Segaar-King Update

Oct. 1, 2016

Dear Friends and Family:

Greetings from Haiti!  As the first hurricane to hit Haiti since Sandy in October 2012 nears, we are reminded of the power of our God to calm the storm.  Several times in Scripture God’s servants are nearly lost to the raging tempest.  In their moment of despair, God responds to their cries to calm the raging seas.  These moments of deliverance show that as Creator and Sustainer, God has power even over the most chaotic forces of nature.  By his power God can deliver Haiti from the destructiveness of Hurricane Matthew.  However, Haiti also desperately needs rain (in manageable amounts) to help relieve a multi-year drought.  Pray that the impact of Hurricane Matthew will be positive.

Please join us in giving thanks for:

1.   A good result for the national assembly of our partner the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti.  We give thanks that the CRCH is slowly but surely entering a promising new epoch in its ministry.

2.   A safe trip to Mexico for Zach where he learned about changes to come from the union of Christian Reformed World Missions and Christian Reformed Home Missions.  While we don’t know how this union will affect our work in Haiti, we pray that it will enhance the effectiveness of the CRC’s work in missions in the US, Canada and around the world.

3.   So far the presidential campaigning for the Oct. 9 election has been relatively peaceful.

4.  A new church construction project is set to begin in Granbwa, one of the most underserved and remote locations where we have ever done a church construction project.

Please join us in prayer for:

1.   Stability in Haiti for the “redo” presidential election on October 9.  A complicating factor is that there is a serious conflict between the US government and the Haitian government over legal protections against the money laundering.  The US is threatening to cut off all electronic financial transactions to Haiti in November if the Haitian government does not enact certain laws.  If this threat is carried out, our work in Haiti would come to a rapid halt.  Pray for cool heads on both sides.

2.   Interest from our supporting churches to send Service and Learning teams to Haiti.  We have an exciting project for 16-17 and we need your help. Contact us if you or your church are interested.

3.   Success in planning a conference on Christian Worldview October 18-20. Our co-worker in the spreading of the gospel, Harold Kallemeyn, has created new material in the form of a practical bible-study with an “action planning” component for this initiative.  Pray especially that no hurricanes or election instability will derail this major ministry event.

4.   God’s mercy on Haiti and other countries in its path as we anticipate the passing of Hurricane Matthew.