{"id":1868,"date":"2022-07-07T18:21:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T18:21:13","slug":"haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1868\" class=\"elementor elementor-1868\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cdd4e87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cdd4e87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c8672f7\" data-id=\"6c8672f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c2b7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c2b7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">Last week members of our team spent some time in Haiti&#8217;s central plateau, following up with a ministry partner facilitating our Church Savings Group program. The smiles on the faces of Pastor Marino, Esperanza, and Johnson remind me of the joy that the Lord periodically provides us through the faithfulness of other believers.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">You can sense such an overflowing joy in the words of the Apostle Paul to the church in Thessalonica as he struggled to adequately express to God the thanks which filled his heart:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">&#8220;For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account.&#8221; (1 Thessalonians 3:9)<\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">Legend has it that recognizing her husband Charles Haddon Spurgeon needed some encouragement during a tough stretch of ministry, Susannah Spurgeon posted a passage of Scripture on the ceiling directly above Charles&#8217;s side of the bed, so that every morning and evening the image was there to greet and encourage him.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0e101a;\">Likewise, I pray this image is an encouragement to you today.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b18874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b18874\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61c9a31\" data-id=\"61c9a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week members of our team spent some time in Haiti&#8217;s central plateau, following up with a ministry partner facilitating our Church Savings Group program. 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