CUBA!

How do you prepare for 22 construction teams?

 GO TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!!

 

Ysovany is the District Administrator and also Work & Witness coordinator for the Nazarene Church in Cuba.  The first American W&W team ever went to Cuba in October 2012; the second team went in December.  Now Yosvany is facing an avalanche of teams in 2013 with 22 scheduled from February to December!

 

These teams will work alongside their Cuban brothers and sisters to do both new construction and building repair and remodeling.  The church in Cuba is alive and thriving, with 82 churches, 20 missions, 461 house churches, over 8,000 members, numerous compassionate ministries, and enthusiastic youth everywhere!

 

So, how do you get a crash course in working with American teams?  Go to a place that gets 25 teams a year and has a Latin W&W Coordinator, since Ysovany doesn't speak English -- send him to the DR to work with Eliezel Soto!

 

Ysovany just spent 12 days in the DR working with Eliezel alongside an Upstate NY team of 25.  It was an eye-opener for him!  These Americans work hard, play hard, and love to eat!  They are also fun to be with!  Ysovany also learned that W&W in Cuba will be different from W&W anywhere else, because of Cuba's unique socialist government and economy.

 

Ysovany and his wife Marila are looking forward to hosting the American teams and learning English from them.  Marila also prepares lunch for teams working in the Havana area.  Their boys Kevin and baby Kendrick are cuties and love meeting new people --

 

Please pray for Yosvany and his family as they welcome these teams to the Church of the Nazarene in Cuba!

 

-- Bob