The Hut

Jeremy Spangler
June 12, 2008
Wood, palm branches, and cement form the gathering place, more formally known as the hut by us a as a team, here at the pastoral house in Puerto Ayacucho. There are two houses here in which sixteen people live and most all of the activity comes down to the hut out back.
Along with the sixteen people who live in the two houses, it is where a lot of church activity and fellowship happens outside of Saturday and Sunday. At almost anytime of day the hut is a place where fellowship between believers and non-believers alike come together. The gate out front is constantly opening and closing with the flow of people coming and going. No one ever needs any specific reason to stop by and for sure no reason to call ahead. No one is ever turned away or told that they have to leave. Instead, if anyone is ever there over a meal, whenever that might happen, it will be extended to them as well.
There is no specific event to share with you about the hut that I have in mind, just some generalities. There are often times where prayer will break out for a sick person or someone who needs prayer for any given thing. We have played numerous card games with the youth and lots of joking around. We get to share with each other and learn about each other.
The hut is the gathering place, but it’s what happens in it with the believers and non-believers, the stories and the laughter, the sharing and the prayer, that really makes a difference to anyone- not the hut.
I would post pictures from here in Puerto Ayacucho but am not able to at the time.
Prayer Requests
- Pastor Carlos and his family to have time to spend alone among all the visitors
- unity...in "Centro Apostolico," our team and the body of Christ in Puerto Ayacucho
- focus for my teammates and I for our remaining weeks in Venezuela, but esp. for our time here in Puerto Ayacucho
Praises
- The team unity we have been experiencing
- A once again completely healthy team
- Relationships we have been building over the past two weeks