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Cuba on my mind


Ray Charles made a song popular that was written almost 40 years before he sang.  I can almost hear Charles singing “Georgia On My Mind”.  His rendition of the song was so powerful that it soon became the official song of the state.


Why do I share those facts?  My wife is from Georgia.  She thinks about the state a lot.  I lived there for almost a decade.  It has lots of facets I like.  But that is not why I share it with you.


Cuba is on my mind.  That is not a song, but it reminds me of a song.  That is why I shared with you the song and ask you to let Cuba take the place, the thought place for a few minutes over the next 9 days and beyond.


Thursday I begin the journey back to Cuba to work with the sports ministry and introduce some new friends to the incredible work God is doing there.


Psalm 2:8  NLT 

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.


1 Corinthians 9:22-23  NLT  

… Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. 23 I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.


Two powerful verses that share my heart about the word I get to do in Virginia, in Cuba and in so many other places.  Why is that?  It is so people hear about Jesus and have an opportunity to have even more hope.  Hope comes in one person, and those person is Jesus.


Find a way to share.  You can do that any where, but do it where God leads you.


In February of 2019 I sat across the tablet at a Havana restaurant named “The Lateral”, and I heard what God was doing across the country of Cuba.  God had been working there for a long time using some incredible people.  But there was a need for more.  More resources.  More workers.  More support.  Just more.


That is where I come in and have found my heart in fresh and exciting ways.  I love what we are doing at The Community Fellowship and beyond.  I also see what we are doing at church as an extension of the work in Cuba.


The specific reason for this trip is to connect more people to the work in Cuba.  Currently there are about 8 or 9 people on the team traveling this week to learn about sports ministry in Cuba.


Would you pray?  Pray for more workers.  Pray for resources like sports equipment, sports fields, coaches and athletes.  Pray for encouragement, strength and passion for the work.  Pray for those who are called to support those who are doing the work.


Would you go?  I leave tomorrow, but there will be more trips.  Would you go with me?  Let me know that you would like to be part of a trip and this mission work.


Would you give?  You can give through me or the church.  You can go to the national FCA website and look for the sports ministry in Cuba known as MADEM.  Just give what God leads you to give.


Thank you for praying.  I will not be sharing e-devotions every day over the next 9 days.  There will be some e-devotion minute videos on facebook.  There might be a few e-devotion emails or blog posts.  


1 Peter 4:9-10  NLT  

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 11 … Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

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