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| The entrance of the church where doors would soon be hung |
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| The team of local volunteers hangs the doors and windows of the church |
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| Pastor Eli, the foreman of the project, looks at some of the recently laid blocks. |
The Savannette Valley has been part of our regular ministry as we have been visiting a collection of small churches nestled in it just outside of the main town of Savannette. It is impossible to describe the road through the valley, except to say lamas from the Andes and Sherpa guides from the Himalayas would be at home scrambling across the dangerous and narrow two-track road which hangs precariously near the cliff ledges. For several months now, two organizations, SON-BEAM International and Christ Community Church of Victoria, British Columbia, have been assisting the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti to build a new building for a local congregation. Our organization, Christian Reformed World Missions--Haiti, has been playing the role of facilitator and connector between North America and Haiti.
Bruneus Merisier, the pastor of the Savannette church, is a patient man. His congregation sits in the last of the seven geographic areas to receive a church construction project. For a long time, the problem was communication, as there was no way to contact him or his family. However, two years ago, Natcomm, a cell-phone company owned by the Vietnamese government, built a tower in the mountains above Savannette.
Viola, communication was established and the organization needed to build a church became a possibility. It is amazing to see how God has brought evidence of his peace to this isolated valley community. By God's grace, the new Savannette Church was completed this week (see pictures above) through the labor of local volunteers and materials provided through the funds donated by SONBEAM and Christ Community Church. We pray that the Holy Spirit will use this new building to advance the work of the Gospel and bring peace to the valley!
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| The bottom of the Savannette Valley where the river widens out. |
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