Puerto Rico Mission: April 9

Hello from beautiful Puerto Rico. The last week of March and so far, April have been busy. Here are some details.

The first of two major events since our last letter, was Easter week. It is always a busy time for the congregation. Good Friday, as well as Sunday morning were on the calendar. Good Friday, celebrated in Puerto Rico even more than Easter Sunday morning, was emphasized with a drama. One of our church leaders is gifted at writing plays and even cantatas. This year, with the help of seventeen church members that belong to the drama ministry, the church presented a cantata entitled, He Lives. Three of the songs were composed by the playwright and two professionally produced pieces were sung by members of the drama team. The play was presented twice; Friday night and again Sunday morning. We also had a traditional early sunrise service at 6:30. After the early service we shared breakfast. For the two main services we had several visitors...always a good thing.

Last Sunday we had a guest Christian psychologist address the congregation on anxiety and stress management. The service was lively and the teaching encouraging. We counted eighteen visitors along with the "regulars" to push the attendance to the upper eighties. Good attendances are certainly encouraging.

Mary and my trip to the US is right around the corner. We will be visiting churches in IL, IN, and AR and come back to PR on May 8th; almost a month. There will be one more furlough trip to the Stated in the fall where we intend to travel to SC and TN. All the churches and individuals that have supported us have been remarkably faithful...some started when we came to PR years ago!!

Finally, to wrap up this brief letter, we had John and Ruth Chesnut from International Disaster and Emergency Service visit with us for a couple of days. It was great getting to know them and show them some of what IDES donations had accomplished after Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Fiona, and the earthquake of 2019.

That's it! Thanks for reading. Until next time---

Cross-cultural ministers to Puerto Rico

Johnathan and Mary Reece

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