Saturday Night:
The venue was a church in Bridgetown, Barbados. While there we met with UCCF, one of UWI’s Christian organizations, to observe a drama. The drama was about the lives of 4 different people, each of which the people of Barbados could relate to in their struggle of finding God in everyday situations. It also showed how we can still praise him through the hard times that we all face. The drama group did an excellent job! At least 2 people got saved through this production!
Pray for the people that got saved.
Ryan Campbell, Anderson University Grad, 2007 had this to say about the drama, “It’s truly a blessing to see such passion and such desire amongst young singles and college age students such as ourselves radiating throughout the service last night. The music, presentation through drama, and then even the invitation to closing prayer was all filled with a fire that only God can instill amongst his people. God is AWESOME!!! And I pray he continues to use this group to ‘blow minds’ throughout Barbados! Such an encouragement.”
There are several differences in the culture here in Barbados and in America. One of the main things that one will notice in Barbados is the dialect.
Oh my word!
When we got here I wasn’t worried too much about the language, because Bajan people speak English right? The fact of the matter is that the dialect is so thick that sometimes they can be hard to understand. Although, thanks to God’s great provision, so far, nothing has been too hard to decipher.
Despite the cultural barrier, we were still able to make the connection with the Bajan people. Keri Gibson, Senior Elem. Education Major at North Greenville University had this to say about her first Barbados Experience, “Last night was the first service that I had the opportunity to go to in Barbados. It was great to meet high school and college students and worship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. God truly was moving in among the students. Many decisions were made after watching the drama. I was spiritually encouraged and filled from attending this event.”
Along with dialect, several different colloquialisms came up that really intrigued my interest. One, for instance, is that Bajan people call what we think to be French fries, chips. Like if you were to get a burger and fries, you would say,
“Hey! I wanna burger and chips, mon!”
But the colloquialism that I want to talk to you about is one that I heard at the UCCF worship/drama that we saw upon arriving Saturday night. The pastor/leader of the drama troop, Raphael Saul, was giving the invitation after the service, and used the expression,
“Let God blow your mind!”
The words hit me like a semi truck! This week, above anything that I could ever imagine I hope that God absolutely “Blows my Mind” to anything and everything that I have every tried to conceive about His awesome provision and goodness. This week I want you to pray that God uses us to reveal Him in a way to “Blow the Minds” of the people that we encounter in Barbados. Our God is Awesome and deserves all our praise.
Testimonials Foot Note:
Ryan “It’s truly a blessing to see such passion and such desire amongst young singles and college age students such as ourselves radiating throughout the service last night. The music, presentation through drama, and then even the invitation to closing prayer was all filled with a fire that only God can instill amongst his people. God is AWESOME!!! And I pray he continues to use this group to ‘blow minds’ throughout Barbados! Such an encouragement.”
Keri “Last night was the first service that I had the opportunity to go to in Barbados. It was great to meet high school and college students and worship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. God truly was moving in among the students. Many decisions were made after watching the drama. I was spiritually encouraged and filled from attending this event.”
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