EDNER & DOMINIQUE JEANTY ~ Haiti

Faith Promise Missionaries serving with Crossworld

The Jeantys’ ministry focus is leadership training. Edner has been a professor at STEP Seminary since 1989, teaching Christian Education and Bible courses. The vision of STEP Seminary is to train Haitian leaders who will become disciples who glorify God by transforming their communities. Pastor Jeanty is Treasurer for the Union of Evangelical Baptists in Haiti, which is the national church that partners with Crossworld. Edner is the pastor of Berea Baptist  Church. The Jeantys founded the Barnabas Center which provides resources and training for pastoral leaders in their denomination or in Christian organizations. The Barnabas Center also runs an outreach to women in prison and participates in evangelistic events to present the Gospel to the business and professional leadership in the capital city. Dominique launched Karibuni Guest House which serves travelers going though Port-au-Prince on ministry and personal business.

 

 

Thus far this year, Haiti has been hit hard by earthquakes, volatility, kidnappings, and fuel and food shortages. Earlier this year, the Jeantys shared the following:                    

·    Loving greetings from Haiti. We have been kept safe even though the security situation in our area is very volatile. In the last couple weeks, at least four pastors have been kidnapped among hundreds of fellow citizens. Travel by road to the south is a very high risk, so those who can afford it travel by air. But we continue to look to the Lord, and we continue to work.

·    We have been talking with the southern district of an evangelical church that has 16 local churches, and many of them were badly hit by the earthquake. The leader of the district is a former student of mine at STEP Seminary. Through that church 32 entrepreneurs registered in the Biblical Entrepreneurship course that we provided in partnership with the Nehemiah Project. Through a generous gift, we were able to assist with scholarships for 20 of the attendees.

·    With the humanitarian gift sent earlier, we are supporting the reconstruction of a damaged school in a remote area and the training of small business owners in about 15 churches in areas in the south that were hit by the earthquake. I want once again to thank FBA for the generous gift to provide humanitarian help to the South that was hit with an earthquake. 

Because of the current crises after the disaster my team thought it would be difficult to attract people to the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in Les Cayes, but we wanted to do it anyway as an inspiration and encouragement for leaders.  Thanks to the fund from FBA, we provided scholarships for 20 pastors who were affected by the earthquake.  But God also worked in bringing many others to the Summit and we had a full house at the large classroom we rented at the American University.  One pastor testified that he was going through a difficult time in his ministry, and he was considering quitting.  But from what he heard and learned at the Summit, he feels renewed in strength and encouraged in his soul to go forward with joy.  Many are already planning to be at the next one.  Andy Stanley will be one of the speakers at the next Global Leadership Summit.

• Our church continues to livestream our worship service online and we have our Bible study on  social media.  Ten times more people are reached for the Bible study.
• The Barnabas Center, under the leadership of Edner, has launched a new division to train businesspeople in the church in Biblical Entrepreneurship.  
• Our family works mostly from home because of the insecurity (gang fighting, kidnapping, roadblocks) in the city of Port-au-Prince.  We are also limited in our movements because of a severe shortage of fuel.  Several international organizations like World Vision, World Bank, and MAF have asked the expatriates to evacuate.
  

 Note: The Caribbean is the second most disaster-

 prone region in the world, regularly hit by natural 

 and human-induced hazards. Its Small Islands 

 Developing States are increasingly vulnerable to  

 extreme climatic events, which are becoming more  

 intense, unpredictable, and frequent due to climate  

 change.

 In 2021, the region faced four major humanitarian challenges at once: (i) Covid-19, (ii) mixed migrations  (Haiti, Cuba and the Venezuelan forced migration and refugee crisis), (iii) the Atlantic hurricane season, and (iv) a wide range of natural hazards (a volcanic eruption, floods and recurrent droughts in Cuba and the Dominican Republic). 

- How many quakes in Haiti today, August 3?                                                   

In the past 24 hours, Haiti had 8 quakes up to magnitude 3.3. 

- What was the strongest quake in Haiti today, August 3?                                

The strongest earthquake in Haiti today occurred 8 hours ago: Light mag. 3.3

earthquake North Atlantic Ocean, 18 km northwest of San Fernando de Monte

Cristi, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022, at 2:00 am (GMT -4).

www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/haiti.html

On 24 April 2022, clashes resurged between rival gangs in the communes of Croix-des Bouquets, Tabarre and Cité Soleil in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Over the course of several days, the fighting gradually spread across other communes of the capital, involving more and more allies of the different gangs. Over 200 people were killed, and hundreds wounded, but the real figures are likely to be significantly higher. According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), some 17,000 people have been forced to leave their homes and seek shelter in spontaneous sites or with host families in the capital or in the provinces.

 Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for the Jeantys and all of  our FBA Faith Promise Missionaries! 

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PRAYER & PRAISE ~ August 3-9, 2022    

 

8/3 Mervat Nuwayhid 

Pioneers, Inc., USA  

Pray she will be ready and prepared to welcome new students in August. Pray the Lord will send her more helpers, especially an older man and ideally his wife (a “father figure”). Pray for someone who drives stick-shift to drive her truck to deliver bedding, furniture, etc. to some of the new college students.

 

8/4 Tim & Kathy Cummins 

Whirlwind Missions, Inc., USA 

Pray for the teams helping Whirlwind Missions this summer. One of Tim’s favorite teams over the years has been Deep Springs Baptist Church. They've consistently brought teams back to the International Village to reach the community for Jesus. In a unique area with over 145 different people groups and 761 different languages, the world has come to them!

 

8/5 Paul & Karan Davis 

TEAM, France 

Pray for missionaries in France. Just under one percent of the population of France is Christian. The culture of relationships in France is quite different than in the US. Pray that the apathy of the people will be overcome by the presence of the Holy Spirit, the perseverance of the missionaries, and the patience in relationship building.

 

8/6 GREG & PAM SMITH 

InStep International, Inc., USA/Worldwide

Pray for the 1^st Annual Father / Son Adventure Mission Project to Port Alsworth, Alaska with InStep partner Kemp Laidley, during August 6-11.

 

8/7 Andrew & Alecia Teeuwen 

Pioneers, Inc., Greece  

Pray for wisdom as they make plans for a regional conference in the Spring of 2023. Pray for the Lord to raise up laborers with Pioneers for the harvest in His time for Spain and Portugal. Pray for their monthly Area and Regional Leaders virtual meeting and that they discern the Lord’s leading.

 

8/8 Beverly Minor 

Central Missionary Clearinghouse, Austria 

By the grace of God, their church continues to take a weekly supply of food and other relief supplies over to Ukraine. (Note: The FBA Global Missions group enjoyed hosting Beverly for lunch on Monday, Aug. 1. It was wonderful to learn the latest on her ministry and have prayer together.)

 

8/9 DOUG & LISA MITTS                                                    

Greater Europe Mission, Poland/Europe

Pray that God would grant Doug wisdom as he continues to supervise spiritual directors in training with Selah-Europe. Challenges with accommodation is a huge problem; there are more than two million Ukrainians in Poland now. Cars and equipment are sent with medical supplies and other materials. Praise God for the European network. The challenges are huge, but the Holy Spirit is strengthening and supporting people through it all. Pray for fruit from the evangelistic outreaches.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.” I Corinthians 15:58 (NASB) 

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