My faith was small, but my God is big

My faith was small, but my God is big.

Weather in Haiti can change very quickly. The rain clouds can come rolling down the mountains surrounding Port-au-Prince and turn a sunny day into a cloudy one in 15 minutes. As I was loading the equipment to show the Jesus film I was rejoicing that there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Less than 30 minutes later as I pulled up to the spot where we were going to show the Jesus film, it was overcast and spitting rain – and then the thunder and lightning started and I was beginning to lose hope. Lord, I cried, you know how we’ve been praying that it would not rain!

But the light rain turned out to be the least of our problems. After the technician had announced to the whole neighborhood over the loudspeakers that we were going to show the film and rolled the tape, the old 8mm projector with the big film rolls started to skip and the picture was all blurry. It was like watching modern art while listening to the Christmas story (all in Creole of course).

So I started to pray again asking God to intercede and then went back home to get my TV and video player in case we could not get the projector going. (I also had the Jesus film on video cassette). By the time I got back, the film was running normally and people were really starting to gather in spite of the rain.

Watching the Jesus film in Haiti is very interesting because you feel like the people surrounding you could actually have been extras in the film except for their dark skin. In our neighborhood there are still many who don’t get enough to eat everyday, we see farmers taking their cows to pasture and the crow of roosters still wake us up in the morning. Then there was the young man who climbed a dead tree and perched in its y shaped branches to watch the film, just like Zacheus did to see Jesus!

It was also interesting because the technician that helped me with the film was also part preacher and cheer leader. He got the crowd really excited about watching the film and then did a running commentary throughout. For instance, he encouraged people to cheer when Jesus did a miracle (which they did enthusiastically). He also added drama by stopping the film just before the crucifixion to remind people of its significance for them. Plus, the thunder and lightning also added special effects while the rain clouds blew by as the film came to a close.

At the end of the movie, we had counselors from a local church distribute response cards and lots of people filled them out because we also used the cards for a drawing where they could win a soccer ball or a Bible. In total we got 358 responses and 43 trusted in Christ, 88 asked for more information, and 134 want to study the Bible! So you see, God did answer

Please pray for the follow-up of these new believers and seekers by the church in our neighborhood!

After the movie, the people watched the semi-final of the soccer tournament. We are also going to do an evangelistic presentation tomorrow night just before the final game, so please pray for that as well!