It is now less than 2 months until we will bringing about 30 Haitian men to the John Piper conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There will be at least 12 Haitian Pastors from the Puerto Plata area. Each Pastor will be selecting one man from his congregation. Several other men have heard about The Project and have requested to be included in any Bible training available so they have been invited to the conference as well. We are thrilled to be involved in this opportunity and would like to invite you to get involved as well. If you are unable to take the time to join us in The D R .....the next best thing would be to get behind one of our Haitian brothers by supporting them. My prayer is that we will find 30 Churches or individuals to support one man each. The total cost for this conference including transportation, housing, feeding and providing a small Pastors library of books in French will be $200. This is an incredible opportunity for you to be involved in making a difference in the life of these men. Please consider sponsoring one man and spreading the word about this important need to your friends and Churches. The main scripture behind The Project is Malachi 1:11. As we say it, " God's desire IS our purpose. That His name would be great among the Nations ". By sponsoring and prayerfully standing by one Haitian man and giving him the opportunity for training and encouragement, I believe that you will be fulfilling this purpose. Please pray about helping us to "Hold the Rope " for these dear brothers.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Prayer request for missing boy
Please join us in praying for 10 year old Elbi who has been missing for 10 days. We have known Elbi for about 6 years . We first met his mother and the 5 children on our very first family mission trip. His mother Jinette had aids and died after returning to Haiti hoping to find a cure. Her youngest son also died of aids and Jinetta, her youngest daughter was left in the care of an excellent orphange called Danita's Children in Haiti. My son Dave and I found Jinetta 2 years ago on one of our Haiti trips.
The Project has been supporting Elbi and his older brother Jason for about a year now. They live in a "shack" and barely are getting by. Elbi is a very "energetic" young boy and would be deserving of a nick name similiar to James and John in the New Testament, "Son of Thunder". We care deeply for Elbi and believe that God does even more. He has not been seen for 10 days. We are greatly concerned for his well being. We do take great comfort in the fact that "God Knows". Rosvelt is going to the hospitals and police stations to look for him. Yes, you would even look for a 10 year old boy in the police station in the Dominican Republic. He has previously spent a day in jail because of his "energetic nature".
Elbi is also the "student" mentioned in an earlier blog at Omar's "school". After being kicked out of the Dominican school for being to much trouble, The Project employed Omar to patiently teach Elbi to read and write. It was only a little more than 2 weeks ago that Debbie and I sat in the classroom with great joy as Elbi went up to the black board and showed off his math and reading skills. We were so proud of him and thankful for Omar's patient teaching skills.
So now I will ask again that you please pray for Elbi. God knows. It is a very dangerous world for a 10 year old orphan boy to be wandering in. I will keep the blog followers up to date with any word I get from Rosvelt.
Thank you for joining us in prayer.
The Project has been supporting Elbi and his older brother Jason for about a year now. They live in a "shack" and barely are getting by. Elbi is a very "energetic" young boy and would be deserving of a nick name similiar to James and John in the New Testament, "Son of Thunder". We care deeply for Elbi and believe that God does even more. He has not been seen for 10 days. We are greatly concerned for his well being. We do take great comfort in the fact that "God Knows". Rosvelt is going to the hospitals and police stations to look for him. Yes, you would even look for a 10 year old boy in the police station in the Dominican Republic. He has previously spent a day in jail because of his "energetic nature".
Elbi is also the "student" mentioned in an earlier blog at Omar's "school". After being kicked out of the Dominican school for being to much trouble, The Project employed Omar to patiently teach Elbi to read and write. It was only a little more than 2 weeks ago that Debbie and I sat in the classroom with great joy as Elbi went up to the black board and showed off his math and reading skills. We were so proud of him and thankful for Omar's patient teaching skills.
So now I will ask again that you please pray for Elbi. God knows. It is a very dangerous world for a 10 year old orphan boy to be wandering in. I will keep the blog followers up to date with any word I get from Rosvelt.
Thank you for joining us in prayer.
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