Earthquake damage to one of the houses in Perou.

Hello,

We wanted to update you on Haiti and thank you for your prayers. Overall our ministry received just small amounts of damage. Injuries in Peru were small and consisted of things like broken arms. We did sustain damage to our new school building in Perou. Also some of the homes of people in our ministry were damaged. Marose also experienced damaged homes as did Wash Plat, which is the next village north of Marose on the way to Perou.  We are very grateful that we did not sustain more damage.

The village of Gros Morne which is just a few miles from our village of Perou, had 7 deaths and sustained quite a bit of damage. Nathan and the other pastors from our villages are getting together this morning (Saturday) and traveling to Gros Morne to reach out and help people. They will be bringing clean water, food and tol (metal for roofs). They will also be praying for people and holding worship services and sharing the gospel. They know many people in the area and so have places to stay. Please be praying for safe travel for them and protection. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would go before them and pave the way. That hearts would be soft and that the pastors would be sensitive to where God is leading. We really appreciate your prayers.

I also wanted to share a bit of my heart with you, with the hope that if one of you is struggling like I am, that this might minister to you. As I was sitting down to write, I was struggling in my mind, thinking that I am not enough, that I don't feel like I measure up. So I sat down and prayed and shared with God how I felt and the battle that was going on in my mind. After I prayed I turned the radio on and the song that was just starting was a song written by Lauren Daigle. The first two lines I heard were "I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough. Every Single lie that tells me I will never measure up. God totally met me where I was. The song ends with the chorus saying;
 You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, You say I am Yours
And I believe, I believe
What You say of me
I believe

The lyrics to the song are below. If you want you can  google "You say I am strong when I think I am weak",  the song with music and lyrics will come up. I hope that the words minister to you. I pray that you HEAR the TRUTH in the words. I needed to hear them tonight.
Much blessings,
Chris


[Verse 1]
I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?
Remind me once again just who I am, because I need to know

[Chorus]
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, You say I am Yours
And I believe, I believe
What You say of me
I believe

[Verse 2]
The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me
In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity

[Chorus]
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, You say I am Yours
And I believe, I believe
What You say of me
I believe

October 9, 2017

Hello, We wanted to let you know that Haiti experienced a 5.9 earthquake Saturday evening. The center of the earthquake was in Port-de-Paix. Please pray for the people of Haiti. There is a lot of fear, because of the memories from the earthquake in Port-au-Prince in 2010. Many are sleeping outside tonight. Pastor Nathan said our Children's Village is alright, but our new school building in Perou is broken. I am not sure what other damage has occurred. Please pray for peace for the people and that the after shocks are minimal. We will update as we learn more. We have arrived back in the states and I want to share some highlights. We had extremely limited power and only one day of internet, which is why I was only able to get one prayer partner email out to you. Thank you for praying, even though we did not give direction of what to pray for. God knows what we need and when we need it, and honors prayers even when there are no details, only prompting to pray from the Holy Spirit. Nathan, Mike and I visited the village of Bout Nat, the new village Nathan felt led to pray over and visit. I mostly walked the grounds and prayed, claiming the territory and its people for Jesus. Nathan mostly networked trying to find out the most influential people of the village and Mike gathered a crowd together and talked with them and encouraged them. It cracked both Nathan and I up as we watched him from a distance. He had the crowd laughing and sharing with him. It was obvious that the Holy Spirit had gone before us. When we got back we had a email from a dear friend saying to "just be ourselves and God would do the rest". That is exactly what each of us had done. We did feel like we got confirmation to have a crusade in Bout Nat after our visit there. So Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night we had a crusade. Thursday night there were 33 salvation's, including one little 11 year old girl called Ti Chi. Ti Chi took it upon herself to be my 'bodyguard' as I walked the grounds praying. She told Mike that I was going to far out of sight and that she was worried about me. She stuck by me like glue from then on  :)  There were 36 salvation's over the next three evenings for a total of 69. It was so encouraging. The village is very much like Pass Rein was, steeped in voodoo, painted voodoo temples and voodoo flags all around. A very dark place, needing the light of Christ to invade and set it free. Please pray for the stronghold of satan to be broken and the captives set free. God gave us the miracle of Pass Rein and we are believing for Bout Nat. Rodelene, one young women who gave her life to God in Bout Nat, shared that she is 21 and has a little girl who is 18 months old. She said she is not married, but she is living with a man who is not faithful to her. She said that before giving her life to Christ she would have very bad dreams at night, but now she has experienced victory. She said she had been very sick and had been taken to the witch doctor, but he had been unable to help her. She said this caused her to realize that witchcraft has no power. She said she was demon possessed, but now free. She shared that her prayer requests were for the man she lives with to become a  "real Christian" and for a bible. We passed out the Creole Bibles that we had, but we need to purchase more. We can get a complete bible in Haitian Creole for $10. If you feel lead, the people of Bout Nat would love more bibles.  Please continue to lift Rodelene, Ti Chi and the village of Bout Nat up in your prayers, and thank you for covering us in prayers, we depend on them. Blessings, Chris

September 24, 2018

Thank you so much for your prayers, our time here in Haiti has gone very well. Chris has been working with Ian and Mary to up-date child sponsor photos and information. Power and internet are always a problem, but this morning we finally received internet :)  We have had very little power since arriving. It has come in increments of 15 to 40 minuets and only on some days. This email I have worked on 4 times so far, hopefully I will be able to send it this time.

The Pastors conference went better than expected. It was great watching the pastors faces as new revelation came to them. It was hard for them to really grasp that they have indeed been given the keys to God's Kingdom, all the love, all the power, and all the authority given to Jesus has now been given to them to do the works that He has called them to do.....Amen

We have been visiting the schools. It has been fun seeing the children in their uniforms and backpacks arriving at school in groups, with big smiles on their faces. It has also been fun taking photos and working with the children, some of them have such beautiful smiles, some have very shy smiles and a few crack us up as they open their lips wide and grit their teeth, thinking they are smiling the way we want them to.  Every one of them is so precious.

The medical clinic is also running very well, and has been recommended, and approved, for 3 special programs by the Haitian Government; STD's, Tuberculosis, and Immunizations. This is a big deal for the clinic and this ministry.

Pastor Nathan has felt like God is calling us to share the gospel in a new village. So this afternoon Pastor Nathan, Chris and I will be going to the village. The village is called Bout Nat. Pronounced like boot nat. It seams right to us and the Holy Spirit to go and meet with the people there, to look for signs that the gospel is welcome in the village. If we receive confirmation, then we will have a short crusade in the village on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening to preach the good news of Jesus in a very dark place. The village is similar to Pass Rein. It currently has no school or church and is very heavily involved in voodoo. Please pray that we are lead by the Holy Spirit, and not our own ambitions.