Jamaica Mission Trip - “God, we ask for fish and loaves.”  It was a humble prayer from three young men who had no other way to solve the problem of enough food than to pray. It was all we had.

Last Saturday, we picked up our new mission teams as they arrived into Montego Bay.  We all then made our way back to Catadupa, with some of our new arrivals feeling very excited and tired but all of them hungry.  After arriving in Catadupa everyone settled, set up their beds and we sat down to eat.  As the food was set out on the table Stu, Luke, and myself found ourselves facing a huge problem, there was no way there was enough food.

It was an issue we had feared and we were seeing it come true in a big way.  We had almost 50 people for this mission trip, worn out and tired from traveling and we had so little food to feed them with. We immediately began to reassess the situation, talking to the cooks, and trying to figure out how to get enough food for this many people.  Everywhere we turned we received the same answer: “Yah mon, we need more time fer de food.” But we had no time.

So we did all we could. The three of us huddled together in an empty sanctuary, prayed, and lifted up to God a situation that was bigger than ourselves, but not as big as Him. And the people ate.  Table by table they filled their plates and we watched as they finished.  And it was crazy–there was food left over.  Everyone was full and we still had food.  So we took what was left over and headed home for the night.  The three of us were starving from the day’s work.  But we couldn’t eat all of the food.  I have no other way of explaining it.  It had to be a miracle.

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