Our efforts to call sinners to repentance, to reclaim backsliders and to edify the Saints have taken on new meaning as God blessed us to send Pastor Wesley and Deacon Gary Brown to minister to the people of Z’Orangers, Haiti.  They were there from March 27 to April 3.  Below is just a sampling of the report they are giving to the church.  Also, Pastor Wesley kept a daily journal which will be published in its entirety in our next issue of CRE. You don’t want to miss it. This is not the first time we have been blessed to take part in foreign missions, as Sister Willa Adams is sent yearly to minister in Romania.  However, Pastor Wesley is now prepared to make Haiti our central focus in all foreign mission efforts of the church.
 

“Several things struck me,” said Pastor Wesley.  “The hunger for the Word of God, the exciting worship of God and the longing for companionship are all at the top of that list.”  Pastor also noted the repeated personal references made by the Haitian people.  “One Haitian girl standing between me and a Haitian boy said to me through one of our interpreters that my hair looks like his hair, and my face looks like his face.  “Another Haitian man said to me that he and I have the same root.  That was his way of saying that we have the same ancestors.  And these kinds of comments were also made to Gary (Deacon Brown).  They really seemed to appreciate our being there.  And I cannot help but think that our shared ethnicity had a lot to do with that.  For many of them, I believe Gary and I were the first African-Americans they may have ever seen.”
 

Pastor Wesley and Deacon Brown were blessed to travel to Haiti with Truth Evangelistic Ministry (truthem.org), based out of Fort Walton Beach.  Headed by Charles Martindale, Truth Ministries has a long history of Godly service to the Haitian people, making multiple trips per month.  Brother Martindale’s home church, Wright Baptist of Fort Walton Beach, pastored by Sean McMahon, serves as a sister church to the Jerusalem Baptist Church in Z’Orangers.  Jerusalem held a pastor’s conference and revival during the week of the visit, and Truth also held Vacation Bible School, a health clinic and several Bible Studies during the week.
 

We give God all the praise for another chance to join Him in His work of calling, reclaiming and edifying, and we eagerly await our next opportunity in Haiti.  Will you join us?