September 2017

Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ

Praise the Lord! The hand of God moved in  a mighty way this month.  As we prayed for Hurricane Irma to go north, God answered that prayer.  Then Hurricane Jose started on the same path and as we prayed again it went north of us.  Everyone we talked to here were so thankful God spared Haiti from another hurricane.

We did get some much needed rain for the gardens as they will be planting this month.

Some lost animals and fruit trees and some tin roofs had to be repaired but it would have been a lot worse if they had not gone north.

We have another pastor group this month, number 9.  These groups are keeping Terry and the gold group of pastors that are helping him go to these groups very busy.

Now that we have a copy machine, Pastor Rousier and I, Carolyn are keeping busy translating lessons then making copies to send to the different groups.

The school presentations of sexual purity and the gospel have begun this month.  Many of these students don't attend church or if they do they most likely don't hear the truth of the gospel and staying sexually pure.  This gives them the opportunity to hear and respond.  In this culture the men are taught, even in the churches sometimes, to get the woman pregnant before you marry them to make sure she can have children.  The main Bible here in Haiti does not have the words sexual immorality in it so they have taken that to the point it is a false teaching, that sexual immorality is not part of the sin of immorality.

The time while we were in the States was very rewarding, a new granddaughter, Josey and spending time with our friends and family.  The daughter and family that are in China are making plans to return mid-December.  It will be great to see them at that time.

When we returned to Haiti we were excited to see how all the pastors and the groups did in our absence.  As missionaries you want to see them carry on while away and also teach them to do what they see us do.  Disciples making disciples.

The enemy never likes it when God is on the move and he has tried to show his evil ways by using others to try to distract us from what God has called us to do.  There have been a couple of people here in Haiti that are saying false things about the pastors and us.  One of them even called a couple churches the States doing the same thing. We are thankful that "No weapon formed against us shall prosper and the battle belongs to the Lord"!

Thank you for your continued prayers, encouragement and support.

Prayer needs:

1. Those that the enemy is using will get discouraged and leave us and the pastors alone.

2. That the students in the schools will hear the truth of the gospel and accept Jesus and see the importance of staying sexually pure until marriage.

3. That the false teachings in the church here will all be brought to light as the pastors learn the truth and share that with their congregations.

4.  Those in the market ministry that hear the gospel will receive it.

5. That our monthly/yearly support will increase to meet the needs as our territory enlarges and by January 2018 we can receive a salary from the donations.  We have not taken a salary since we came to Haiti in 2004 but now that we have been blessed with a house in the States, we need to draw a small salary to care for the house God  has given us through His people and to be able to have health insurance.

Blessings

Terry and Carolyn

Psalms 133 ministry

Christians in Unity