Trinidad Report

Bill Langford sent in this report of his and Phil's missions trip to Trinidad.

We attended a weekend men's retreat sponsored by the Association of Evangelical Bible Churches and the Evangelical Church of the West Indies. About 100 men from various churches attended, many of them pastors and elders in their congregations. Phil's messages on Luke 15 (Prodigal Son) were well received and of much encouragement to the men. Phil quoted Spurgeon several times in his messages, and one of the pastor's later commented that there is a lot of Spurgeon in Phil Ryken. Sunday morning included a time of testimony and many of the men had words of exhortation and spiritual insight to share. After the retreat wrapped up on Sunday afternoon, a couple of the brothers took us in their "maxi-taxi" (a 25 passenger mini-bus) on a delightful tour of the island that included a swim at a beautiful beach. We returned Monday much refreshed by the time they spent among the brothers in Trinidad.