Dear Friends,
We wanted to take a few moments and share with you where we are in our disaster relief efforts in Port-au-Prince and how we have been using the resources you’ve helped to supply. As Pastor Diogene indicated in our update Monday, we have supplied food to approximately 10,000 people since the earthquake in January, [...]
Several families in our church lost everything they had and did not know what to do. But through the Starfish Ministries food distribution program, they have survived. Our food distribution program has a great reputation among the Haitian people, and I want to thank everyone who contributed for their help to make this possible.
The food distribution [...]
What an Amazing God!
Janary 12, 2010 around 3 o’clock I started taking courses for the second semestre , the teacher come in to the class for the first time and started teaching. This is called [the Art of Oratory], this class talks about how can somebody be a good speaker. At that time , I paid [...]
Doug is back in Haiti for a couple of days — we sure appreciate his willingness to serve and minister.
Yesterday Doug was able to meet with Garry Charles, our family sponsorship director, and get updated on the families. Garry is doing a great job. He has distributed the funds to each family and has a [...]
It’s been some time since we have shared about what’s happening in Haiti. Sorry about that — several of you have been asking and of course telling us how much you appreciate having updates. Here goes with a short update.
I talked to Pastor Diogene yesterday and he seems to be doing much better. For a [...]
It is so good to hear from Doug about what God is doing through Pastor Diogene and his outreach ministry team. The nightly meetings have continued this week with many more responding to the invitation to follow Jesus. This morning Diogene purchased 400 new Bibles to present to the 400 new believers. Yesterday from 1pm [...]
After a week-long evangelistic crusade in Port-au-Prince, Pastor Diogene’s church met Sunday morning (February 14) at 6am. And they worshipped, prayed, and listened to God’s word until noon. Near the end of the service, Diogene issued another invitation to respond to the gospel, and 75 people came forward. Following this, Diogene asked that anyone who had [...]
Doug made it to Haiti last night about 10:00. This morning he received a short report on the crusade. Last night over 2000 attended. The first five nights over 200 prayed to receive Jesus as Savior. Pastor Diogene and his ministry team have connected each of these new believers with a big spiritual sister or [...]
After what seems like a very short time back home, I am now sitting at the airport waiting for my flight back into Haiti. I am anxious to return, to continue with our efforts in food and shelter distribution. The reports about food distribution in the entire city have been mixed. It is a very [...]
Thank you for your prayers for the crusade in Port au Prince. I received a report from Pastor Diogene this morning. He and his ministry team are praising God for His work in the lives of spiritually hungry Haitians. Last night the crusade began. There were almost 500 people out on the street in front [...]