We want to thank each of you who pray for us. We want you to know that Roger is doing much better physically and mentally, but still needs your prayers. We are still in a personal spiritual battle which is a reflection of a greater battle over this nation. Haiti has always been a very dark place spiritually, but it has become a much darker place, maybe the darkest I have seen in the past 35 years of ministry here. Satan is using political figures, some Haitian elites, many heavily armed gangs, and the masses to wreak havoc in the nation. As you can imagine this has taken its toll on everyone who lives here, especially those who live in Port-Au-Prince where it is worst.
hese verses from 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 seem to sum things up pretty well. Please read them as if they are coming from our hearts to yours.
“We do not want you to be uninformed,
brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province
of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure,
so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received
the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,
who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and
he will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will
continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will
give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to
the prayers of many.”
We want to thank all those who gave special gifts to help us
cover the salaries of our elementary school teachers and their staff.
It was a tremendous help, but we will again fall short this month
(March) to cover the salaries as result of a drastic change in the
exchange rate on the US dollars. We need an extra $2000 monthly to cover this short fall.
If we are unable to meet this goal, we will only be able to pay the
teachers half salaries for the rest of the school year, which ends in
June. This would be very sad because their families are very dependent
on it. Yet, we believe God is able to touch the right people’s hearts to
enable us to meet this budget. God has never failed us in this, and we
do not expect Him to fail us now.
The Bible College is doing well despite the total chaos in the country
and wrecked economy. Since the beginning of the school year we’ve only
had to close the school for 3 days due to the inability of students
being able to travel to school. This is no small miracle. Yet, there are
many days where attendance is very low because of violence, roads being
blocked, and threat of kidnapping, which is very high at the moment. We
are proud of our Bible college students who, by faith and trust in
God’s ability to protect them, come despite the difficulties they
encounter (road blocks which often involve burning tires across the
road), and a chance of physical harm coming to them.
We ask you to pray for the following things.
1) Provision for the 3 elementary schools.
2) Protection for us and all the Haitian people we love.
3) Peace to reign in Haiti, in our hearts and in the hearts of the people.
4) Power of God to be displayed.
