Fresh Entity

We are sincerely thankful for the opportunity to be going back to Haiti. Our trip seems to possibly look a little different this year. There are plans to play a concert in the center of town, plans to teach at an orphanage, build houses, and plans to encourage the church at Leogane. Although we have tried to prepare for each as best we can, we continually are praying that more than anything we are sensitive to the Spirit’s leading and obedient to whatever task He may have for us. Both Grant and I are extremely anxious and excited to see the Haitians at the base where we are staying. The Lord has created a special bond with these people who serve us and whom we see on a daily basis. We are praying specifically for these relationships and the mighty things the Lord will do with the time we are able to spend with them.

Last year the Lord used the book of I Thessalonians to pave a path of prayer for us. Many of Paul’s teachings in that letter we found to be ones we could echo and cry out to the Lord through. We continue to have this letter at the forefront of our minds as we serve again this year.
Our prayer for all of us and the people of Haiti that we encounter would be this:

For the people of Haiti:
ch. 1 vs. 5 “Our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit with full conviction.”
ch. 1 vs. 6 “You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the JOY of the Holy Spirit so that you became an example to all the believers…”

For us:
ch. 2 vs. 2 “we had boldness in our God.”
ch. 2 vs. 4 “we speak not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts.”
ch. 2. vs. 8 “we loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the Gospel, but our lives as well.”

For the people of Haiti:
ch 2. vs. 13 “We thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the Word of God, which is at work in you believers.”

ch. 5. vs. 24 ”He who calls you is faithful….”

We are so humbled to be able to give testimony to the faithfulness of the Lord. He has done mighty things already in our hearts. Things we truly could not express in words. He has faithfully used His Word, His people, and the Holy Spirit to teach us more about Himself and we are so extremely thankful. We go expectant of His workings and are asking that we might be instrumental in bringing praise to His name.

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