Last Friday I got to make my third trip to Cuba for Herald of Truth. Admittedly, Cuba is my favorite place to go among the trips we make, especially now that I’m doing a radio program that is heard there Monday through Friday. I especially enjoy meeting people like the ones in the photo who say, “We listen to you regularly.” It can be tough to keep that in mind when sitting in front of a microphone; visits like this help me keep in mind what is really going on.

Steve Ridgell and I traveled from Abilene to Dallas, Dallas to Cancun, Cancun to Cuba. Everyone says, “Ooh, Cancun…,” forgetting that Cuba is a Caribbean island. I won’t hide it; we stay in hotels overlooking the ocean, with breathtaking views. Cancun isn’t exciting to me when I’m headed for Cuba (although I’m told the resorts in Cancun are beautiful; hotels in Cuba are nice enough, but far from fancy). We arrived in Havana at about midnight, spent time clearing immigration and got away from the airport about 1 a.m. By the time we stopped by a church building in Havana to pick up some materials, visited Tony Fernandez’ house in Matanzas and drove to Varadero it was close to 4 when we got to the hotel. Poor Tony was too sleepy to drive back home and ended up pulling over and sleeping in his truck on the way home. (Cubans can’t stay in hotels, so he couldn’t stay with us)

Over the next few posts on this blog, I want to share with you some of our experiences. The church is growing by leaps and bounds in Cuba and God is doing great things there. I’ve got exciting things to tell!