Under Haiti’s Blazing Sun In Times Of Pandemic

These days, the temperature goes up to 40 Celsius.  After 2 months of confinement, the Haitian government has just announced a 2-month extension.  Three hospitals in Port-au-Prince are treating coronavirus patients. Among them are Doctors Without Borders. It took them a month and a half to settle down and convince the reluctant population that they…

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Someone said, « It’s the end of the world. » Another one said, « It’s the end of the world as we’ve known it. »   Through the ages, people could have seen the end of the world come as during the Black Plague of the 14the century. Yet life went on after that pandemic. The quarantine encourages people to…

A Wave Of Kidnappings Follows The Protests

A few days ago, I dreamed that I was locked in a cell with rusty iron bars. From my little window, I watched a few people pass by, but they never stopped for me. Then someone knocked on my door and I woke up. As I prayed, I understood that the Holy Spirit was telling…

Happy New Year Under The Fiery Haitian Sun!

Picture taken around 1995 on the Ivory Coast, West Africa. The concert of the South Korean/American/Haitian choir singing Handel’s Messiah was great.  About 500 people attended, including several new ones. Children, on the other hand, are not used to opera and did not recognize themselves in this type of singing.  The adults seemed to enjoy…

The Sleeper Near The Cemetary

It was a beautiful sunny morning. The coolness of the night was still floating in the air. We drove in the main street that leads to Petionville.  For the past 11 weeks, the country has been rocked by often violent protests. The calm seemed fragile.  Passing by the old cemetery that gives access to the…

An Angel Appeared To Her

A little girl told me: It was in the middle of the night. I cannot remember if I had a vision or dreamed that someone was knocking on the door. I got up to open the door. I went outside to see, but there was no one there.  I turned around to get into the…

THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT

The battle as told by a child who lives with us: ‘’In my dream, the devil appeared to me. He had three eyes. He was very ugly. I got on my knees. I prayed to God and he left. Then a demon came before me and I kneeled to pray. The demon stood there. After…

You Do Not Have Cancer

While I was in bed, a continuous rain fell. It was welcome in this dry season. Everything is quiet when it rains, no dogs barking and no roosters singing.  Without noise, the little girl who lives with us has slipped on the couch next to our bed. Maybe she got scared of something.  She went…

WITHOUT THE TEAMS, WE WOULD NOT MAKE IT.

Claudio Freidzon, pastor of the mega church King of Kings in Argentina, said that success is not the numbers, but it is to be in the will of God and to seek his presence.  Some ask us how long we will remain in Haiti.  God has told us to go to Haiti, but he did…

Born With The Inuits

Matt was born at an Inuit village in Northern Canada.  At one week old, he was adopted by Canadian parents.  He had a difficult adolescence.  But while he was at Teen Challenge, a young man prayed for him. They were in a corn field.  He saw two evil spirits going out of him. While they…