Missions
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The Man Named Jabez
Haiti June 21, 2019 Yesterday I had the most amazing conversation. I met Jabez, a man from India living in Haiti. Jabez came to Christ in India. From there he immigrated to the States for higher education. While in Bible School for his undergrad, he married a Haitian gal—apologies I forget her name. Jabez went…
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What’s Up With Haiti?
Lately I’ve been getting asked, “Are you going back to Haiti this year?” The short answer, yes. I hope to bring a tiny group to Haiti this June, if God allows. And, if you want to give to that endeavor, that information is at the end of this blog. Mostly, this year especially, we covet…
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What’s Happening in Haiti
This update just in from our Missionaries in Port-au-Prince. February 17, 2019 Celebrating Milestones and Facing Crisis This is Gaelle. (photo from English Camp 2018) She is one of five children, soon to be six. Gaelle has now missed 7 days of school: meals, vitamins, snacks, Bible stories & play time. We are thankful that…
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3 Things That Only Happen in Haiti
Thanks to so many who supported our trip to Haiti this year. I went early with a few, and here are 3 things that pretty much could only happen there… 1: Up to my armpits. We had a couple of toilets we couldn’t get to flush correctly. One was the toilet the 96 too-young-to-aim…
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Groan
Read through without groaning. I can’t. I was wondering, why would a single, white gal from the states move to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? It’s dangerous. It’s hot. It stinks. You take one-step off the plane and you groan. That’s the reason. In Mk 7:31-37 Jesus is moved by a mans suffering,…
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Back to Haiti
One of my questions when I get to Heaven, if I can get up the nerve to ask, is; “Why, when we were replacing a clutch under a Toyota Hilux, for needy missionaries, in the dirt, in Haitian humidity and heat, after ten hours of work, would You send a dog to mark his territory…
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The Real “Utter Nonsense” of Missions and International Ministry.
Originally posted on LateToEveryParty: I keep coming across the same arguments against Christian ministry and not just from those outside the church, but from Christians. We’ve all heard the claims before, they are 2000 years old. While reading this morning I came across this passage where Paul speaks directly to these criticisms: 1 Thessalonians 2:3-9 (NIV) ————————————————————-…
