MISSIONARY’S HEART

May 14, 2008


PSA 118:23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.


Well were in Trinidad and started a tent crusade last night. The turn out was very good for the first night. On Monday we were to fly out at 6:10am and was at the airport at 4:00am only to have our flight canceled and had to go by another airline and flew out at 12:10, where we were to arrive at 1:30 pm in Trinidad we arrived at something till 8 pm. Only to have one bag missing. So by the time we filled out a missing bag form, we did not leave the airport till around 10:00 pm. This would be the bag with all the medical supplies for Guyana. Well the bag arrived and the tent crusade is going well in a drug-infested area. With the nickname dope road instead of the actual name Hope Rd. Yet there is being souls saved and one filled with the Holy Ghost already. There was a 160 chairs and the Pastor rented 40 more. Oh what a sight for a preacher to see hungry souls in the alter crying out to a living and merciful God (see photos). This was not a church, just a street corner and a mighty move of God.

Well then after a week it was off to Guyana to do another crusade in Georgetown and deliverance service in the Kuru Kuru village on Friday morning. It is the rainy season and how it poured after the service. On the way back riding in a maxi van, they loaded it with cherries to take to market. The joy of being a missionary and never knowing what you will encounter next, some good and some bad (LOL).

We left the city to go to a place called the Nigg Settlement in the Corentyne area in Berbice. We had to cross a three-mile river on a ferry. This was the farthest out we had ever been. There we stayed with a pastor and his family, the sweetest family on the face of the earth. Also the very best fried chicken in Guyana, mission work is always a sacrifice, but a lot of chicken had to give their lives so the preachers could eat! By the grace of God we were able to go into 5 new churches. In each one souls and lives changed by the word and the anointing of the mighty Holy Spirit. With new doors opening and pleads to come back and do open air crusades. They are a people ripe unto harvest and hungry for the word of God. As you preach, they are taking notes and hanging on every word you are saying. The saints there need encouragement and our prayers, as there is much work to do. This trip we were blessed to take in medical supplies, blood glucose monitoring meters and strips. They were given to the wards at the hospitals. They didn’t even have one in the whole hospital, but thanks be to God they have many in several hospitals (if you can call them hospitals). Some will be for personal use as other will be given to pastors and doctors who will check there blood sugar free of charge. It cost to have your sugar check and many don’t have the money. It takes two weeks pay for a person to go to the doctor in Guyana. Some will say why medical supplies, well we as the body of Christ minister to the whole man. A simple sugar meter could save someone life, keep them from going blind or having a stroke. WWJD, it one thing to say it so easily and another to do it. This was a very fruitful trip and all glory and honor belongs to God! Thank you for those that prayed, gave and made all this possible, without support I would not be able to go and preach into all the world as Jesus said to do.

I remember going into Guyana the first time in 05, right after the flood and crying for two days. I asked the Lord what could I (one man) do to make a different and now I cry with joy seeing what the Lord is doing. No I am not a big ministry and I don’t drive a new car, or live in a gated community, but I have a desire and call in my heart to reach out and help. We were able through people giving including myself who wanted to plan a special seed in the mission field to get two brand new bicycles for local pastors to do the work of the Lord. I love to do for the children as good as I love to preach, but due to weight restriction was not able to carry things in for them. We did get some nice pencils and bought some sharpeners and balloons and sweets and made 40 treat bags and gave the whole Sunday school an ice cream party. I have been going to Trinidad since 04 and Guyana 05 and never had this to happen. When you leave these countries you must pay a departure tax of 20 USD in Trinidad and 24 USD in Guyana. Well the bag with the medical supplies was an extra bag and the airline charged 37 USD to get it on the plane in Trinidad. This may seem small to some, but I call it a miracle within it’s self. When my brother and myself got to the line to pay our departure taxes they said, “they have already been paid” and waved us through. That is so much like the Master that paid for our sin and one day will say, “it’s all been paid, forgiven come on in”. So I paid 37 USD and they gave us back 40 USD, you can’t beat giving to God! We were also able to take to Trinidad 3 brand new mikes with wind covers with the cords and speaker wire as well a friend bought 2 brand new speakers. I think all in all it was a very good mission trip! As always from a missionary’s heart.