Guyana Adventure #10

So I just realized that I never mentioned what I ate for dinner. On Saturday afternoon after church my roomy and I decided followed the crowd and eat KFC. Yes there was a KFC, Popeye’s, Pizza Hut and Church’s Chicken. The first three that I listed were all in the same vicinity. We basically ate at this establishment everyday!!!!! I got chicken from KFC and it taste really good – just like the states. From the time I got to the church (about 1 hr. drive), enjoyed service, talked to the saints and got a bite to eat, then went back to the hotel --- okay I only had a few minutes to rest, refresh and get ready for evening service. I sat on the terrace with the rest of the group to eat my lunch and that was a nice fellowship. So, I prepare myself for church and prepare my mind mentally for the drive to the church….I am not going to bore you by revisiting how I felt on the mini-van. So I will skip that and just say that when we got to church, the saints were praising God and waiting on us….ah we were a little late. I guess by the time we actually got everyone together to get in the van and after picking up everyone…. yeah we were late. So it was Youth Day and on Saturday evening the speaker was our own Minister Janell McIver (my roomy)….she did a tangible job! She really ministered and I believe the youth were blessed. She spoke on the theme “Rise Up and Praise Him” from Acts 3:1-10. Of course, Praise & Worship was really good and the youth in various churches at the convention rendered numerous selections. The musicians were on point as usual. I must say that although the musical equipment was not in the best shape, they played it like nobody’s business. It didn’t faze them that they only had a few cymbals and they had no carpet to put under the drum set for support. It didn’t faze them that they had to use a rope to tie the chair to the drums for support. You see they played so hard that as they played the chair was move backward…the drums and chair was on the hard wood floor! They had crazy energy and gave God their best. These young people were sincere and appeared to really love God. They were also very well versed in scripture too. One of the young ladies prayed and oh my goodness did she pray. What! What! I was said to myself…”WOW You better talk to the Lord, girl”!!!! (Smile) She basically prayed the word with power and authority!!!!! They were at church at the appointed time, ready for worship!!! I love it and they looked forward and was excited about the convention the entire time. They were participants in all the services from start to finish. Of course they were kids and kids will be kids, youth will be youth…but their sincerity for the gospel really impressed me. So, I gave greetings to the convention which was different, but oh well to God be the glory! I said what I had to say and sat down!!!!! Smile…. The youth and seasoned saints
danced and danced and danced! All the music had a calypso beat and I loved it!!! So the saints were really encouraged by our presence. Just seeing their smiling faces was well worth it! They were so happy that we made the trip and that we weren’t hindered by the snow. I believe that they really needed the encouragement and I was happy that I was able to be a blessing to my Guyanese brothers and sisters. Stay tuned for what happened on Sunday (coming soon). We had two AWESOME services…..You got to read the conclusion of the whole matter on Monday’s blog (the last day coming soon) and my fall in the middle of the streets of Guyana (Monday’s blog – he, he, ha, ha, LOL-too funny)…some God pleasing and funny stuff ahead…..until then followers!!!!!!