Follow up on Evangelism done during TREC continues
In order to help us follow up with the almost 900 people who filled out response cards we trained over 20 additional counselors to make phone calls and meet with those who were interested.
We are working with five churches and have appointed a coordinator at each church. We meet with these coordinators each month to find out how things are going with follow up.
At this point over 200 people who indicated they trusted in Christ or asked for more information about Jesus have been contacted. Of these, over 50 are involved in follow up Bible studies and 2 are regularly attending church.
One young man came to watch the Jesus Film and even though he was already a Christian, he was convicted about the sin in his life. After meeting twice with a counselor to do a Bible study, he confessed that his 17 year old girl friend was pregnant and her parents, who are not Christians, told him he had to marry her within 2 months. They even came to talk him with a pastor and a witch doctor (I guess they wanted to cover both Christian and voodoo religions!). We are praying for God to help give all parties wisdom in this situation – especially since the young man does not have a job and is not ready to support a family.
In another instance a woman with several children expressed interest in learning more about Christ. Just for inquiring, she was kicked out the house and the family business with her children because her family serves the demons of voodoo. She is still meeting with one of our counselors for Bible study but is struggling financially. She wants to go to church, but does not have any nice clothing for her and her children to wear.
Second visit to Verettes to follow up with leaders of the Pilot Project in schools
On March 17th and 18th, Rich and Daniel, the Director of AACH, went to Verettes to visit with all the leaders that were trained at TREC in January.
The news was very encouraging: Each of the schools had already distributed the over 2000 Liv la Vie booklets we gave them and were using them to teach their players. In one school 10 children indicated they trusted Christ after studying the booklets. Now other schools in the area are requesting booklets!
In one school our leaders went back and shared the evangelism training they received with their fellow teachers and school administrators. Now they all are supporting the Liv la Vie studies with their students. In one 5th grade class 13 children trusted in Christ!
Another school is involved in an inter-school soccer tournament and are sharing the Gospel with all the teams they play.
Campus Crusade for Christ at James Madison University is sending 8 students for a week to experience sports ministry in Haiti.
From May 7-17th eight students from JMU will come to Haiti to come alongside their Haitian brothers and sisters and share the Gospel through sports ministry. From May 9-11 we will hold an eight-team tournament at Verettes and then the students will do soccer clinics at individual schools.
Regional Committee set up at Verettes
Since our goal is to train Haitians how to do sports ministry, we set up a regional committee in Verettes made up of 7 members. The committee’s responsibilities are:
1) To organize regional activities and tournaments
2) To manage shared equipment
3) To prepare and send monthly reports to AIS-Haiti
4) To assist schools with their strategic plans
We were very encouraged to see how those we trained at TREC are putting what they learned to good use!
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