Segaar-King July Ministry Report

Our family poses for a picture near one of the many waterfalls in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city of Haiti.

Dear Friends and Family:

There is a Haitian proverb that says: “Yon chat gen kat pye, men sa pa vle di li ka fè kat chemen.”  Roughly translated it means, “Just because a cat has four legs, it doesn’t mean it can go in four directions.”  This is something a Haitian would say when they feel very busy.  With only a few weeks to complete ministry projects and prepare to come to the United States for our home-service, we are very much experiencing the reality of this proverb.  We would ask for your prayers in the coming weeks as we get ready to leave Haiti to spend some time in the USA.

Please join us in giving thanks for:

-Some improvement in our pain level from the Chikungunya virus.  We are looking forward to a visit to the doctor a few days after returning to look for some long-term help.

-The fifteenth General Assembly of the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti.  During this assembly, a new president, Camelus Anger (pronounced “Anje”), was elected to a five-year term.

 -A successful visit to the Jean-Rabel area for a Timothy Leadership Conference.  We had expected about forty pastors, but, because of the depredations of the Chikungunya virus, only half the expected number were present.

Please join us in praying for:

-Our sanity as we scurry about our work in preparation for our departure.  We have been trying to do the job of three additional positions since June as several of our colleagues have been off the field.  We receive a new missionary family in Haiti through CRWM, the Vanderstoeps, on August 6 and will be orientating them.

-A good transition to North America this Fall.  Reporting to churches and individual ministry partners is the goal the next six months.  We look forward to seeing you!  We are currently scheduling Sunday church visits for the fall (technically September-mid February).  Please contact Judy DeVries (judy@2minister.org) if your mission committee and church would like a visit.

-Pray for peace and understanding as the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti goes through a major leadership transition (the outgoing president has served for nine years).

-Pray that as Haiti enters into the busiest part of the hurricane season (August and September), it would not be struck by damaging storms (though Haiti needs precipitation from tropical systems to break a long-term drought).

Thanks for your prayers and support,

Zachary, Sharon, Hannah, Vivian, Isaiah and Esther Segaar-King

Missionaries to Haiti

Christian Reformed World Missions