Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Of New Names
Dear friends,
Monday update
Victory Bible Church: Another great day under the big tent, 803 people came to experience God and that we did. There are those who get on me for always mentioning numbers, say I am obsessed with numbers and guess what, they are right.
It is about numbers, as large of numbers as we can lead to eternal life. Jesus said "For God so loved THE WORLD...." "Go ye into ALL the world......" All is a pretty big number and so the more numbers we have, the more people hear the Gospel and more disciples to make.
Grace Emmanuel School: Our school started today after a nearly 3 month layoff. The plan is to go through the summer, take August off and start up next year in September. The bad news is, on the high school level, the school my boys go to will not be holding classes, until September. That really is a bummer for the boys as they were excited about going back to school.
New Children's home: Thank you so much, we had about 25 name suggestions for the children's home and I loved several you sent in. The winner and name of our new home....drum roll please................The Lighthouse Children's Home. I, our staff and our board agreed on this and we go with it. Today, Fondi from my staff, registered the name with the government and we have to wait 15 days to make sure there is no other organization with this name.
Friday the boys and I moved Anderson, his wife Mona, and daughter Monica into the home. They have been getting settled. Tomorrow we take 10 year old Bony and his sister, 8 year old Kimberly over to get settled in. Wednesday 8 and 10 year old brothers Marckendy and Robenson will move in, then 15 year old Robert on Thursday.
We have already had over a dozen inquiries from the villages asking if we are taking kids. We are going to go slow, do it right and not add until we are able to, unless an emergency comes up.
Church again: Sunday we baptized 15 more in our cistern. After the message Sunday, another 12 or 13 accepted Christ. I tell you this, it will never ever get old, seeing someone come to Christ, knowing at that moment their name is being written in the lamb's book of life, and a new person has come to God. This is why we are here, this is why you write checks, this is why you pray and send stuff. It is fun and right and needed to feed people and help them survive but OUR PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING IN HAITI IS TO FIGHT FOR THE ETERNAL SOULS OF THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE.
Tonight:Just had a great chicken and rice meal, in a few minutes it is family fun night in which we play games as a family and the boys have a ball.
Good news: In case you were wondering, my approval rating is hovering around the 20 percent mark, which is about 10 points higher than that of the wonderful men and women in congress..................................
There you have it, a short update. Please keep praying and keep sending those checks. Don't forget, God has more loose change in his couch then we will ever need. He just needs you to check the couch. Love you guys, tominhaiti
Monday update
Victory Bible Church: Another great day under the big tent, 803 people came to experience God and that we did. There are those who get on me for always mentioning numbers, say I am obsessed with numbers and guess what, they are right.
It is about numbers, as large of numbers as we can lead to eternal life. Jesus said "For God so loved THE WORLD...." "Go ye into ALL the world......" All is a pretty big number and so the more numbers we have, the more people hear the Gospel and more disciples to make.
Grace Emmanuel School: Our school started today after a nearly 3 month layoff. The plan is to go through the summer, take August off and start up next year in September. The bad news is, on the high school level, the school my boys go to will not be holding classes, until September. That really is a bummer for the boys as they were excited about going back to school.
New Children's home: Thank you so much, we had about 25 name suggestions for the children's home and I loved several you sent in. The winner and name of our new home....drum roll please................The Lighthouse Children's Home. I, our staff and our board agreed on this and we go with it. Today, Fondi from my staff, registered the name with the government and we have to wait 15 days to make sure there is no other organization with this name.
Friday the boys and I moved Anderson, his wife Mona, and daughter Monica into the home. They have been getting settled. Tomorrow we take 10 year old Bony and his sister, 8 year old Kimberly over to get settled in. Wednesday 8 and 10 year old brothers Marckendy and Robenson will move in, then 15 year old Robert on Thursday.
We have already had over a dozen inquiries from the villages asking if we are taking kids. We are going to go slow, do it right and not add until we are able to, unless an emergency comes up.
Church again: Sunday we baptized 15 more in our cistern. After the message Sunday, another 12 or 13 accepted Christ. I tell you this, it will never ever get old, seeing someone come to Christ, knowing at that moment their name is being written in the lamb's book of life, and a new person has come to God. This is why we are here, this is why you write checks, this is why you pray and send stuff. It is fun and right and needed to feed people and help them survive but OUR PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING IN HAITI IS TO FIGHT FOR THE ETERNAL SOULS OF THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE.
Tonight:Just had a great chicken and rice meal, in a few minutes it is family fun night in which we play games as a family and the boys have a ball.
Good news: In case you were wondering, my approval rating is hovering around the 20 percent mark, which is about 10 points higher than that of the wonderful men and women in congress..................................
There you have it, a short update. Please keep praying and keep sending those checks. Don't forget, God has more loose change in his couch then we will ever need. He just needs you to check the couch. Love you guys, tominhaiti
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