Two weeks from tomorrow I will board a plane to Haiti and take an 8 hr. drive up the mountain. The Northwestern Mountains of Haiti lives a group of pastors who are eager to learn and be inspired. J.P. Williams and I will be there to lead a conference for Pastors/wives in the areas of marriage and pastoral leadership
I have 18 prayer warriors. For you and anyone else, here are some prayer needs:
1. Traveling safety for J.P. and myself.
2. Strength for the journey and the week of ministry activities.
3. Ample financial support to help provide needs for orphanage, otter families, and travel.
4. Health issues: two out of five mosquitoes in the country are carrying various virus which requires
rest, Tylenol, and liquids. Duirng this illness the body/bones ache The missionaries and many
pastors have already been struck by the illness but doing much better.
5. Pray for the medical missionaries that are there. A nurse will be about 20 minutes from us and a
little medical clinic is about an hour from where we will be. Pray they will have adequate meds to
help those who are sick.
6. Pray for unbelievers in Haiti. The missionaries are seeing many come to Christ. Prayerfully, we
hope our teaching will better prepare pastors to minister to believers and unbelievers.
7. And, of course, a major hope is that the pastor will come with open hearts and minds to learn, to
be encouraged, and to unite themselves as being a group of pastors working together, not alone.
8. JP and I are praying that we will be sensitive to the psator's needs versus just giving them what
we have planned. We want to field their questions and "scratch them where they itch".
9. Thankful that JP and I have the support of our churches for this mission endeavor.
Well, getting pumped. August 14 will be here really soon. Much left to do. Thanks for reading
and being a part of this mission trip to the pastors/wives of the northwest mountains of Haiti.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Less than a month
That's right. There is less than one month till myself and my friend, JP Williams, will board a plane bound for Haiti. We will be preaching at four services on two Sundays. On the five days in between, we will be teaching six hours a day. I will be teaching on "Our Identity in Christ" for three days and the other two days will be spent with Pastor/wive on "Building a Healthy Marriage". There are about 50 pastors so we are to divide those up into two groups. We will each have a group in the morning and then another group in the afternoon. Looking forward to being with pastors who are hungry for encouragement and education.
I am about 80% ready with teaching materials. I want to make the materials as practical and helpful as possible. Most believers would like to know, that now that I am a Christian, what does that mean? Hopefully, these pastors can help their church members with that question.
In getting together items for the trip, I have a desire to help the orphanage operated by one of the pastors which has 40 children ages around 4 to 12 yrs. Since I have two grandchildren from Ethiopia, I tend to be a little partial to orphanages which have trouble with finances and items of necessity for the children. I have two check-in bags full of disposable wet wipes, children's Tylenol, children's vitamins, toothpaste for each child. a brush for each child, and a water filter system for the orphanage. Anxious to get these items there and hug on those kids.
I have 18 prayer warriors. For you and anyone else, here are some prayer needs:
1. Traveling safety for J.P. and myself.
2. Strength for the journey and the week of ministry activities.
3. Ample financial support to help provide needs for orphanage, otter families, and travel.
4. Health issues: two out of five mosquitoes in the country are carrying various virus which have no
cure...just rest, Tylenol, and liquids. The missionaries and many pastors have already been struck
by the illness but doing much better.
5. Pray for the medical missionaries that are there. A nurse will be about 20 minutes from us and a
little medical clinic is about an hour from where we will be. Pray they will have adequate meds to
help those who are sick.
6. Pray for unbelievers in Haiti. The missionaries are seeing many come to Christ. Prayerfully, we
hope our teaching will better prepare pastors to minister to believers and unbelievers.
7. And, of course, a major hope is that the pastor will come with open hearts and minds to learn, to
be encouraged, and to unite themselves as being a group of pastors working together, not alone.
8. JP and I are praying that we will be sensitive to the psator's needs versus just giving them what
we have planned. We want to field their questions and "scratch them where they itch".
9. Thankful that JP and I have the support of our churches for this mission endeavor.
Well, getting pumped. August 14 will be here really soon. Much left to do. Thanks for reading
and being a part of this mission trip to the pastors/wives of the northwest mountains of Haiti.
I am about 80% ready with teaching materials. I want to make the materials as practical and helpful as possible. Most believers would like to know, that now that I am a Christian, what does that mean? Hopefully, these pastors can help their church members with that question.
In getting together items for the trip, I have a desire to help the orphanage operated by one of the pastors which has 40 children ages around 4 to 12 yrs. Since I have two grandchildren from Ethiopia, I tend to be a little partial to orphanages which have trouble with finances and items of necessity for the children. I have two check-in bags full of disposable wet wipes, children's Tylenol, children's vitamins, toothpaste for each child. a brush for each child, and a water filter system for the orphanage. Anxious to get these items there and hug on those kids.
I have 18 prayer warriors. For you and anyone else, here are some prayer needs:
1. Traveling safety for J.P. and myself.
2. Strength for the journey and the week of ministry activities.
3. Ample financial support to help provide needs for orphanage, otter families, and travel.
4. Health issues: two out of five mosquitoes in the country are carrying various virus which have no
cure...just rest, Tylenol, and liquids. The missionaries and many pastors have already been struck
by the illness but doing much better.
5. Pray for the medical missionaries that are there. A nurse will be about 20 minutes from us and a
little medical clinic is about an hour from where we will be. Pray they will have adequate meds to
help those who are sick.
6. Pray for unbelievers in Haiti. The missionaries are seeing many come to Christ. Prayerfully, we
hope our teaching will better prepare pastors to minister to believers and unbelievers.
7. And, of course, a major hope is that the pastor will come with open hearts and minds to learn, to
be encouraged, and to unite themselves as being a group of pastors working together, not alone.
8. JP and I are praying that we will be sensitive to the psator's needs versus just giving them what
we have planned. We want to field their questions and "scratch them where they itch".
9. Thankful that JP and I have the support of our churches for this mission endeavor.
Well, getting pumped. August 14 will be here really soon. Much left to do. Thanks for reading
and being a part of this mission trip to the pastors/wives of the northwest mountains of Haiti.
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