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Days 7, 8 & 9

Sunday - Sunday morning Caribbean Christian Fellowship met here at Brandon's house. We had an awesome time of worship lead by Amanda and then Brandon introduced Jason who shared his testimony with us. It was very moving and incredible to hear about the grace of God being pour out on a broken individual who has been made new! Praise the Lord for the works of justification, sanctification  & glorification that He does in our lives!

Monday & Tuesday -The past two days have been nothing but painting, painting and more painting. It's been awesome to watch our team grow in unity through simply serving others! Non of us are doing anything to earn each others love and it is through Christ that we are drawn closer together! On Tuesday a local Kittitian the Grayson's know named Kebo came over and made us an authentic kittian dinner. It was absolutely incredible!

Things to pray for:
-Please continue to pray for unity in and through the Word of God for our group
-That God would give us all good times of rest in between days as the sun and physical labor can really be exhausting.

Praise: St. Kitts was hit with an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale this morning at 3 a.m.  All is well and we are completely fine. Thank you for your prayers!

Day 4 & 5!!!

Thursday - On Thursday morning we went to Ade's place where we swam with adults who have special needs. We really enjoyed it and had a great time simply hanging out and singing songs! We played marco polo and sang all sorts of praise and worship song together with them! After we finished hanging out at Ade's place we came back to the Graysons', packed our lunches and headed to the beach! It was an awesome time hanging out together that I'm sure that no one will forget about it for a long time!

Friday - Today we split up into two groups and tackled almost all of the painting and masonry work at Hazel's house and we are almost finished! As we finished Hazel's house a neighbor close by asked us, "What are you doing painting houses in St. Kitts?" So we shared some of Brandon's testimony concerning St. Kitts and how we came from the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Indianapolis  and that we were in St. Kitts to serve the Graysons'. We talked to her about Caribbean Christian Fellowship and she asked if we would be willing to paint her house too! And she said she also wanted to come to the Wednesday night bible study!

I know this is short and sweet but the Lord continues to do absolutely amazing things in and through our group! Please continue to pray as we continue to walk worthy of the calling! Thank you so much for your support!!!

Scriptures For Today!

1 Peter 2:9-10 "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy."

 

1 Peter 2:21-25 "For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."

God continues to conform us more to the image of Christ every day both as individuals and as His hands and feet! Please keep praying that God would bring us even closer together through His Word! Our trip is going great and we will post another blog about the past two days soon! Thank you again for your prayers!!!

Day 2 & 3!!!

Tuesday - Wow! We are have been so blessed by our time here in St. Kitts already! The Lord continues to do amazing things and we have only been here for two days!!! On Tuesday we had a prayer walk around St. Kitts and at each location we would stop and have a couple of members of the team pray for the Kittitians and the ministry opportunities at each location. We stopped at a store called automotive art where Brandon met a man named Evris and through that relationship Awana and other ministries such as the bible study on Wednesday nights. Then we went to the soccer field where Brandon plays flag football with some of the local college students who desperately need Jesus. After we finished praying we headed to the government building to pray for the government of St. Kitts. While we were praying a Kittitian can and stood by us. When we finished he began asking us questions about why we were here, what we were doing and why we were praying. He said that we had an amazing boldness in praying to the Almighty right in front of the capital building. He thanked us for praying for St. Kitts and for serving the children here in St. Kitts! When we had finished our conversation we walked over to the radio station where Brandon has been given the opportunity to do a radio show that ministers to the entire island! Finally,  we drove over to Caribbean Christian Fellowship that meets every week in the Frigate Bay Resort conference room. Brandon has recently become the pastor of CCF and we have an amazing opportunity to serve him in a lot of new ways that can truly bless the Graysons! 

Wednesday - Wednesday morning we visited Beach Allen Primary school where we played music and did a skit for all of the kids during a school assembly. It was such a blessing to hang out with the kids and hear them laugh! After we had finished our skit Vince explained the meaning of it to the kids. Then Vince asked questions about the skit to the kids and whoever answered correctly won a prize. We handed out a basketball a couple of soccer balls and a handful of small Nerf footballs. The kids were going crazy and it was a blessing to hear them shout out the correct answers over and over again! After Vince finished the kids sang a couple of songs to us and it was honestly one of the coolest thing we had ever heard! We also went to a lady's house who attends the Wednesday night bible study to paint her house and simply serve in any way we can! Her name in Hazel and it has been a privilege to serve her by painting her house! After we finished up our day's work we came back to the Graysons to prepare for the Wednesday night bible study. We read through Hebrews 10 and Brandon gave an excellent study on it! Thank you so much for praying for us! It is incredible to think about how God has given us so many blessings and how much of a comfort it is to know that we have people praying for us as we continue to serve the Graysons and the Kittitians! Once again, thank you so much! 

Here are some pictures taken by Maddie Eadie and Brandon Grayson

Scriptures For Today!

Colossians 3:12-17 ^"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."

Galatians 5:22-26 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."


And Romans 8!!!

Keep praying because God has already begun to do awesome things! Thank you for your prayers!

Good morning from St. Kitts!!!

Day 1!!!

Around 3 o'clock this morning our team gathered together to pray before we headed to the airport to catch our flight at 6:30. It was a really sweet and simply a blessed time in prayer and it served as an opportunity to say goodbye to our friends and family who have supported us so much over our time spent preparing for this very day! God has blessed this trip so much already and we know He wants to do awesome things during our time here in St. Kitts! Our flights were great and we were blessed to have some very good conversations both with our team and others on our flights! Needless to say, we arrived safely and are enjoying our time with Maddie and the Graysons already! Thank for all of your prayers, they are greatly appreciated! Please continue to pray for us as we unpack and begin serving! 

1 Peter 3:8-12 says "Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. For “He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”