2025 August Update
I ask you to please pray for my eyesight. Lately, I haven’t been feeling well. I’m not sure if it’s due to poor sleep caused by the blackouts or from studying so late.
I also ask you to pray for the children’s summer school that we want to hold at the end of August .
Please pray as well that God would fill us with joy and encouragement to give our all in the ministry, even in the midst of the economic and energy crisis.
About Me
In 1995, when I turned 14, a neighbor told me about God and His Good News for mankind through Christ. He invited me to church, and on April 14, 1996, I was baptized.
Five years later, after serving in worship team and becoming part of the youth leadership, I started attending a mission teaching the Bible and shepherding people. At first, I had no plans to study or prepare myself theologically and biblically to become a pastor. But one day, I experienced a much deeper longing for the Lord’s work — a longing connected to serving full-time as a pastor. As I began studying in seminary, the desire to serve as a full-time pastor gradually solidified.
By God’s grace, we have already served fruitfully in three churches to His glory, not counting the fourteen years of ministry in our local church in Artemisa.
Current Role and Challenges
After 8 years, the church has grown and we are currently focused on teamwork and the initiation of new ministries. This year, the children’s ministry, the preaching ministry, the worship service leadership ministry, and the ministry for helping those in need have begun to operate more solidly. We want to soon establish the evangelism ministry and a ministry to help the elderly.The discipleship and worship ministries are still active, and we want to better adjust them in line with the current vision of the church.
Challenges – The greatest challenges are related to resources. Inflation in Cuba has reached a very high level. Income has dropped significantly after COVID. A basic worker’s salary is not enough to eat well for even a week. We would need resources to support the children’s ministry, the evangelism ministry (to open a location far from the main church). We would also like to support the elderly, as their pension is barely enough to feed them for ten days.Currently, our only means of transportation is a bicycle, which presents a major challenge for reaching several areas around Cienfuegos during these times.
About The Evangelical Convention of Cuba Los Pinos Nuevos
Our church belongs to “The Evangelical Convention of Cuba Los Pinos Nuevos”. The Convention’s headquarters is located in Oliver, Placetas, Villa Clara.
Our local church in Cienfuegos began in 2010. At the beginning of 2017, the National Board asked us to move from San José (Placetas) to Cienfuegos. Since that year, we have been working in this city to serve the Lord. At first, we were forced to spend a lot of time dealing with the legalization of the property, and later with the construction of the church building and part of the pastoral house—with help from the Convention for the first phase, a very small part from the local church, and the second-to-last and final stages with help from oversea churches.
Despite the construction and legalization work, along with the great emigration exodus of recent years, God has added several lives to the church. The church has continued to strengthen its vision and mission, with two discipleship groups currently active and new ministries operating continuously for the glory of the Lord.