The Bible College in Jacmel
The best news out of Haiti is that the Bible College in Jacmel is strong and thriving! They recently finished week-long trainings on the book of Hebrews, and another on the Prophets. There are 25 students from south central Haiti attending, braving bandits along the way. The gangs are not nearly so bad around Jacmel.
Pastor’s Maxito Raphaël and David Bruno continue training at the Reformed Bible Academy in Jacmel.
Pray that the Reformed Bible Academy in Jacmel will continue to thrive, that the original Academy location in Marin will be able to restart once the security situation allows, and that a new location in Mirebalais could be built up.
Osseille and his family are still safe. He is grieving because his cousin was murdered by the same gangs that have taken his family’s house, and 5 people in the church he was meeting with in Cabaret were killed by gangs. The people of the town were so angry, and the police outgunned and outnumbered, that ~ 1,000 of them ran the gang out of town, temporarily. Pray that the anger of the populace toward the gangs does not rage out of control. Pray that a solution to the absence of an effective government and police security forces is found.
A Humanitarian Parole application was put in to bring Osseille and his family to Rochester, and after 3 months it is still pending. Osseille asks for prayers that it to be processed quickly and that he and his family stay safe in the meantime.
The kids of the orphanage remain safe. We have helped them do a sewing class on the weekends that they love. They have Bible lessons on Saturday as well. Pray for the leadership of Jacky Philidor and Ancelotti Pierre Louis there, and the children will stay safe and growing in all dimensions.
Wisnel’s daughter Christelle, heading off to school.
Wisnel has been a faithful servant of the work of SWM. Gangs took his house and business and he had to flee to a town an hour’s drive north. He asked for prayer for his daughters, Christina and Christelle, who are struggling, and who need school supplies.
Pray for a solution to the overall situation of Haiti, where there is no effective government, and gangs run rampant, that some government or group of governments or United Nations can restore order and security, allow for elections, and formation of an effective government for the longer term.