A Word From Our Missionary to Cuba

The need for Jesus Christ in Cuba is great.  Only a small number of people know, really know, because they have attended church and read the Bible, what God offers us: divine love, salvation and life transformation.

 

There is such a mixture of beliefs presented in Cuba.  Some people believe in nothing, except that the Communist Party will provide for them.  Others believe in Afro-Cuban gods, keeping statues in their homes surrounded by glasses of water, candles and other offerings.   Many people are superstitious and put a lot of stock in “luck” and try a little bit of everything.

 

Yet God does speak powerfully through Cuban Christians as they share what God had done in their lives.  In one church where I visited, I was sent to the home of a prominent member of the community for dinner.  Their home was quite luxurious by Cuban standards and the father of the home shared some of his testimony with me.  He had been a worshipper of Afro-Cuban deities, made a nice living selling things on the side of his regular job and had many women chasing after him (despite being married).  After his wife became a Christian, the local church members began praying for his salvation.  He believes that God gave him a nightmare early one morning (he was being pulled into darkness by the spiritist deities); he ended up running to the church’s 5 a.m. prayer and fasting meeting where the pastor challenged him with the gospel.  After spending the day shaking in fear, he finally accepted Christ that afternoon and threw away all of the spiritism statues, etc. in the house.  His wife attests to his dramatic lifestyle change, especially in family relations.  But the greatest impact is his testimony to the local community, where he now participates actively in the church.            

 

Through your support [anyone can support the good works of ABC USA missionaries throughout the world], I was able to exhort this small church to continue to reach out in Christ’s name and spread the news of God’s love and salvation.  Their pastor, too, had been trained by the Baptist Seminary where I serve on the faculty.  I was also able to lend a sympathetic and encouraging ear to the pastor’s wife who works tirelessly with few amenities in her home.  (She had led this man’s wife to faith in the Lord.)  Your support reaches out through me and others in Cuba in training, encouragement, mentoring and witnessing for God’s glory.

Sue Hegarty