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Translating for Nic Mihailoff. We spoke to 60 businessmen.
Hosting a team from Ignite Foursquare was a delight this past week. Laughter, connection and God’s amazing grace put it all in perspective. Pastor Todd Sywrus, Nic Mihailoff, Tom Gordon, Doug Wilson and Robb Malcolmson added value to what we are doing here. Great insight. Dude, can they eat!
Pastor Todd Sywrus spoke twice in Cien Fuegos.
We attended Parroquia San Ramon Nonato on Sunday morning. The team from Michigan was with me. We separated inside the church as to not be too obvious. The team is doing what I would do here if by myself. I am on a learning track, feeling, observing and discerning. This would be the type of church I would love to see built here. What a powerful influence it would be.
What a beautiful facility it was. I was impressed with its cleanliness and open doors and windows. People that attend this church seem to have consistent well paying jobs but there was a mix of others present who were distant. What would happen if the prostitute walked in?
Meeting with businessmen in Cien Fuegos was a delight. We spoke to 60 businessmen about growth in their business. A commission has been formed to develop Micro-Finance. Huge. It has taken a year to birth this.
Todd Syruws preached twice in Cien Fuegos. He did a wonderful job and was received well.
Through a significant relationship the right person was identified to contact for a piece of property to place a Water Station.
We met an EMT in Haiti from a Foursquare church in Gresham, Oregon.
Travel to Haiti was a fun trip with Nic Mihailoff and Phil Pritchett, both businessmen traveling with me. Never a dull moment. Nic is a mentor of new developing business projects working with the University of Michighan. Phil has been with me on four trips and has been trained to take a Barnabas Task team anywhere in the world.
Clean water is an issue in our world. This little guy had an empty water bottle. Broke my heart.
Haiti is tough to process. I don’t have easy answers. Planning for the medical team in May was a lot of listening at first. Several times I pulled away just to process. There are so many factors. At the end of the day, we decided to place the May medical clinic close to the street, beneath a large covering provided by USAID. I had a brief conversation with the Director of Norwegian Church AID. They will come to the clinic when we have it to observe.
We left Haiti with a sense of sincere desperateness. It has happened before to me. Who? What? When? Where? And How? seem to be trumped so many times it is hard to find the beginning.
We drove to Bonao to meet with John and Diana Martinez. They are a wonderful Colombian couple that are raising their own support to be here. Foursquare Flint Ignite invested $500 in a new Micro-Finance business the Marinez’ are establishing to help raise the support they need to live here. It would be patterned after a “Tent maker” philosophy with a strong edge for development and planning upfront so that it would be successful. They sell jewelry, cards, and other proto-types that will have their personal signature. We are committed to this.
John and Diana Martinez will move to Santiago in November to join us in the church plant.
Supporting Barnabas Task is supporting what you have read. We are grateful. Plowing continues. I have a vision that is clearly written on one page.
Habakkuk 2:2 says ”For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not be false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and not delay.”
Habakkuk was forward thinking. This vision was not about him. It was for others. They would carry the message. It was other-people centered. Others will benefit from what we are doing. This is not my gig.
I understand this. We are living in tremendous times.
Last night, we drank coffee and pondered the future with a young adult named Andy Martinez. He expressed the need for relevance coupled with intercession. He said, “what you are attempting to do here in Santiago, Dominican Republic is noted. People are hungry for what you offer.” The vision tarries. We are in place for the greatest move of God in our life time. To Him be the glory and Honor.
