Tuesday, Day Five, 30 Apr

Tuesday (Day Five), 30 Apr

738a...

Good morning, everyone!  I hope this finds you all well.  We're all just finishing up breakfast, and I just got from Benjamin his write-up from yesterday's cataloguing exercise, which I've provided below:

Yesterday, our missionary team worked on helping out The 410 Bridge with setting up their adoption program.  Half our team went to go pray for families in need, while the other half recorded information, wrote signs, encouraged Haitian families, and took pictures.  The experience was heart-touching, seeing all the little boys and girls step up one by one with great hope and joy that a person or family in America would see their picture with their information and send gifts and letters of love to them in Haiti.

The children first presented themselves at an information table, where our missionaries gathered information about each child and talked with each family.  Also our Haitian translators helped the team to communicate their joy and happiness to see the Haitians.

After that, the children went to our photographers and had their pictures taken.  Once each picture was taken, the child and his or her family looked with delight into the camera to see the smiling face staring back out at them.

Our missionaries did a wonderful job bringing joy and happiness to the community of Bohoc by praying for God's children and by helping them to live for Him...today and always.

Benjamin Cole Kelley, Age 13

Okay...I need to go for now as we're getting ready to do our morning devotions.

241p...

This morning, like yesterday, we split into two groups:  One continued with the cataloguing exercise, while the rest of us did more home visits.  Provided below is a summary of the home visits.  As I've requested previously, as you read through what's been written, please keep these folks in your prayers throughout the week.  Thanks!!

Madam Deyelli Bason

Madam Bason's husband passed away some time ago.  She asked for prayer for strength and courage and that God would give her opportunities to do as He wishes.

Madam Gabbriel Bason (Madam Deyelli's Sister-in-Law)

Madam Bason's husband is not well.  She asked for prayers for him, and asked also for prayers for one of her five children who's getting ready to take the national scholastic exam.

January Sendamou

Mr. Sendamou suffers a lot from sickness.  In fact, last Saturday he almost died from a diabetic episode.  He is very tired, his head aches, and so does his stomach.  Mr. Sendamou asked for prayers for healing and to find a good doctor.

Madam Jones Shervis

Madam Sherivs asked for prayers for her housing situation.  As she described, she has a large family, but the home they're living in is not a good place for all of them.

Madam Resuit

Madam Resuit suffers a lot in her body.  She asked for prayers for healing and asked, too, for prayers for her children who are living in the United States.

Oh...we're getting ready to head to The Wisdom Club.  As such, I'll need to pick this up later.

518p...

Picking up where I left off earlier...

Madam Costas

Madam Costas asked for prayers for her to be able to raise enough money to pay back the witch doctor who treated her sick baby.  She said she cannot go to church until she pays the man back all the money she owes.  All of this was confronted during our time with Madam Costas.  We prayed for her, came against the forces of evil, and prayed for the repentance and salvation of the witch doctor.  We left with Madam Costas agreeing to go to church this coming Sunday.   

[As an aside to the above, there was a witch doctor which we all met in January 2012.  When we met him, we asked him if we could pray with him.  He said, "No."  But, after we left him, we all stopped and prayed for him and for his salvation.  This morning, Jedlain told us that this man just became a Christian a couple months ago.]

Madam Lilly Joseph

Madam Joseph told us that she's pregnant and that she wants God to help her to give birth without complications.  She also asked us to ask God to provide her with a home in which her family can live.  Right now, she said that she and her husband and their children are living in her father's house.

Madam Asin St. Amm

Madam St. Amm told us that her daughter (Gelisgod St. Amm) is sick a lot and can't go to school.  When I asked about her daughter's illness, we were told that she often feels like she's suffocating, that she can't speak, and that she sometimes runs without reason.  We learned also that she experiences no pain with her illness.  Those of us there, sensing that Gelisgod was under the influence of a demonic entity, prayed for her, came against the enemy, and then led her in a prayer of consecration to Jesus.  When we left, Gelisgod had the biggest smile on her face.

Madam Jersi Asemi

Madam Asemi has five children, four of which are in school, and she said that her husband is out of work.  She asked us to pray for her children and her husband.

Madam Ondeno Dezom

Madam Dezom told us that her husband has high blood pressure, that he can't walk, and that she has an ulcer that prevents her from laying down comfortably at night.  She also said that sometimes her husband can't eat.  She asked us to pray for her, her husband, and her entire household.

Madam Disi Chaul

Madam Chaul said, "I suffer a lot in my body, and my house is not very comfortable."  She asked us to pray that she could find money to send her six children to school.

Madam Tison Piere

Madam Piere asked us to pray for her husband's salvation.  She also asked us to pray for her house, which she said was not very comfortable, and to pray for her pregnant daughter who's trying to go to school.

Mr. and Madam Valcino Desagas

Madam Desagas asked for prayer for herself as she's been ill for over 23 years.  Her illness prevents her from being able to do much of anything as the slightest bit of effort causes her to lose her breath.  It appeared that she's been suffering from either congestive heart failure or a bad case of asthma.  It was communicated to us that her condition has become much more serious in the last year or so.  The Desgas family has eight children, but all of them are staying with neighbors.  Madam Desagas said that, in her condition, she can't care for them.

Madam Jacque Bellows

Madam Bellows asked for us to pray and ask God for the money she and her husband need to repair their house.

On our way back from this morning's activities, the team stopped at Madam Elmarie's home to meet with The Older People's Group (TOPG) of Bohoc, a group of elderly and handicapped villagers that Elmarie started in her home in September 2012.  Today, there were approximately 20 people at her home, and, according to Elmarie, many of them were blind or handicapped in some way.  Elmarie started this group after attending a conference where she was inspired to give back to her community.  After Elmarie shared with us for a little while, we prayed for the members of the group, asked for their healing, and asked, too, that God would enable each one of them to see far beyond what any of us can see.  We asked also that God would minister His wisdom through them wherever they might be or go.

After our time at TOPG, we returned to the guest house, ate a fabulous lunch, and then enjoyed a little down time.  At around 3p, we assembled at the bus and headed to The Wisdom Club.  The Wisdom Club, which began in 1990, is a club for high school through college-aged kids who wish to grow in wisdom by studying the scriptures and by practicing their English together.  After presenting the club with ten English New Testaments and ten English-Haitian Creole Dictionaries, each of us got to spend about an hour or so of one-on-one time with one or two Haitian young people hungry to practice their English.  If my recollection is correct, there were between 10 and 15 young men and, perhaps, 3 young women at the meeting today; the ages of the participants ranged from about 13 years old to about 20 years old.

Okay...dinner's about to be served, so I'm going to take a break from writing--probably until tomorrow morning.  I hope that all'y'all have a fabulous evening.

Peace to you...

Dave