Friday, June 24, 2011

Jean-Paul graduated from seminary!

By the grace of God, one of our AIS-Haiti workers, Jean-Paul Pierre Noel graduated from STEP seminary last week. Here's a picture of him with his fiance, Christelle Francois. They are planning to be married in December, 2011.

Jean-Paul did an internship with AIS-Haiti after his second year in seminary. He has been faithful in volunteering and recently started working in a part time position with us. He is a gentle, gracious Christian who is a joy to work with.

When I say that he graduated "by the grace of God" I'm not implying that we weren't sure of his capabilities. Although he may say that in all ways he needed God's grace (I think that's true for all of us), but I say that because Jean-Paul did not have enough money to attend STEP. God graciously provided, even in the last week of school, a donor from our home church, Crossing Community Church, gave a very generous gift that allowed Jean-Paul to pay off all his debt! We praise God for this.

For the time being, Jean-Paul is still working with us part time in Port-au-Prince where he plans to live after he is married. Please pray that God would provide funds for us to increase his hours with AIS and that he will be able to help us lead AIS into the future.

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