Our Sunday morning resembled many of the mornings we start here on Woodford St. Disciples are usually sprinkled all around the house with bibles and journals, having a big spiritual breakfast. This is definitely the ONLY time the house is quiet! As usual, the troops head out eventually and today we had the incredible privilege of going to the Port of Spain Church of Christ's Sunday Service. If you don't like to sing to God, never visit this church! We sang at least six songs to start the service and it was an AMAZING time of worship. Some sisters sang two solos and we all were crying like babies. One thing that blew us away was that our friend Valentine who works at the house where we live came to church :) Another highlight was the communion message by Travis Hawkins and Brie Broyles, who shared a message from Acts 2 about the responsibility of our sin and its correlation with the cross. Wow, they made us so proud! Travis really spoke with authority and conviction. And, Brie captivated the audience with her sincerity and passion. It was also encouraging to hear one of the few teen disciples here, Andrew, give the contribution message. Our young people really set the bar high! Jeff preached the word from Luke 7 and as usual the Spirit gave the whole room whiplash. Ross came up after to close out...by the way, people here are SO fired up to have an elder and an evangelist around. I've realized that we may take that for granted some times but other churches are just craving spiritual maturity and leadership. We are fortunate indeed. After church, the singles went to "lime" around town, the marrieds went to the beach, and the teens watched the World Cup Finals with some local teens. What a game! At one point we were miserable with the score but the intense friendship bracelet assembly line definitely passed the time. For dinner, we had something you could never find in America...fried chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy! I know you must be jealous. For the past few hours, teens have been hanging out at the house and all I can say is that it's been loud and stuff is breaking, but its nothing but FUN! Well, we're having a blast and looking forward to Teen Camp which starts tomorrow. Please pray for our impact, focus, physical and spiritual strength as we try to bring the heart of Jesus to these teens. We love and miss you.

Signing out from Day 5,
jazz