Sept 26, 2015

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

 

So much is happening, God is working, we wanted to send a second update this month and let you know how your giving and praying is such a blessing.  Plus a special insert below from Pastor Greg Bunn about his time spent with us and the pastors etc.

 

VBS reports : Mawouj: 17 VBS'; children attended: 1,927; salvations: 175 children plus 1 parent

Bombard: 10 VBS'; children attended: 680; salvations: 80

 

God continues to expand our territory and it is such a privilege to be a part of what God is doing here, the leaders group is meeting each week now on Wednesday at 3:00. They have been averaging 20.  We changed the children to Thursday's.

 

We have a film exclusively for ladies called Mary Magdalene.  Tells her story of how she met Jesus and then followed Him.  It also has an ending that ministers to women.  Have shown it a couple of times, plan to begin showing it regularly and ministering to the women that come to see it in January.  Many come because for them seeing a film is a novelty.

 

2 Crusades in the planning stage (praying) for the first of next year. 

 

ATV: we were able to get the tires needed.  Terry went to one of the pastors groups about 1 hour away then another 2 hours away to do some encouraging and teaching this month.  Such a huge blessing.

 

Hello Routon Supporters,

My name is Gregory Bunn and I just finished my second trip to the Northwestern Mountains of Haiti. This year I led a pastor/wives marriage workshop, met with the pastors one on one and helped to provide some goats/pigs to a local orphanage. Most importantly I went to the orphanage and just loved on the children. They are hungry for love, attention, and to learn.

Terry and Carolyn have laid a great foundation for mission-minded people to come in and to build upon. I love pastors so these last two trips have been quite fulfilling for me. Yet, when I leave, I don’t feel I have made much headway into all the things that need to be done. The pastors are so hungry for Bible learning, pastoral education, doctrinal issues, and help in dealing with traditions of men and evangelism. There is tremendous need for people like you to share in the ministry to these gracious Haitian pastors, wives, and children. I have seen and experienced so much that I am almost to the point of begging you to consider what might be God’s calling upon your life.

There are MANY church buildings that need roofs and other repairs-can you do some construction? There are people who need training in evangelism and discipleship-can you help equip them to lead someone to Christ? There are pastors who need help in visiting homebound members-can you help a pastor in his ministry? There are children who need clothes, shoes, and school supplies-can you help provide these essentials for daily life? There are churches that need help in leading a VBS-can you help the children learn about Jesus? There are

pastors who have had very little education and God has called them to shepherd His people-can you help in training? There are pastors who need some one-on-one time with another pastor-do you enjoy mentoring other pastors? What gifts and abilities have you been given by God that could be used to bless the Haitian people?

There is a need for MORE to get involved in ministry to the Haitian people? What about you?

 

Thank you Pastor Greg for coming and now sharing your heart.  He and others that have come in the past have been a huge help to us and a blessing to us and the Haitian people.  Take a risk for  God, come to Haiti.  He took a risk for you, He sent His Son to die for you and Jesus took a risk and died for you.

Missionary William Carey said "Attempt great things for God and expect great things from God".

Risk= Attempting something that can only be accomplished if God is in it

Bless (in the biblical sense)=to ask for or to give in supernatural favor, goodness that only God has the power to know about and to give us.

 

Giving God the Glory,

Terry and Carolyn Routon

September 8, 2015 Haiti update

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

Philippians 1:3 I (we) thank my(our) God upon every remembrance of you (all of you).

Thanks to all receiving this email for your prayers and monetary support which makes it possible for us to stay here and minister to the Haitian people.

 

Another pastors group recently started : total of 5 including the one that meets at our house.  Three of the other 4 have 7 to 10 pastors meeting together each week also.  One group only meets 2 times a month.

Pastor Greg Bunn's marriage workshop went great with an average of 35 that attended.  He also did some one on one with the pastors.

 6 salvations in August at the market ministry.  PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!

 

We have enjoyed Rebecca and Jordan here for the past few months.  They have decided God is calling them to work with George and Carolanne, medical missionaries about 15 minutes from us.  They will be working in their nutrition center for children. 

 

For anyone sending a package or letter to us in Haiti, we have changed our mail service to Haiti:  (we will put it on our blog too) Please do not send checks because we cannot cash them in Haiti.  Please continue to send monetary gifts to our church in Clinton, name and address listed after our Haiti address:

Terry Routon

3170 Airmans Dr  #2149 NBCHM

Ft Pierce FL  34946

 

Church name and address for monetary gifts:

Northeast Baptist Church (Haiti Mission)

619 E Lincoln

Clinton, MO 64735

please mark Routon in the memo

 Prayer needs:

*Sept - June total cost for school year sexual purity and sharing the gospel $1000

*ATV $6000 need by December.  It is such a blessing for going into remote areas.

*The false teachings the pastors have been taught partially due to them not have bibles to study to know the truth.  We are helping them with bibles and studying material in the library and showing them in scripture where the teaching they received is wrong.  But most of the false teachings have been taught here for continuous generations so please pray the Holy Spirit will show them truth through our teachings.

Blessings,

Terry and Carolyn Routon

Your missionaries to Haiti

 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.