Preparing for Freedom Crusade

Hello everyone this is Cassandra writing this time. Since the last post we have been busy preparing for the Freedom Crusade which is going to be April 11-13. We have gotten together with the Bible school students and passed out flyers and have went to various neighborhoods inviting people out to the event. We have already had people interested in coming to it.

We have been helping out in the St James church which is right now running about 15 faithful members. In the past the church had more people as well as visitors. This week I have went through the guest book and mailed out invitations to the crusade to each of them as well as called to invited them out to service in St James once again. Please pray with us that we will see more souls come to the house of God in St James. There are three couples that are working together to minister in the St. James church. There is us, Philbert and Petrina, and Urie and Kristin. We are all new to this type of ministry, but have a burden for the lost. If you could pray also that we would learn how to organize all of the responsibilities without loosing our focus on the people.

The youth choir has been preparing for the last few weeks for the crusade and have been working very hard have really made some progress. The music department is still growing and developing and I am trying to find my place in it to help without pushing myself in. I want to be effective in helping them learn more about music ministry. We are singing three songs " We Speak To Nations", " I'm Gonna Lift You Up", and another, which I can't remember the name of right now. Sis. Kristin from St. James is teaching and leading the youth choir.

I am organizing the praise team for the first night of the conference. I have a group of musicians, but I am kind of intimidated to really be a leader. I really need some more confidence in that area. I am going to be singing with the singers and helping them. I am teaching two new songs for the worship service and then Bro. Jefferey, who is the music leader in Tunapuna church is going to pick our the rest of the songs in which most people will be more familiar with. I am going to be teaching them " I Am Free" and " Magnify Jesus" both are really simple choruses which we will be able to learn fairly quickly. Sis. Petrina and I from St. James are going to be singing a duet one of the nights and we are going to be singing " You Are God Alone"

I have really enjoyed getting to know Sis. Petrina and her husband Philbert. Joseph and I really click well with them. I only hope we will be able to find time to "lime" with them as everyone here would say, or "hang out" as I would say:) With all of the busy schedules and being on different sides of town it is hard to get together.

I am really enjoying being down here. I have my days already when I am sad, but I also have days when I am really happy and excited. Life is the same no matter where you are and your feelings are always changing..or at least mine, because I am so emotional. I can say I feel like I have grown a lot just in the few months that I have been here. I know musically I have been pushed to play, which back home I probably would have always shyed away from, but I can tell how much I have improved in that area, but not only that, but I feel like I have just really begun living my life and that I have so much to look forward to in my future. When Sis. Shirley came down for the ladies seminar I loved just spending time with her and listening to her stories about being in ministry and in the Caribbean ex specially. I really love listening to my elders and trying to learn life lessons through their lives. I have realized how much they really do know and I would much rather take my time and listen to their advice and then to learn the hard way.