Greeting in the name of Jesus,
It is hard to believe that we are finishing up our 23rd month in the Caribbean. It just seems like yesterday we
stepped out onto the tarmack at the V.C. Bird Airport in St Johns, Antigua, and began the journey that God had ordained
for us. Time flies when you are having fun. And that really sums up our ministry here. It has been fun because
we have seen God do so many things in our lives, the lives of the team members who came for ministry, and
the lives of the people themselves here in Antigua, Montserrat and Dominica. We are excited about what the future
holds for our ministry here in the years to come. Please pray for us as we return home on August 1 and begin raising
our support to return in June 2010. We have many slots open to speak in churches that have not been filled, so
we encourage pastors to email us and get us slated in your churches. Laypersons, your pastor may be really busy
and has not had the time to schedule us, so encourage him to contact us.
This past month we have been busy with special services in some of the churches. I have been preaching quite
regularly, and Janice was busy organizing a “Mother’s Day” service at the Grays Farm Church. We have pictures
below of that service. Janice met with the children for about 3 weeks twice a week learning songs and memorizing
recitations. We had 17 children in all, and they were pretty excited about the program. The children also did a
craft which was making a picture frame for their picture we took of them, and they were able to present that to
their mom’s in the service along with a long stem red rose. We sent out personal invitations to each mother and we
had a good response. In a congregation of about 20 every Sunday, the Grays Farm church had over 50 in attendance
on that Sunday. It was a real blessing! I was asked to preach that Sunday by Pastor Michael and brought a
message entitled: “Hannah: The Model Mother”. Our hearts were really stirred when we saw the hurt in some of
the children’s faces whose mother’s did not attend. Two little sisters who practiced a special song to sing for their
mom, were heart broken telling us their mom wasn’t coming, but they did a great job singing “Moms Are Special
People”. We were excited that we were able to purchase the song online and download it to our iPod for them to
perform. We wish you could have heard their angelic voices. Their names are Nadine and Jessica. The church was
thrilled with the performances of the children. The grand finale’ of the day was a short tribute to moms created
by Janice. She came up with the idea of each child wearing a different hat that portrays what moms do. For example:
Nurse’s hat, chef ’s hat, chauffeur’s hat, policemen’s hat, ball cap, garbage man’s hat, cleaning lady hat, business
man hat, fashion hat. Each child had a short recitation about what the hat meant which related to what their
mom’s do for them. And at the end each child said, “We love you mom and our hats are off to you”. At that time
each took their hat off in honor of their mom. The church exploded with applause and we saw many mom’s shed
tears of appreciation. Janice is a genius at pulling these kinds of programs off and she has definitely been in her
element with children’s ministry while here in the caribbean. Oh, by the way, the church has asked her to do “Father;
s Day”!
Pray for us as we host 4 teams before we leave May 31-June6 Brandon & Lynn Baker; June 19-27 Shady Grove
Colfax Youth, July 4-11 High Pine Wesleyan and July 18-25 Gibsonville Brown Youth. To God be the glory!
In Christ-Ron & Janice Jones
May 2009
P . O . B o x 2 2 3 4 S t J o h n s A n t i g u a W e s t I n d i e s E m a i l : r o n n i e j o n e s 1 @ m a c . c o m
THE
ANTIGUAN WAVE
N e w s l e t t e r
“I can do all things through
Christ who gives me the
strength”. Philippians 4:13
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May 2009
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