Well today was the first day at the clinic. Since we were at Anne’s Grove last year as well, it was relatively easy for us to get setup today. The church there is also immensely helpful, which makes everything even easier. We were blessed all day with overcast skies, cool temperatures, and even a light rain for much of the day. It made for a relaxing day at the clinic. (Chris Rice, my roommate for the week says hello to anybody reading this.)
Unfortunately, it was a fairly slow day as well, which is normal for a Monday. We still managed to see 130 people today and did have one baptism. The baptism was unlike any I have seen here before because they weren’t able to get the baptistry tank here yet and so they actually baptized this woman in the canal next to the church. I believe that Frank Wood studied with her on his first day of doing Bible studies.
Baptism in Canal at Anne's Grove
Tonight was really good. Bill is speaking at the Crusade all week, so Joel Dalrymple, Gary Southerland and myself are speaking at different local congregations each night. One got cancelled tonight, but I was able to preach to a crowd of about 15 at the Melanie Church of Christ. This was a really beautiful and nice Guyanese church and it was really cool to have a mostly teen and young adult group. We sang for awhile and then I preached about Jesus and the Samaritan woman and Legion. Gary and I will be taking turns speaking this week at Melanie and will be discussing Encounters with Jesus each night. It was really awesome getting to speak there and I feel like there is some potential for that to turn into a really good event.
Kent Preaching at Melanie Church of Christ
Oh, and our last six suitcases arrived this morning. Praise to God for their quick arrival.
And Happy Caricom Day to you all. Its a national holiday here that’s similar to Labor Day at home. Maybe things will pick up at the clinic and crusades when things return to normal tomorrow.
Thanks for all of your prayers.
