Timoun Leve 8/11/11

Last week was our kick off for the weekly Bible Study for the children, Timoun Leve!  Around 60 kids showed up!!  Some of the kids had attended the program at the house the week that Deanne and Jill were here but there were many new faces. 

Hugues was a big help with the kids.  He got us started with some songs.  We sang a few Haitian original songs, as well as "I've got the joy, joy, joy", "Deep and Wide" and "The wise man built his house upon the rock".  We are guessing that many of the kids that were there did not attend church because they were unfamiliar with the songs.  This is amazing!

Our Bible story was from Matthew 7:24-27. Gwenn had kids come up and help act out the lesson. She had one group of kids that built a house as quick as they could. They wanted to hurry up building the house and didn't put much work or material into. It wasn't built on a good foundation. But, they finished their house fast so they could have fun. The second group put more work into their house. They had to keep working after the other group was finished and their house was built well. When a storm came, the house that was finished first fell down, because it was not built well. The second house stayed standing, because more work was put into it and it had a strong foundation.

The kids colored a dot-to-dot sheet with the summary of the story: Si ou bati fo, w'ap rete fem. If you build firm, you will stay strong.  We wrapped it all up with a few more songs and the kids enjoyed a snack before leaving.  The rain held out for the program but it began to sprinkle as we were dismissing and we were unable to hang around for games. 

There were several adults from the church that also came and sat in on the Kid's Program. Especially in Haiti, it seems we try to preach deep theological sermons, when they don't even understand the basics yet. The adults were just as interested in the story as the children were. Pol, who is at least in his 70s, participated just as much as the kids and piped in with "Amen" and "That's right!" more than once during Gwenn's story. :)

What's happening!

God is doing some amazing things with Leve Project on the ground in Haiti!  We've got several new programs starting. 

First off, we had such great success with the kid's Bible study program when Deanne and Jill were visiting, we've decided to make it a weekly event.  Every Thursday, we will host "Timoun Leve" which translates to Children, Rise up.  We'll be doing a Bible story, singing, snacks and games!  The church is kind enough to let us use their building for the study because several of the children cannot make the journey outside the village. 

This Sunday will be our first week for "Patage Primye Dimanch", first of the month fellowship.  The first Sunday of every month, Leve Project will provide a meal for the church.  Our goal with this program is to fellowship with the congregation and to meet those from our community.  In doing this, we can learn their needs and better serve them.  We are also able to bring believers closer together, strengthening the relationships within the church family.

The basis for almost all aspects of our ministry is taken from Acts 4:32-34.  With every new program we start, our main goal is to become one with the community.  We hope to keep adding more programs to our ministry so that we can achieve this goal.