We arrived in beautiful Havana on June 23rd and settled in the missionary quarters of the Methodist Church in Vedado, an area we call the Coral Gables of Havana.
Each night we joined Victory Outreach Church led by Pastor Abel Hernandez. Left: a neighborhood group that meets on Wed. night. There are 40 neighborhood groups that meet throughout Havana. Right: Pastor Abel is preaching to about 150 church members for their Thursday night Bible study in "El Malecon," the Havana waterfront. Any large gathering in Cuba is illegal, but they do it anyways!
Throughout the week we held a day camp for youth with art, dance, music and sport, located in Havana Vieja's, Parque Curita. We saw many of the kids from the last day camp we had two years ago. Many of them gave their lives to the Lord and were connected to the neighborhood group in that area.
UBC missionaries with family in Cuba had the opportunity to meet their family members on Family Day. Families were invited to a lunch (roast pork), Pastor Abel shared the gospel, we handed out goody bags with clothing, toiletries and food and each family was invited to attend church on Sunday afternoon.
Victory Outreach (VO) Church and UBC have been in partnership for 3 years. VO reaches out to the least of these: addicts, prostitutes, criminals. They had grown to about 150 people and were spilling out of there one-room makeshift church. The government did not allow them to meet and an Assemblies of God church opened their doors to them. Their services are on Sundays at 4pm. Left: The VO dance team. Right: VO congregation
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