Saturday, July 24, 2010

Page one. Text. Thede's Summer Update

ROLL CALL : Prayer Partners Over the years we have lost some of our prayer team. If you are willing to pray for our family or already do so - Please Let Us Know.

Big Kids Chris and Kathleen Sloan returned to Indiana. Chris will start medical school this fall. Kathleen hopes to continue to teach English as second language.

Baileys Bailies returned home after their three month visit. They remain active supporters of the children’s club and promoting missions in their church.

2011 Team Trips: Interested in joining Kris’s folks on a 2 week work team to Fauche in February? Contact

them for details at lcta4@verizon.net .


BUILDING THE BODY OF

CHRIST

What does this look like? To us it looks like: rebuilding buildings broken by the earthquake & time, providing videos to encourage people’s faith, and supporting the Sunday afternoon kid’s club.

Rebuilding Wesleyan Churches started in July in the hardest hit areas of the quake.

Rebuilding also started at the Fauche Wesleyan Church torn down last year following hurricane

damage. Watching the walls rise encourages each church member as we look forward to not only

continuing the current ministries but the ability to expand in the bigger, new facility. Wesleyan

church attendance throughout Haiti swelled following Haiti’s post-quake revival and remains up.

The video ministry experienced growth though the addition of a second projector as well as

finding a source of French Christian videos. Videos are not only exciting to children and adults

who have had little exposure to television or movies but are also a great way to reach those who

cannot read.


Sunday afternoons on campus fill the area with joyful children’s voices. Some days over 200

children meet to watch a video, sing, recite verses and play games. Many cannot attend school and

don’t feel comfortable in church because they lack nice clothes or shoes. Between the fun, snacks, and

celebration of birthdays, there are lessons about the Lord, how to relate to others, how to help the

community, and live healthy. All taught with the hopes of improving the lives of these dear children.


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