Church Service at Margarita

What a complete joy it was for the team to join worship today at the church in Margarita. The teams from JPC have seen this church grow from meeting in a local school through the building of the church building itself, so today where it is growing spiritually and physically and going from strength to strength. This year the new ceramic floor will be laid during our time here. So today we enjoyed worship outside. The leading light of the church of course is Anael who we have seen grow in leaps and bounds from a teenager who helped int he construction of the church, to a young man on fire for God, evangelizing the countryside and mountains.
It was also a joy to see Norma who was until earlier this year a missionary based at Loma De Luz and helped found the church at Margarita. She is now in Guatemala, but was here for a short visa trip. Returning members reconnected with those they had known before and new members met for the first time people who have been a part of our church's life for a number of years.
Both Beverly and Dr Rich helped out in Sunday School classes for the children, while the rest of the team received teaching on Angels. There was translation this time and so those of us with little or no Spanish were able to join in more fully during the message, while the songs were familiar in tune but the words were a little different.
Plans were made at the end of the service for the week ahead and the flooring project.