Six years ago, God asked us to begin the process of leaving everything that was familiar and comfortable to us and take a step of faith to move and serve in the nation of Haiti. We said “yes,” and four years ago, we deployed to Haiti, where we fell in love with the people, immersed ourselves in the culture, and strived to understand the community we called home in Port-au-Prince.
After living in Haiti for two years, God asked us, once again, to trust Him and evacuate our home due to the escalating gang wars. So we left Haiti and came to the USA, awaiting our next steps and assignment from Him. When He asked us to re-deploy to the Dominican Republic, we said “yes” and watched in wonder as He began to give us a heart for the Dominican people, too.
As we immersed ourselves in the Dominican culture of Santo Domingo, it was beautiful to see how effortlessly we still flowed into the Haitian communities. We now find ourselves operating and embracing three diverse cultures and languages: American-English, Haitian-Creole, and Dominican-Spanish. And it’s a beautiful, unique gift that God has given our family and ministry.
CHURCH PLANT!
We’ve said “yes” to God many times these past few years, not always knowing what the outcome will be. So when He asked us to embrace doing a CHURCH PLANT, we enthusiastically said “YES”! When we return to the DR this summer, we are praying to identify the community, start planting roots there, and purchase land to build a simple pavilion church. As we church plant, we believe that the Life Transformational Center will flow as an outreach from the church.
From personal experience, we know that everything we do MUST FLOW out of a PERSONAL, GROUNDED, DAILY RELATIONSHIP with JESUS. We desire to be a church drenched daily in Jesus, saturated with His Word, empowered by His Spirit, and simply focused on our relationship with Him.
Join us in prayer as we “plow the ground” and prepare to plant!
FURLOUGH PLANS
5/3-6 Pennsylvania
5/7-10 Virginia
5/11-20 Florida
5/21-23 North Carolina
5/24-26 Pennsylvania
5/28-31 National Harbor
6/1-3 North Carolina
6/4-6 Alabama, Missouri, Kansas
6/7-10 Colorado
6/11-17 New Mexico, Arizona
6/18-24 California
6/25-30 Washington