Bethlehem Church baptisms/August 2013

Changing area for those being baptized

Pastors conference and new church starting/August 2013

Pastor Tim, Hughesville Baptist Church teaching our pastors conference

Pastor Tim, pastors conference

 


Pastor Tim helping a new church in another village get started

same group as above

Pastor Tim, pastors conference with interpreter

Pastors conference with pastors and lay people attending

More of the pastors conference

Mission Statement

Mission:

• Follow Jesus.
• Make Him known in NW Haiti through evangelism with films and discipling area pastors and others through different ministries.

Vision:
Build unity among pastors by building groups that meet and share regularly, equipping them with the truth, providing teachable biblical lessons in their language to rid the influence of voodoo, false teachings and the traditions of man that go against the Word of God.

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Thank you
Terry and Carolyn

We're back in Haiti!

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 

We are in Port au Prince getting supplies. Praise the Lord! We have the truck! Please pray for our trip and the truck taking our roofing supplies up the mountain. We will be heading out early Friday morning.

 

Thanks to all for your continued support and prayers. All, no matter how big or small helps and God multiplies. Your PRAYERS are so important. Words just can't express what all of you mean to us.

If all goes well and no problems or unforeseen expenses, we should have enough to get the roof on and moved in.

Quote from Jon Courson commentary "We will become shrunken little people if all we are concerned about is our little world. The Lord desires us to be big people-expansive in our view of His world and a compassion for the lost."  Acts 1:8 says we shall be (not should be) His witnesses.  Matthew 28:19&20 says to GO ye therefore (not if we want to) but a command.

Imagine what would happen if all Christians were sharing Christ while meeting needs of the poor (by feeding, clothing, etc), sick, in prison, etc., just like Jesus said in Matthew 25, in our communities, country and around the world. I believe true revival would break out and many would come to know Jesus as Savior and Lord. There would not be any need for government to intervene and try to tell us what we can and cannot do. Think about it.

As we do the above in Haiti, we have seen it open doors for the Gospel. Some accept Jesus as we minister, but, sadly, some reject it. Hell is very real, we need to be on our knees and out on the streets wherever we are. Missions should be a priority in our church and in our personal lives wherever God has us planted.

We are excited to be a part of what God is doing in NW Haiti and you should be also as you are a part by giving and praying, and some of you have gone and I believe more of you will come and see first hand.

Prayer needs:

Our house finished so we can move in sometime in September

Items being shipped from Ohio to Haiti to be released to ship and no problems

Resident visa to be granted in a timely manner and little cost

Utility Vehicle by first of 2014

Bethlehem church in Haiti and us as we equip them and work together for the Kingdom of God

Pastor Tim Smith, Hughesville Baptist Church here August 8-17 leading a pastors'

conference

Mitch and Debbie Walker, Sedalia will be here August 17 - October 17 to help us put on

the roof and minister to the Haitian people

Please share this with your church.

 

God's blessings,

Terry and Carolyn

Picture Update (6) August 2013

teaching siblings to read Creole and math; they did not get to our area in time to start school, nor did they have schooling where they came from; their mom came to know Jesus while we helped them learn

building the garage, still needs a roof

passing sand to mix with cement

building our house

Building our house on top of the school building.  It will be small, but big enough. It still needs a roof, and we hope to have a team come this fall to help put on the two roofs which will cost around $5000.

some of the kids on Fridays at the Bible Club and 3:00 pm

getting ready to feed them bread and peanut butter after sharing about Jesus

Picture Update (5) July 2013

some haitian baskets - sometimes we have a variety in the states; if you would like one, let us know

they cook with wood or charcoal

playing with the kids

washing our clothes by hand - it is hard work & takes most of a day to do our laundry once a week

marching and singing with the kids

Pastor Jespert and Terry

three of the neighbor kids