Waynesburg University

We couldn't be more excited for the arrival of our first team of 2024.  

Pastor George and Eve couldn't have been more excited to finally meet in person!!!  We are so excited the team is here!

Joula has found a new friend in The Bahamas already, Max fell in love with her quickly. Max has been at the hotel for 27 years.  He is definitely a favorite with the guests.

Love is in the air.  Max cannot seem to stay away from Joula.  

Dinner has been served!  Delicious baked pork chops and chicken, peas and rice, salad and plantains.  

Pastor George and his family served us an amazing and delicious dinner.  What gracious hosts they are.  They truly showed us God's love in welcoming us to their church.  Their hospitality was greatly appreciated by the team.

What an awesome group of nursing students.  We are filled with joy as they share from their hearts this morning during devotion. This week is going to be such a blessing.  This group is excited to serve others and are expecting to see God show up in mighty ways this week.  

The ladies were super excited to experience worship Sunday.  

The entire team loved experiencing a Bahamian church service and something that was so different from what they are accustomed to.

What a great wonderful welcome the entire church gave us.  Everyone received big hugs and they couldn't wait to get to us to let us know how excited they were that we were there.  

God's love unites us as one body.  

The team held a health fair after church on Sunday.  They were truly being the hands and feet of Christ as they did health screenings for the congregation.

Their hearts for Christ and nursing was truly immeasurable.  What a pleasure it was to watch them pour into everyone they served.

During our island tour on Sunday afternoon we stopped at the Parliament buildings.  Pastor George gave us an amazing history lesson about the government.  

The team spent time in prayer lifting up The Bahamas and the government leaders.

Pastor George stopped at a road side fruit stand and treated the team to some fresh coconut water.

What a nice surprise and a great treat that most of the team really enjoyed.  

We were also given the chance to visit the caves in the island during our tour.  What a cool experience. 

The start of a day of landscaping.  

Painting and landscaping was on the agenda for yesterday. The team worked so hard digging up old plants, building up and cleaning out all of the flower beds at the church.  After that was done they planted new shrubs and plants and mulched everything.  They worked faster and harder than any team I have ever seen.

The team then painted and touched up the front of the church.  What a difference they made.

The finished product!!  How beautiful it is to be the hands and feet of Christ.  The team was able to do a ton of work for Heritage Missionary Baptist.  Things that take so much time for a couple people to get done, the team came in and got done in a day.

The church and staff are so thankful for Waynesburg and all they have done.

The Blind Association came to spend time with the team.  They had games planned for the team so that they could experience what it would be like to be blind. We shared a meal together and spent an awesome time in fellowship getting to know one another.  Truly a blessed evening.

Today our team is at Great Commission Ministries.  We are preparing meals for around 200 people from the community.  

The guys are working hard preparing chicken for the meal.

Care packages were given out to each person that came for a meal.  We were all touched by the gratefulness that was shown by each person.  It was truly a wonderful day of ministering to the homeless community.

We had a wonderful and much deserved relaxing rec day at The Blue Lagoon today.  It was a wonderful way to end an amazing week of ministry.  

After and amazing week of ministry and serving alongside Pastor George and his wife, we were able to have dinner with them last night.  We have truly enjoyed serving alongside them and can't wait to return.

What a week it has been and one of our greatest blessings was having Pete as our driver.  One final ride to the airport with this amazing man.  We will miss being with him every day.