Tuesday, August 20, 2013
A Plea for Haiti
In January of 2010, Haiti suffered from an earthquake; this
past week Haiti experienced a spiritual earthquake. Evangelist Daniel King
traveled with a team of twenty-seven Bible school students to the Caribbean
nation for a massive Gospel Festival. Their ministry impacted thousands of
lives in Kawdé Bouké, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. In addition to conducting a
five-day crusade, the team visited orphanages, poverty-stricken villages, and
conducted a women’s conference, a pastor’s conference, a Kid’s Fest, and a
healing conference.
Thousands of people made a commitment to live for Jesus. One
life that was changed is a twenty-seven-year-old man named Wilnack Saint-Fort.
One month before the Gospel Festival he saw team members putting up posters around
the city. He asked if he could help. At first the team refused his help because
he was obviously drunk.
Something about the team’s attitude attracted the young man.
Every day for a month he followed them. After several days of building a
relationship, they allowed him to pass out flyers and glue posters to the walls.
After the festival platform was built, Wilnack volunteered to sleep under the
platform to help guard the sound equipment.
He said, “One night I dreamed a dream. In my dream I was in
a beautiful place and I saw many beautiful houses. I saw a Man in a white robe
walk toward me and just as He opened His mouth to speak to me, I woke up. I
knew that Man was Jesus and so I decided to live my life for Him.” On the
second night of the Gospel Festival, Wilnack gave his life to the Lord. When he
heard the question, “Do you want Jesus to forgive your sins?” he responded by
raising his hand. He prayed the prayer of salvation and Jesus became his Lord
and Savior. He plans to attend a branch of Victory Bible Institute that is
being planted in his neighborhood.
“Follow up for new believers is extremely important to me,” says
Daniel King, “We work closely with the local pastors and we distributed 10,000
“Life of Jesus” books to the new believers. My home church of Victory Christian
Center, led by Sharon Daugherty, wants to plant Bible schools in every town in
the nation of Haiti.”
Every night, the team invited sick people to come to the
front for prayer. God touched many people and they came to the platform to
testify. Arms, eyes, necks, backs, and stomachs were healed by the power of
God.
Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. After
the earthquake, millions of dollars were poured into Haiti to help people. But
the nation continues to need help. The pastors of Haiti need encouragement; the
people need an outpouring of compassion, and the children need food. Daniel
King says, “After the earthquake, the world’s attention was focused on Haiti
for a short period of time, but now many have forgotten to care. Please don’t
forget to pray for Haiti or stop giving to the ministries that are working there.”
Friday, August 9, 2013
One in a Million - The Testimony of Wilnack
Wilnack is twenty-seven years old. One month
before our Gospel Festival in Kawde Bouke, Haiti he saw our team members
putting up posters on the walls. He asked if he could help. At first the team refused
his help because they saw he was drunk.
Something about the team’s attitude attracted the young man
so every day for a month he followed them around. Finally, they allowed him to pass
out flyers and glue posters to the wall. After the festival platform was built,
Wilnack volunteered to sleep under the platform to help guard the sound equipment.
He says, “Two times, I dreamed a dream. The first time was
at the beginning of the month on the night after I met the members of the
publicity team, the second time was the night before I got saved. In my dream I
was in a beautiful place and I saw many beautiful houses. I saw a man in a
white robe walk toward me and just as he opened his mouth to speak to me, I
woke up. I knew that man was Jesus and so I decided to live my life for Him.”
On the second night of our Gospel Festival, Wilnack gave his
life to the Lord. When he heard the question “Do you want Jesus to forgive your
sins?” he responded by raising his hand. He prayed the prayer of salvation and
Jesus became his Lord and Savior. Now Wilnack is smiling because he has been
born-again!
Saturday, August 3, 2013
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