Radiant Church of Jackson

We made it! We are really happy to be here in CR. We missed one day because of the tropical storm affecting them, but we know God’s in control and we’ll do our best to support not only the pastor but the community affected. 

During this week we’ll have these cool people working alongside us. From left to right there is Maikel, Ishi, Laura, Fio and Jeric. 

Where everything is in order God is there, so after we enjoyed a nice lunch we arrived at the church. We met Pastor Armando and we had our orientation meeting, heard the rules we have to follow and the main reason why we are here, to serve the Lord.

Tonight we are buying some groceries for food distribution. We are overjoyed to visit some houses and talk about the gospel. 

What a great way to start a day, putting everything in God's hands and worshiping His name. 

After our worship time we packed all the groceries and we had time to pray over the families that will be blessed not only by the food but for God. 

We started out this morning working on scraping and getting the wall ready for painting.

After lunch we had time pastor Armando and pastora Juanita. We listened to their testimonies and life and in the end we prayed over them, over their families and ministries. 

Yesterday afternoon we were visiting some houses in the community of Santa Barbara. We blessed them with some food but we also prayed for them and for the hard moments they are going through because of the flooding issues in this area after Sara's storm. 

After food distribution we had some time with the kids. We shared how needed it is to walk with Jesus. We made some crafts, we played different games and we had some snacks. 

Monday night we finished the day preaching about forgiveness and how important it is to forgive the ones who have hurt us. Some people came forward. They shared their stories and we prayed for their lives. Our mighty God healed people and we heard the testimonies. We are so honored to be used by God! 

Yesterday morning we kept painting the walls from the inside and helping outside with the outdoor front roof. 

We were so excited to visit one of the local museums and also a national heritage in CR. We found so many old implements. We also had the chance to bless this lady, who owns the house. We helped her with some clothes for the kids as God put in our hearts, because she has been raising money and supplies to help the families affected by Sara’s storm, so we were so happy to contribute.

Yesterday afternoon we visited the property where the pastor has envisioned the new church building will be. We took time to worship God and to pray over the land and the many souls that will come to Him in this new place. May the Lord provide everything they need for this new project.

Yesterday we kept visiting houses. We had the opportunity to go to Teresa’s house. She usually comes to the church and she’s leading her kids to walk in God’s path. One of her prayers was for provisions for the ones more affected for Sara’s storm.

Yesterday’s story with the kids was about the crucifixion. The big sacrifice Jesus made for us and how important it was. After that we played duck duck goose, we made some bracelets and we had some cookies.

This morning as we were finishing the painting inside, we started outside with this beautiful color. It was raining this morning but a few hours later we had an amazing sunny day so we took advantage of that. 

When we visit the houses God always surprises us to see how open the people are. They invite us to go into their houses. They open their hearts and share the stories about the tough moments but also about the goodness of God and we are amazed about it.

Last afternoon with the kids and we had so much fun with them! We shared about the great miracle of Jesus Christ once He rose from the dead. 

Our last day of awaken night was incredible! God talked to us in so many ways. He talked directly to some of the church members and to some people visiting for the first time and now, because of the great things God did these days, they will start attending the services and we praise the Lord for that!