So we have left Haiti, but I just wanted to give everyone a better description of what all the ministry we did there.
We worked in Gonieves Haiti, which is one of the most dangerous cities in Haiti (which we weren’t aware of until after we left). We worked with a YWAM (Youth With A Mission) contact named
Maula. He and his family, live in and run the YWAM base. We were very blessed to be able to live with them even for the short amount of time we were there. They cooked for us some traditional Haitian food and Maula was more than happy to help us find good ministries.
Maula. He and his family, live in and run the YWAM base. We were very blessed to be able to live with them even for the short amount of time we were there. They cooked for us some traditional Haitian food and Maula was more than happy to help us find good ministries.
A normal ministry day for us as a team looked something like this.
7:30 breakfast, 9:00 -12:30 Manual Labor, 1 lunch, and then anywhere from 4-9 ministry.
Now as far as manual labor goes we started out by cleaning a widow’s yard that literally had three feet of mug in it left from the floods, after about a week of helping her an
d her family, we helped build the 3rd floor to the YWAM base. We hauled center blocks, sifted sands (to make concrete), and then took it up as well.
As far a ministry goes, it pretty much was different from day to day.
We did everything from helping out at a local crusade, speaking at
several local churches, doing street evangelism where we went out into
the local city park and waited for people to come and talk
to us to share the gospel, and praying over the local voodoo camp. There is a saying about Haiti, that the country is 80% catholic, 20% Christian , 100% voodoo. Now, while this statistic is exaggerated I feel like it brings reality to the fact that Voodoo is HUGE in Haiti. Even most of the government officials go to the yearly mandatory week long, voodoo celebration during the week of Easter, to make their personal sacrifices.
We did everything from helping out at a local crusade, speaking at
several local churches, doing street evangelism where we went out into
the local city park and waited for people to come and talk
to us to share the gospel, and praying over the local voodoo camp. There is a saying about Haiti, that the country is 80% catholic, 20% Christian , 100% voodoo. Now, while this statistic is exaggerated I feel like it brings reality to the fact that Voodoo is HUGE in Haiti. Even most of the government officials go to the yearly mandatory week long, voodoo celebration during the week of Easter, to make their personal sacrifices.
The overall feel of Haiti is unwelcoming, and very heavy… we have encountered spiritual warfare that we are still trying to understand, and are seeking the Lord’s voice in those situations, all of that to say that there is defiantly a huge Battle ground in Haiti…
Gonieves is called the “revolution” city for Haiti. Pastor Maula told us that every major revolution 
that has happened since the signing of the Declaration of Independence from France, has started in Gonieves, and then move from there to the other cities. Pastor Maula went on to tell us the vision that God had given him for the city, “restore the city, heal the nation, change the world” You see, pastor Maula wants to see a Christian revolution start here in Gonieves that will not only change the direction of this country but change the world, and I believe the Lord is doing work through Maula and his team toward that vision.
that has happened since the signing of the Declaration of Independence from France, has started in Gonieves, and then move from there to the other cities. Pastor Maula went on to tell us the vision that God had given him for the city, “restore the city, heal the nation, change the world” You see, pastor Maula wants to see a Christian revolution start here in Gonieves that will not only change the direction of this country but change the world, and I believe the Lord is doing work through Maula and his team toward that vision.
