A Juicy Sunday

Today we had the privilege of hearing Raoul speak this morning at the New Life Christian Center. Since he is not affiliated with any particular church, this is the first sermon that we have been able to hear by him in all of our years here. And it was a good one. He was bringing the word today! The message today was about the role of the father in today's family. It definitely was interesting hearing a message delivered to a Bahamas audience. A few other things were interesting about today's service. It was our first truly authentic Bahamas style service. The music had a Caribbean flare, there was lots of clapping and moving, and it was LONG - over two and a half hours long. (It wouldn't have been bad if the chairs were more comfortable.) During the opening hour of songs and praise and worship, Pastor Simeon used an expression that we all found quite amusing. He said it was going to be a "Juicy Sunday!" Now we don't really know what he means by that, but it was something that stuck during the day. You could hear different people calling that out at random times throughout the day. After church we took a ride to the village to check out where we will be working this year. It was a time for reunions as Uncle Leo was there to greet us. Some of the kids came out as well to welcome us and play. We were able to see what jobs Raoul had planned for us - a porch and an addition to the house. It was just what we needed to whet our appetite for tomorrow's work day. After the visit and a short tour of past worksites, we headed back to the hotel for some beach and pool time (and for the first time in trip history, the tv was allowed to be on to see the World Cup final). Dinner, games, and our first small group devotion time wrapped up the evening. After these two days of getting to know you's and building friendships, we can't wait to get down and dirty!