Jamaica is the 112th stop for the traveling multi-language Bible that has been touring the world since October 2008.
At approximately 11:35 am on Friday, December 11, 2009, American Airlines Flight # 984 landed at the Sir Donald Sangster International Airport with the 18” x 12” Bible, which weighs 16.80 pounds or 7.6 kg.
Pastor Derek Bignall (left) , President of the Adventist Church in West indies Union, looks at the cover of the traveling multi-language Bible as he receives it from Pastor Guanther Garcia, Secretary of the South Central American Union of Seventh-day Adventists during the handing over of the Bible from his Union to West Indies Union Conference. At center is Pastor Al Powell, Personal Ministreies Director of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.Pastor Guanther Garcia, Secretary of the South Central American Union of Seventh-day Adventists took the Bible from Costa Rica and delivered it to Pastor Derek Bignall, President of the Adventist Church in West Indies Union. The handover took place at the airport.
Besides Pastor Bignall, Pastor Garcia was met at the airport by the Union’s vice-presidents and directors, the presidents of the West Jamaica Conference, North Jamaica Conference, Bahamas Conference, and Cayman Islands Conference, along with pastors, pathfinders and master guides, and other directors and staff of the West Jamaica and North Jamaica, and Cayman Islands Conferences.
Shortly after a motorcade, which included ‘walking, talking’ bibles and the distribution of Bibles and Christian Magazines, the day culminated in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, with a civic ceremony.
Pastor Charles Brevitt (left), President of the Adventist Church in Western Jamaica share thoughts on the traveling multi-language Bible with Pastor Guanther Garcia (right), Secretary of the South Central American Union of Seventh-day Adventists, during the handing over of the Bible from Costa Rica to Jamaica. The 18” x 12” Bible, which weighs 16.80 pounds or 7.6 kg. arrived at the Sir Donald Sangster International Airport on American Airlines Flight # 984 at approximately 11:35 am on Friday, December 11, 2009. Pastor Derek Bignall (second left) , President of the Adventist Church in West Indies Union and Pastor Milton Gregory, Vice President of West Indies Union Conference participate in the discussion.The Bible’s sojourn in Jamaica continues with church and civic functions at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) and Mandeville Park in Mandeville on Saturday, December 12. It will then journey to the National Arena in Kingston on Sunday December 13 for a grand climax.
The Bible leaves Jamaica on December 14 for Caracas, Venezuela.