News from Jeremie

Frere Poteau, the head pastor of our churches in and around Jeremie, said that many, many people in these congregations are supporting big additions to their families, making it financially very difficult for them, especially since food is really expensive now.

For example, our friend Dieudonne's own household size has increased by five people, but some homes have as many as 15 additional people living in them now! We are sending the donations you have given directly to these people. Our precious pastor, along with Dieudonne and the other church leaders, will buy food with this money and distribute it to those who need it most. What a priveledge to be in a position to give directly to those who need it!

Brother Poteau also said that the weekend conference at Mission Par La Fois was amazing. He said the compound grounds could not contain the numbers of people who had flocked there from the town to pray and fast and worship. It is an enormous place, by the way, and he said people were sitting on the walls and on windowsills and even crowding outside in the street in order to be a part of it, so there must have been thousands and maybe tens of thousands in attendance. The faith of the believers has only increased in the midst of this tragedy. Some of the people who have recently abandoned voodoo have done so because they say, "the Christians are the ones who love."