Acts 2 in Action

Acts 2  …and they meet together daily to pray, praise, share food, minister to the sick.

Le Pelerin  (the Workers for the Lord)

Please pray for ‘Le Pelerin’ who are a group of 4 people from the Esperanza church.  They pray together 3x/wk at 4am, prayer walk, do deliverance ministry, share food and work together.  (Sound like the book of ACTS?)  they are the potential leaders of the next Alpha course in Esperanza.  Lorena is a leader among them and is a single mom of 5 kids.  I’d like to help her think through job/income.  Please pray for her future because she has a heart for the community.  She is taking on providing water/snack for Alpha and possibly help me lead the discussion questions next week.  ‘Le Pelerin’ also attend Bill Stephenson’s discipleship course, and all 4 will be attending the Alpha conference May 6-11.

Reunion

How wonderful it has been to get to know Lorena in Alpha, a Godly woman who has joy and laughter whenever we see each other.   In this photo I went to Lorena’s house to prayer walk with her in the village. 

I then was overjoyed to discover that the little 3 year old I met in 2007 and have been praying/wondering about all these years is Lorena’s daughter(She is now 10yrs)!  I can see a difference in her from 2007 now that she has a proper home with a roof, clean water, a toilet, and a medical clinic thanks to the Samaritan foundation.

Red Ribbons

When we were prayer walking with Lorena in the village, we saw a little baby having a bath.  She had a red ribbon around her ankle.  When I asked Maria about it, she said it was voodoo.  The mom put it on to protect the baby from curses.  Maria gave us the name of the voodoo ‘spirit’ that the woman is ‘tying the baby to’. 

I turned to the woman and said, “If you want to protect your baby, I know the name of someone stronger than that red ribbon.  I know someone who is stronger and mightier.  You may not know Jesus yet, but He knows you and He loves you.  Jesus knew this baby when she was still in your tummy.  ”  We told her about Jesus, and she immediately sent her daughter to get a knife to cut off the ribbon.  Mike arrived and we prayed and he anointed the baby with oil. 

Pray for baby Ishmaelina.  Maria invited her to come to Alpha to find out about Jesus, and she did show up near the end.  Pray I’ll be able to meet with her some more to tell her about Jesus.

GAT – Global Alpha training Conference advances(May 6-11)-Meet Bill and Debbie Stevenson from Woodbridge, ON who do biblical training with Haitian people.  We are doing the GAT at his church.  Roosevelt is translating alpha material to Creole.  Pray for these missionaries! Pray for GAT details!

Blessings to you!