Church this morning was really good... after the pastor showed up. It was rough getting up early, but everyone was relatively on time to breakfast and we only left about 10 minutes after we were supposed to. Unfortunately, when we got to the church no one was there. We were really concerned because it was before 7 am and the sign outside the church said they started at 8:30. The Pastor did show up at about 7 and let us in so we could start to set up. 3 people came around 7:15. The boys jammed for a bit which I always enjoy. Then, Brad sang a few worship songs while we waited for more people to come. The pastor spoke after that and said we should start because Jamaicans like to sleep in and they would come in during the service. The service went really well. The team put a lot of energy into it even though there weren't very many people. About halfway I think 10 more people had come in. By the end of the service there were probably 25 - 30.
Pastor Dave spoke on Mark 4:1-20 which is the parable of the sower. It was a really interesting sermon. I think God really spoke to me through it. The pastor of the church also seemed to enjoy it.
After the service, Shani, who I had met the first night with Horizons came over and said hi to me. A little after she came, Bernadette came over too. It was nice to see them again. If Kalena reads this, Shani says hi!
We had a ministry scheduled for this afternoon, but when we got to the site we found out a few things that prevented the show. First, there was a marching band scheduled to come through the area that would drown us out. Second, we didn't have the right permit to do a show on that corner. So now we have about 3 hours until dinner and then we head out to our last night ministry.
It's odd to be at the end of the trip. I can't really imagine going home at this point even though I'm happy to be seeing my friends and family again. Life at home is just so different from life in Jamaica.
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