Sunday afternoon our American visitor and I arrived at Quisqueya Chapel and found a group of Haitians eager to learn about what the Bible has to say about finances. I estimate there were about 30-40 people there and we had them all come up close and make a semi-circle because we couldn't get the sound system or the power point to work! In addition, we had planned to do the seminar in English, but we did a survey and found out that most of the attendees were not fluent in English. So I ended up translating for over 2 hours of teaching!
However, all the effort was worth it as everyone there was eager to learn and apply the teaching to their lives.
It was hard to hear of the difficult financial situations some Haitians find themselves in, and one young man said that he only earned enough to buy food to eat. But Biblical principles apply to rich and poor alike, and in 2 Cor. 8, Paul tells us that it was the poor who eagerly gave to help the saints who were in need in Jerusalem.
So please pray for brothers and sisters in Haiti as they try and apply the principles they learned with very little margin for error. We are planning to have a follow up session in a month or so.
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