April 8, 2009

Hello from Puerto Rico. It is finally starting to feel like summer here... HOT! We are in the very dry time of the year, almost a month behind schedule.

Last week was a slack week in our church. Attendance was way down due to a lot of sickness and undisclosed personal matters. Down days seem to play with my joy. I suppose it goes back to my childhood in So. IL where the attendance rarely varied more than 10-15 on a given Sunday morning regardless of the size of the congregation.. I have talked with pastors here from many denominations and the attendance in their churches also fluctuates a lot. It seems to be somewhat of a cultural matter common in all churches across the island.

Anyway, today we had a nice attendance of ninety-two, more where we normally are on most Sundays. Our speaker was a minister from Providence, RI. Pastor Caesar Jiménez did a wonderful job preaching about the triumphant entry of Christ, a fitting message for Palm Sunday.

This week is an exciting week with Good Friday on the calendar and of course Easter Sunday on the horizon, but more about all that next week.

God bless you.

Thanks for partnering with us.

Johnathan and Mary.