Day 2 Update

We are tired.  It has been a great day but we are worn out.  This morning we went to church.  Not to a church that we expected but instead to a batey.  The bateys are sugar cane villages.  This village was full of people living in tin shacks and very poor conditions.  We took a tour of the batey before church started.  I can't even paint a picture for you of the conditions that we saw.  We do have pictures for when we can get them posted.

Worship was in a small church in the batey.  The church was definitely the nicest building in the batey.  The service was held in Creole with a heavy French bend.  The pastor did quite a bit of going back and forth between English and Creole.  The spirit of the people was incredible.  The only song that we recognized as Amazing Grace.  The pastor read the Beatitudes from Matthew.  On the wall was painted the verse Philippians 4:13.  We worshipped truly today.

After church and lunch, we went to the beach.  A quick shower hit immediately after we got there but it was over before it got started good.  Beautiful water.  Lots of relaxing.  We have moved to the Casa Pastoral.  It is different but with a couple days we will get comfortable here.  

Our Team Devotion tonight was on the Parable of the Rich Fool.  Where do you store your treasure?

Pray for us as we rest tonight and as we return to work tomorrow.

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