July 2015

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

 

Remember:

The nature of Christ

The sacrifice of Christ

Authority of Christ

Calling of Christ in our lives

Praises and prayer requests:

ATV, Pic below. Praise the Lord, still need $6500.  It will save much wear on the truck and get to places we cannot get to in the truck.  Also pray we can find 8 inch tires for the front in Port au Prince so we don't have to have them shipped in.

VBS workshop went great, they were so thankful for the information.  VBS' have started.  Will report when they are all finished in August.

Evangelism workshop July 13-16. 

Leadership workshop in August 10-13.

Pastor Greg Bunn returning August 24 thru Sept 5th.

Market is going well, each Tuesday and Thursday, the pastors are seeing people come to Christ and other recommitting their lives to Him through their witnessing each week.  AMEN!!!!!

Another discipleship class here, possibly on Wednesday's.

2 new pastor groups have started both about 3 hours away.  The unity is spreading to other areas.  God is definitely at work.  How is He leading you to help??

 

Some of you have mentioned to us you don't feel called to come disciple, come and build houses for those without.

 

Testimony from 2 pastors in the group: "We believe God sent you both here to help us because we have not had any possibility for training and equipping".  One pastor recently asked for more teaching for them and their leaders.  They are hungry for the word of God, will you come and help feed them spiritually????? 

 

Friday pastors group continues with an average of 24 and the unity is building.  Right now they are studying Christ is All You Need from Colossians.  When that is finished Terry plans to go through the "Experiencing God " series.

 

Had a great Monday afternoon recently with the wives. 10 attended and we talked about seeking God first in all things and having the faith and belief that God will do what He says He will do. Had some answered prayers/PTL!!! One lady shared their mule (it is their livelihood for example it carries things for them to market etc) was dying, the vet came and said he would be dead by morning. They prayed all night and the next morning he was up and eating. Another shared her sister was on her death bed, the doctor said they could not do anything for her, they prayed all day and night.  In a couple days she was up and eating and back home. God is good all the time and all the time God is good and still does miracles.

 

God is at work here in NW Haiti. Will you join HIM through prayers, giving and/or coming here short term or long term?

 

Henry Blackaby wrote a textbook and also a devotion book to study entitled "Experiencing God"  The seven realities of God he discusses are:

1. God is always at work around you

2.  God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal.

3.  God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.

4.  God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes and His ways.

5.  God's invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6.  You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7.  You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you.

**You cannot go with God and stay where you are in the way you live or the way you think.

God is love.  If you come to know Him as He reveals Himself to you, you will love Him.  If you love Him, you will believe and trust Him.  If you believe and trust Him you will obey Him.

 

 One supporter wrote: I am changing my monthly support, I may not be able to give that every month but I feel that is what I'm being lead to do.

 

 

Haiti Mission

Terry and Carolyn Routon
P O Box 147
Clinton MO  64735

Skype name:  terry.routon1

Haiti phone number: 509-31724187  Country code is 011.  If you dial from Skype do not put the country code or the 509.blog:    http://www.routonshaitiblog.blogspot.com/

 Giving information:

Make checks out to:

Northeast Baptist Church-Haiti

put "Routon" in the memo

619 E Lincoln

Clinton Mo  64735

Church phone 660-885-5277 (for information or leaving message too)

Wanted to post our grandchildren because some of you ask about them.  We are so blessed to be able to enjoy them when we visit back in the states.

Wanted to post this map so you can see just how little crop land there is.  That is why rain is so important for their gardens and animals.  They depend on both for survival.

Pastors and garden

first two pics is of the pastors, the banner translates Christians in Unity Ps 133:1.  The last two is of the gardens, notice how big the hoe is.  they do all gardens no matter how big by hand with a hoe like this one.

Jan - April 2015

Jan - April 2015 Haiti Update

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

 

We are praying for rain and patiently waiting for God to answer that prayer.  Please pray with us it is needed!

 

• Sexual purity till marriage:12 schools around 900 students.
• Pastors in the market: around 50 salvations and many more have recommitted their lives to the Lord. Glory to God in the Highest!!
• Given out 24 goats 20 to go.  One of the goats just had 2 kids, the herds are starting to build.  Praise the Lord!!  $50 per female goat.
• Film ministry is going great.
• Ladies have been going out to share the love of Jesus.
• The children on Wednesday's have been learning the Easter story. We recently showed the Jesus film, children's version and a young boy accepted Jesus!!!!

 

We would like to help the pastors continue their work in unity by helping them with VBS' again this summer.  Last summer they had 2100 children with 290 salvations.  Let us know if you would like to help with that again.  It averages out to be about $50 per church involved.  We anticipate having 30 churches this summer.

 

 

Word of testimony from a supporter.  He said "You came to the Church of Living Water in Warsaw and shared of your work in Haiti.  I'm on a fixed income.  I prayed and this is what the Lord God showed me to give." He sent $50 to purchase a goat. 

 

 

We are back in Missouri April 14 through May 24.

We have two young ladies from Jackson, Mississippi going back with us June 9th to spend the summer, then plan to return to our area to work full time.  They will be working with an orphanage in our area and staying with us for now and helping with some of our ministries too as they have time.  We look forward to their stay with us.  They are taking a huge step of faith.  They have been teaching and did not renew their contract for next year as they feel called to Haiti.

 

FYI:2015 monthly budget:

1. Rent for our house: $225.  Jan 1, 2016 will be $250.
2. Salaries for our workers $1000 (interpreter, helper, sewing teacher, school presentation teachers)
3. Ministry/supplies (pastors, wives, children, sewing, school presentations) $500
4. Food, internet, gas and diesel, propane, phone, travel, truck expenses, life and health insurance and misc $1500
5. Needs in the community: Hard to put a figure on this one. We help as we can and have the resources.

We have $1100 committed each month because God laid it on your hearts, and many of you give throughout the year as God lays it on your heart also.  God has been faithful to provide for our needs and we know He will continue to do so through His people.  Thank you for being obedient.  You are a blessing to us and the Haitian people.

 

Prayer request: 

*Many times the Haitian people, including Christians, fear the bad (voodoo) more than God.  Pray for those that fear voodoo will realize that greater is He that is in us than he who is in the world.  And pray the lost will want He who is in us!

*Those that God wants to come and help us this year.

*That God will supply all our need according to His riches in Glory.

*Ask God how you can be a part of what He is doing here in NW Haiti.

*Film ministry, unity with the pastors, ladies bible study, children ministry, sewing class, sexual purity till marriage in the schools.

 

Prayer is our greatest weapon, our sweetest occupation and our highest privilege.

 

Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To Him be the glory both now and forever.

Easter story

more of the Easter story

Easter story

Acting out the Easter story for the children on Wednesdays