Thursday, July 30, 2009

Business Training

Thank you....to those of you who prayed for the business "training the trainers" seminar, Business Labs Haiti 2009 by Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) in Port-au-Prince last week with the Israeli trainers provided by OAS (Organization of American States). It was a success. Here is an excerpt of a letter from a participant (translated from French):

"...as a participant, I would like to present in my name and in the name of all the participants, my sincere congratulations to the staff of YABT for the realization of this training seminar.

...this seminar rivaled other seminars offered by international organizations, in spite of your meagre financial resources.

I lift my voice as a Haitian and professional of this country to testify to my respect for you because you knew how to do things differently. From the judicious choice of participants, the choice of partners, the trainers, to the organization of the seminar led to the total success of Business Labs Haiti 2009. The participants as well as the trainers openly expressed their satisfaction...

May God bless Young Americas Business Trust"

Saturday, July 18, 2009

We visit Quebec

Tomorrow, July 19th, Carol and I will visit the Quebec Baptist Church in Quebec city and present our ministry. This has been a special trip for us since we visited many of the sites familiar to us when we studied French here over 10 years ago!

Yesterday we met with Ed Sweeney to discuss a partnership between a school where he works and the schools we are working with in Haiti. One of his students started to collect school supplies for schools in Haiti in May and now wants to expand the project through our partnership with them. It great to hear about young people wanting to help students who are less fortunate!

Pray for the Business Lab "training the trainers" seminar this week

Please pray for the YABT team in Haiti who are hosting a "training the trainers seminar" (Formation de Formateurs).

From Monday, July 20th to Friday, July 24th our Haitian co-workers will host two Business Trainers from Israel and facilitate the training of 35 young Haitians as they learn how to help others start their own businesses. This training is sponsored by Young Americas Business Trust, an affilitate of the OAS, as well as funds we have raised in Haiti and the US.

Please pray especially for Daniel Jean-Louis and Jimmy Bruce who are responsble for all the details involved in this seminar including hosting two trainers from Israel, registering the participants on Monday and makeing sure all are served lunch, etc. throughout the week.