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Colors of Cuba

By Trevor Barton
Reds, yellows, and blues in Havana, Cuba. Photo courtesy Kamira/shutterstock.com
Apr 10, 2013
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I just returned from a weeklong visit to Cuba. A team of seven people from First Baptist Church Greenville went to be with and learn from our partner church in Guanahay, Cuba — La Iglesia Bautista del Camino. After time in such a colorful country, here are some colorful thoughts of my own for three of our Cuban friends.

If Javier were a color, he would be blue. He is kind. "It is important to look each other in the eyes," he said on Easter morning. "So look into each others’ eyes, really, now, look into each others’ eyes, for at the end of the day you will be able to say that you have looked into the eyes of Christ."

 

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Reds, yellows, and blues in Havana, Cuba. Photo courtesy Kamira/shutterstock.com
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