in Cuba. Our long-term goal is to plant a non-denominational church. Our name comes from the city in which we did our 2008 mission trip and it works out because in English, it translates from Spanish into English to mean Holy Spirit. Amen & Amen! Last year, God worked in MIGHTY ways through the Holy Spirit. I will post another blog talking more about how the Holy Spirit worked in my heart through last year's Cuba Mission Trip.

Since we are on the path to getting our "non-Profit" status, it is fitting and most important that SSM have a Board of Directors to handle all the executive & administrative aspects of the organization. Lourdes, a.k.a Lou, is the President. Naka, Margarita, Greg, and Elsa are also board members, all of whom were missionaries in the 2008 Cuba Mission. The newest board member is Jeff, who God perfectly placed in front of us. Jeff has a background in law and has been on more than a few mission trips. He will be a huge help when the board needs to complete the "501 (c) 3" paperwork, which Lou says is a few inches thick. LoL!

More to come...

Field Trip

Exciting things are happening. On Saturday, Lou, Margarita, and myself will be driving to Los Angeles to check out the FREE TRACT SOCIETY.

The Free Tract Society, Interdenominational
6012 York Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90042
M-Sat 1030a - 5p

"The Free Tract Society also offers over 500 different English tracts, with translations and additional selections in more than twenty other languages and dialects."

They have been publishing Gospel tracts since 1897! They have tracts in 30 different languages.The tracts are printed right in the store. The first pound of tracts is FREE. Lou sent the organization an email telling them of our Cuba ministry and petitioning them for tracts to take on the mission. We are praying for God to touch the hearts of anyone and everyone to donate their time, finances, efforts, gifts, and resources to our ministry.

The Start of Something New

So, I realize that I think too much and over analyze what to write on my blog. I'm not going to try [too hard] and make this an über-professional sounding blog. It's just me writing my thoughts about my love for missions, Cuba, "Cuba Missions", my previous and future missions trips, and everything surrounding those things. I will eventually write about my first [and, Lord willing, not the last] missions trip to Cuba and how I came to discover that "I Heart Cuba Missions". Maybe, I'll even write about my new relationships with my new friends that I made while I was in Cuba. Yup, so this is it.