Hello Friend,
God loves all the nations! God loves all of the cultures, because in that culture is an expression of who God created the people to be. A particular type of worship, from a particular group of people. When we get to heaven, all nations, tribes, and tongues will worship God together in harmony. Sin messes it all up here, different languages, confused speech, but in heaven it will all be perfect. There’s something powerful about going as a missionary into a foreign country. We can say things as a missionary that are impactful because there is a grace upon us as we go and are obedient to the call of God. There’s much talk, even from believers, and I hear it often, “But we have plenty of need here in our own country…”. I don’t have an answer for every situation, but I can confidently say, we need to reach out here, and we need to reach out around the world! God has asked us to do this, and until he says to stop, we must be busy about “going”.
Near the beginning of February, Scott Griffith had the opportunity to come with us to Haiti for the first time. He and his wife Susan have been sponsoring two children in Haiti for some time, and he was very much looking forward to meeting his school (sponsored) kids in Haiti in person. He was also anticipating seeing God move in answer to our prayers as we ministered.
We needed to finish up two wells that had been drilled the previous trip, so we were looking forward to not only ministering spiritually, but also meeting critical needs, physically.
From the beginning of the trip, things really just worked out wonderful by the grace of God. We needed a lot to happen in a short amount of time, and in Haiti that’s not very common. But we were able to find two complete well pumps and pipes to install for a decent price! We found all the workers that we needed to do all the things we we needed them to do. (Thank you so much to all those who gave to purchase those supplies!!! May God bless you richly!)
Scott and I preached on Sunday, Scott preached the evening service, and I preached the morning service. There were many that came to the altar to respond!
There were many opportunities throughout the week to pray for people in need.
Jacque, who seems to be demon possessed, was still meddling near the well. She lives next door to the place of the well. We continued praying for her as she did her spells seemingly against what we were doing. Ironically, she only stands to benefit from the well that was being put in. This poor lady needs Jesus. The demons inside of her told me before, “ you can’t convert me” And I agree, but God can save her, and if the demons weren’t worried, they wouldn’t be saying that. We are praying for not only physical water but the living water to plunge that area into a new revival. And I believe that we will see it. This area of Tinot has dozens of people in it. It’s a little bit separated from the other part of the village, and the enemy has fought us tooth and nail to discourage any development, or bring anything good there. But! God has given us everywhere we place our feet! We always walk in triumph with Jesus, and expect strongholds to break as we work and pray.
So all in all, the trip was a HUGE success, in the area has more access to Living Water 💦.
Next month, we will be heading out to Haiti again, this time Scott and his wife Susan, and Steve Nolte and myself will be traveling to Haiti again. This time we hope to have a medical outreach for a few of the villages in our area, And also do whatever our hand finds us to do as God leads. (Please support this outreach as God leads. Their names are on the website donor page. If you have access to medical supplies that we can easily ship, please let us know )
As always thank you for your prayers, thank you also to those who continue to be faithful to support what we do. We pray that God continues to touch your heart and we see people saved and discipled. Blessings on you and your family! Please keep our family in your prayers as well.
(p.s. The end of year statements went out at the end of January, but unfortunately not everyone received them. So in order to make sure they all get sent, we are are going to send them again in the next couple of days. If this is the second time for you sorry for that. Thanks for your understanding.)
Thanks so much,
Darrell Tonsing
President GFTN
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