Hello from Haiti! It’s amazing what a couple day, lots of
prayer and an awesome time of worship can do for a dry, thirsty soul! We just had a great time in worship this
morning here on the hill in Soliette.
Not sure what was different, but the presence of the Lord was obvious in
the singing, the prayers and the preaching!
Even in the audience. This might
have been the largest regular service crowd we’ve had since we’ve been here
with 47 people counted. Attendance
numbers aren’t our goal, but it is exciting to see the growing interest in
worshipping together here. And it was a
great day for them to be here too, because they were ‘
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| Sometimes the clouds almost touch the but still no rain! |
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| A 22 row Haitian corn planter in action! |
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We’ve been blessed with visitors
recently and that has been a welcome refreshment. There was a team from Cornerstone Dunkard
Brethren Church visiting International Faith Mission. We got to enjoy 2 nights of revival meetings
with them and they came up to our place for an afternoon and hung out for a
while. It was great to share some time
with them. This team and the saints at
Cornerstone teamed up to bathe us and all the missionaries here for the weekend
of ‘carnival’. Thanks to all who
participated! Your prayers are valuable
to us and they were effective against the work of those who choose to worship
satan.
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| No this is NOT a cooking class !! My guests are coming up the road and I'm frantically preparing for our Seder meal. These friends just stopped by for a visit. :-) I guess I needed a lesson in GRACE. |
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| Beth & Philip Holinger, Steven Rapp, Tyler & Mandy Holinger |
Another group of good friends came
up and allowed us to host them to a Passover Seder meal. It was a special time together as we
remembered God’s faithfulness and the coming of the promised Messiah.
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| Next year in Jerusalem! |
Mike Martin from IFM is faithful
to make the trek up the hill to teach here every Wednesday evening and Vlad and Ashly were here for services and lunch last Sunday.
Hopefully, we won’t get too spoiled, but
you’re welcome here anytime!
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My (Pat’s) English class has grown from 1 to 6 boys and they are really dedicated to learn! They are seeking a better relationship with Jesus Christ too, which is even more exciting!
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| I'm putting my lessons on Power Point. Wishing I had a printer! |
Our lessons are opened and closed with prayer, they pray in English and
I pray in Kreole, and the lesson material is songs and Bible verses. We pull words they don’t know out of the verses
and use that to build vocabulary. Join
us in prayer for these boys. Three of
them are brothers and their father is Catholic.
They would love to worship with us but he refuses to allow them to
worship anywhere else. They have asked
us to pray for them as they want to change their religion. Please remember them when you pray.
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| The boys like to sing along with the MP3 too! |
Our garden continues to grow. We’ve had some problems with root knot
nematodes killing some tomatoes so we’re replanting them.
We were blessed with a collection
of heirloom seeds (thanks Jeremy & Laura) so we can replace our plants and
now have some to give away to visitors that want to try their hand at growing
some things. With heirloom plants, they
can harvest seeds from the fruit so they have something that
is sustainable if they are diligent in caring for it. This is the real purpose for our gardens, to
cause interest and take the opportunity to teach about plants, planting
techniques and Godly stewardship of the soil and water. Hopefully, it will create opportunities to go
to their homes and help them get started right.
It’s also an opportunity to plant Spiritual seeds and build
relationships.
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| Getting Mona started on her garden |
Evening is now approaching and I
had all intentions of getting this done earlier in the afternoon.
First the
internet wouldn’t co-operate and then a machete wound appeared at our door.
Cheryl cooly sutured the wound shut with 5 tidy stitches. She handled here first patient like a
pro! Practicing on my hand a couple
weeks ago was worthwhile!
So now you’re up to date. Some of you special people were kind enough to bless us with packages of
sweet things! Thank you so much for
remembering! Thanks to all of you for
your prayers and support! We pray for
you all often! May the God of Grace and
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ bless you all real good! Whatever you do, do it with all your strength
in the name of Jesus! To Him be the Glory!
"Thank you Jesus for today, yesterday and tomorrow!" Pierreau, 16, Praying in English in class.
