Mike and MonaRé Shields

We were in Cuba another three weeks in September!  This was the unprecedented third time we were granted a Religous Visa to enter the country this year.  We arrived in Havana after a very short flight from Miami and began ministering in our newest and largest church in the capital city.

The church was jammed with people.  The temperature on the platform was around 100 degrees farenheit. (Sure beats January in Minnesota!)  We are privileged to be a part of what God is doing on the island.  The enthusiasm, excitement, and the intensity of our churches in Cuba are testimony to the power of Christ in the lives of everyday people.

On Monday, September 7 we headed out for Ciego de Avila, a seven hour trip to the middle of the island.  This centrist city is strategically located and more easily accessed than far western Havana.  We arrived to conduct a post-grad Advanced Ministerial Enrichment Seminar for two weeks.  Forty-two pastors and wives (eight couples!) came for the intensive post-grad classes.  It was a highly productive and imminently important time of teaching, mentoring, and inspiring leaders in some of the most dificult circumstances in Latin America.

While in Ciego de Avila I spoke serveral times at the Jubilee Christian Center, a great church filled with hundreds of believers in multiple services.  Despite soaring temperatures and crowded conditions, this church is a powerhouse of outreach in the community.  The pastor and his wife, both medical doctors,  left their practices to dedicate themselves full time to this thriving, growing ministry that is transforming the lives of so many people.

In January, in June and then in September we visited many churches, spoke to several thousand people in four cities.  Every where we go, in every place we are asked to speak, there is a wave of enthusiasm, a triumphant spirit in the face of indescribable challenge.  Despite great obstacles, THE CUBAN CHURCH IS ALIVE AND WELL!

Thanks for your prayers and support that makes it possible for us to be a part of the groundswell of Revival in Cuba.

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