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HAITI: 40 000 PEOPLE PROFESS

CHRIST AFTER EARTHQUAKE

reported 40 127 Haitians opportunity where the people are God for forgiveness and mercy."
have made professions of hungry for the Gospel to the Professions of faith have also
Afaith in Jesus Christ since United States after 9/11 when been reported by various medical
a major earthquake hit the hundreds flocked to churches. He and disaster relief teams as
impoverished nation in January cited recent events in many of the volunteers shared the Gospel.
2010, according to pastors and 110 churches in the Port-au- The next three months will be
directors of missions within the Prince area where throngs of crucial to reaping a spiritual
Confraternite Missionaire people have been seeking harvest in Haiti, Culbreth said.
Baptiste d'Haiti (CMBH), an spiritual guidance in church CMBH leaders are planning 14
Association of 900 Haitian Baptist meetings, which have been held area-wide crusades, including
Churches. outdoors because Haitians feared four in Port-au-Prince.
"Haiti is ripe for a spiritual to enter buildings. Source: Barbara Denman, Joel
movement from God," said Craig Church leaders have reported News International 721, March
Culbreth, one of the directors. 28 000 salvations in the Ouest 2010.
During 16 - 17 February a citywide (Port-au-Prince)
holiday observance in Cap Association.
Haitien, Haiti's second largest Many conver-
city, Culbreth saw "thousands sions took place
upon thousands filling the streets during the three
where people are seeking God days of prayer
and asking Him to spare them a n d f a s t i n g
from what happened in Port-au- called for by the
Prince. For me, it was a New Haitian Govern-
Testament expression of what it ment (February
looks like when the Spirit of God 12 - 14).
reveals Himself. I have never seen "People were in
anything like it." t h e s t r e e t s ,
Culbreth compared the window of literally begging

ECUADOR: IN THE MIDST

OF NEED, GOD SUPPLIES

"In the endless discussions about works in the same way. It has house church gatherings where
tithing, giving, money, budgets, nothing to do with the amount of there was food in the pot for
and financial crises in our insti- money we have, and everything to maybe 7 - 10 people; yet 20 ate
tutions, we have to realize that in do with God assigning value to their fill with leftovers to take
the Kingdom of God it is not the our 'copper coins'." home. I will never forget at a
amount that we have on hand that "Month after month I watch in baptism celebration, watching a
counts, but whether or not the amazement as fellow servants 2-litre soda shared amongst
need and our giving are truly engaged in all-out service to the believers stretching for an entire
matching with the interests of the King, have their needs provided church of 20+ adults and children
King," writes Guy Muse, a for by the Lord with dollar to all have a cool drink.
missionary to Ecuador. amounts that normally would Over the years, we have received
"When Jesus blessed the five cover a week's expenses, and yet, modest monetary gifts for the
loaves and two fish, there were somehow, the money stretches to Ministry that bore tenfold fruit in
more than enough to feed 5 000 cover the entire month," says relation to the amounts given."
men. Muse. Source: Guy Muse, Joel News
Money in true Kingdom Ministry "I have seen countless times in International 721, March 2010.