They made it to Cuba!

Greg emailed this evening (much to his anxious wife's relief!) and the team made it to Cuba safe and sound and are doing well so far. I'll post his whole email here, those of you who don't know the kids in the group will have to pardon all the names:

This is Greg in Cuba. What a wonderful God we serve. Things are going wonderfully. We are all healthy and happy. Customs was great. For all of you who prayed, thank you. We felt yor prayers carpet the way into Cuba for us. We went through the first stage of Customs, the one where we don´t have our bags yet, and Dallas and Nathan were stopped, but released quickly, praise
God. Then, we took our bags through and 19 of us were waved through without a look, only Darcy was stopped shortly with his bags searched but untouched. Our guide says that he has never seen that happen before, he is always troubled through customs. We serve a great God who listened to the prayers of his many saints, you have allowed God to work through you on our behalf.

Everything is going wonderfully with Nathan hitting it off immediatly with the young boys here, I am so proud of Nathan. All the girls are connecting with the ladies wuite well, with one lady complementing Maria during our worship service for her faithfulness. I cannot express to you how wonderful this trip is already. We started tired but God has given us strength to overcome everything thrown at us. We are being fed very well and nobody is having any adverse reactions so far. Continue to pray for health, it is working. Pray also for the heat, we are a bunch of sweaty Canadians.

Connie is really fitting well into her motherly role here and looking after us all. Andrew is connecting well with the guys, Dave is connecting well with the pastors, Jen is working well with her small group, and I am enjoying seeing such wonderful young adults working for God´s glory here.

All of your children are doing so good here, you should all be very proud. Lindsey and Hillary shared their testimonies in the service and did very well. Caleb and Jason are already hitting some great volleyballs and connecting with the sports kids. Lorelle is loving the food and is fitting in wonderfully with her dark complexion and happy attitude. Kassy´s smile has lifted the spirits
of us all. Bethany is really turning out to be a very mature and caring young lady. Tara is such a wonderful and loving girl and is showing the people here that love. Jessie is going to be helping lead Children´s ministry tomorrow morning. Dallas is connecting with everyone the way he always does and is really working on his spanish. Jessica is connecting well with the quieter girls and is doing a great job in spreading her wings.

I think that is an update on all the kids. Sorry if I have missed anyone because I am out of time. We will try to connect a little more later. It is hard for the kids to connect as I only have a few moments on a computer at a store where I buy my time to e-mail. Continue to pray for us, God is moving in great ways and we are well taken care of.

A special hug and kiss to you Farrell and to Gavin and Abby, I miss you very much.

Gregorio

It was great to hear from him and read that things are going so well. Gavin was so excited that the 'agents' (customs agents) didn't take any stuff away from Daddy, just like he prayed. :)

P.S. I will be in Edmonton this coming week but will still be checking my email and phone messages, so when I hear more from Greg I will still post here.