The summer of 2008 included our fifth trip to our sister church in Havana, Cuba.

For ten years, the youth of Winnetka Presbyterian Church have traveled every other year with adult leaders to our sister church, First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana, to work, serve, and worship alongside the youth of the Cuban church.

We go to help maintain the church buildings and, while we are there, we learn so much about the Cuban culture. We learn through our work, meals, prayer and worship services, and theological discussions, all done alongside youth from the church in Havana. And, after our work, we explore the city outside the walls of the church with the Cuban youth in order to learn more about the community which the church serves.

We were blessed to have yet another safe and spiritually rewarding trip this past August and hope to see our Cuban sisters and brothers again in 2010.

See more photos of our time in Cuba here.