Haiti
Happenings 2007 Roger, Margaret & Rachel Clark
Photo by Grace Mears
Dear Friends, January 2007
I am amazed that God doesn’t give up on me. He is so gracious. It seems that I am always on my face before Him for one thing or another. And yet He never tires of my coming to Him. He is always there to pick me up, forgive and walk beside me. His love is so very great and unending! Praise the Lord His love endures forever!
You may be “surprised” to hear from me so soon, as I wrote just last month. Well, I am trying to do better in my communicating skills. I hope to write more often this year. We do want you to be informed of what we are up to and the wonderful things that God is doing here in Haiti.
We have been blessed already in 2007 with gifts for several projects. Here are a few of them:
1. We were able to purchase land for a church in Fond des Blancs, Haiti. (a village in the southern mountains) This is our newest church and God is blessing.
2. We were able to start construction on the church in St Antoine, Haiti. (a town just outside of Port-au-Prince, to the south) This church is also fairly new.
3. We received a large sum towards the purchase of the property that is adjacent to New Life Bible School. We have wanted to purchase this piece for many years and now have 75% of what is needed for that. Pray with us that God would provide the needed balance. ($4000)
4. The church of Croix des Mission, Haiti has received funds to put a cement floor in their building. This is the first church that was started under New Life Mission and it is also our largest. (about 500 attend every Sunday)
New Life Bible School is having a rough start this semester. Due to several things, including continued unrest in our area, classes have not always been able to meet. We have had to close 2 classes due to lack of students. Please pray for peace in Haiti and for God’s blessings on the students that they can pay their school bills.
It looks like we will be doing some traveling this spring. In February we will all go to the Dominican Republic for 5 days. We will drive and stay with a Korean pastor there who is interested in helping with New Life Bible School. Pray as we venture into a country where we do not speak the language. They speak Spanish! Yikes, we don’t know any! I suppose we will now get to experience what some of your felt when you visited us here!
Also, in early March, we have been invited to a missions conference in Trinidad. One ticket has been paid for and we are believing God to provide for the other. It is a great opportunity for us to expand our support base, as these folks are very interested in helping here in Haiti.
A few weeks ago Roger & Rachel went to visit a church in
the mountains and I found myself at home alone overnight. During the night I was awakened by gunfire
in the distance, which is not too unusual.
Being home, alone in the dark, I became a bit fearful and began to
pray. The following poem is what the
Lord gave me that night. I pray that it
will be a blessing to you as you read it