Crusades Summary!

We leave at 4:30am (in 5 hrs from the time I write this) for the airport to head home.  It is bitter sweet.  We'll continue to add thoughts about our trip, but for now, Tammy summarizes our 3 days of crusades.  Amazing!!

From Tammy Shondelmyer:  

Three nights of crusade meetings in a small community called Kernaham came to a close tonight.  Perhaps it is similar to finishing a difficult race where you feel exhausted, but satisfied?  I feel like that would describe me tonight.   It has been a long week, but many of us have developed some sweet relationships that are hard to relinquish. 

Each night we would rush from eating our dinner to hop on a bus that would take us to rural community where three tents were set for our meeting.  We would arrive around 6:30 where Pastor Bachew would begin addressing the community through a loud speaker—inviting them to come to our meeting.    A crowd gathered and we would officially begin our meeting around 7:30, but each night we found the schedule required us to exercise flexibility!  There was never an evening where we knew completely who was going to sing, give testimony, or participate in a skit, but what a blessing it turned out to be!  It was great to see how God orchestrated the events of each evening in a way that I’m sure was much better.

While tonight was bittersweet, it was also powerful!  Clint preached from John 8 about the blind man receiving sight and challenged people to obey what God was asking of them in order to receive spiritual sight.  I said that I feel exhausted, but satisfied.  God was obviously at work in the crusade meetings this week and graciously allowed us to be used for His glory.  It was evident in the smiles and hugs that we exchanged with the Trinidadians as we left tonight and the conversations that we had with various individuals as we challenged many to accept Christ’s gift of love.  As our bus pulled out of Kernaham, I smiled and waved to those who were waving good-bye and thought to thank God for the crusade meetings.  I am also asking for God to be at work in the lives of these dear people whom we relinquish into His hands and will pray for TTUM as they pursue relationships with these individuals.