It has been a long time in the making, but our connection to CMA’s work in the Caribbean finally took place, and what a fantastic blessing it was for us.

It was our privilege and honor to teach an awesome class of church leaders from Marsh Harbor and the surrounding settlements. There was such excitement among all the students at the thought of soon finishing their 2 year course and  graduating in November.

Their hunger for learning truth, along with their vision, transparency, confession, beautiful questions, and amazing testimonies impacted us deeply.  They desired to have a greater missional impact on their surrounding communities and towns by equipping themselves, and their churches.

What a blessing this first teaching opportunity in the Bahamas was for us.  It inspired to begin to love the Bahamian people, understand their context, and desire to stand alongside them, and their churches in the process of becoming stronger and effective in their life and witness.

Just to add to the experience, students even cooked up some “conch fritters” and “guava duff” for us all to enjoy. Something, which probably doesn’t mean much to you, but to these students, and all Bahamian’s, means the world. You can never go wrong with these two delicacies!

I (Carl) am excited to have the joy of speaking once again to this class, in mid November, at their graduation. We also are very hopeful about getting to share our training courses, which we have been privileged to teach in Nicaragua and Cuba over the last decade or more. We praise the Lord for enlarging our borders, and blessing us with this opportunity to serve alongside Bill & Joy Luttrells, CMA’s resident missionaries on this island.