We will be helping to build a house for a family currently living in a 40′ freight trailer at Curtis, Exuma. Despite the incredibly poor living conditions, all three children are straight ‘A’ students. 

  

The mother is a strong woman. In addition to the care she has provided to her children, she has been working to build a "house" out of pallets.  A new, well constructed home is the need.

In addition to this project the mission team will be meeting daily for prayer and devotionals.  On Sunday February 7th the team will hold an evening of Praise & Worship for the community.  Our hope and prayer is that we’ll lead new brothers and sisters to Christ.

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Day One – The Trip Down

It’s been a long day, starting at 4:00am!  We finally landed in Exuma at about 5:00pm after a 4-hour layover in Nassau (including a short trip to the Fish Fry) and a quick landing in Cat Island.  We’re all very tired from the day of travel and ready to get to bed! We need to be well-rested for our first day of hard work and to serve the community here on the Island.

We’re staying at the Exuma Foundation Resource Center where their is barracks style housing  and communal dining.  Tomorrow morning begins with Devotions at 7:30 am,  followed by breakfast at 8:00 am, and departure for the work site at 8:30am. Stay tuned…

 

 

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Day Two – Tender Moments

We started the day with prayer and devotional, the topic was Romans 12:9, Love must be sincere.  We went to the project site and were struck by the conditions this young family lived in.  “It was a tender moment” Ron Fraser said.

In Exuma there is a saying, “No one move, no one get hurt”, well this was what we were faced with.   The job prep was not completed and we had to change plans to another project that was scheduled for another trip while we waited for the prep work to be completed.

So, we headed over to Rolleville to work on a shelter for the seniors at the apartments.

 

 

 

At the end of the day, the shelter is nearly completed! And, to our surprise, the prep work was finished at the Curtis project site.  So, tomorrow’s work day begins at 6:00 am so that the shelter can be finished in time for evening worship and we can begin work at Curtis on Monday!  Stay tuned…

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Day Three – Community Worship

What an awesome day!  We started the day early at Rolleville with morning prayer. We gathered folks from around the community and they joined us in our devotions.  As the work day got rolling, the kids in the community helped with the project.

 

The evening worship was a great success!  Several families accepted our invitation, joining us in joyful praise and worship.   

Pastor Anthony gave his sermon on the “Hunger for Jesus.”   Some very powerful connections were made and relationships were built.

We ended our gathering with refreshments and fellowship, where we did some “Facebooking” to see the conditions back home.  The children were very curious about the snow and amazed at the pictures posted.  Needless to say, our thoughts and prayers are with our loved ones at home in NJ.  Please stay safe and warm! If it makes you feel any better, we got some pretty bad rain here all afternoon Stay tuned…

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Day Four – Sabbath

Today is the Day of Rest.  After a few days of hard work we rested Exuma style on Stocking Island of the coast of Exuma prime.

We spend a few hours on Stocking Island and then headed to Little Exuma to see David, Alfonzo and Hazel.  Hazel’s home was a project completed a few years back.  Ron’s team continues to minister to Hazel, Alfonzo and Hazel’s grandson David.  Hazel always wears a hat the says “Jesus is my Boss.”

On the way back form Little Exuma we stopped by a family that came to our worship service the evening before.  Some time ago the young woman Nellie and her five children all lived in a small house that burned to the ground.  The kids were then taken by social services for a year.  Ron’s team came to this family’s aid and built a house and reunited the family.

Tomorrow we’re head to Curtis to work on the home for the mother and children that now live in the trailer.  The next few days will be busy and exciting.  Stay tuned…