March 2 Update

Dear Friends and Family:

Greetings from Haiti! We have received many encouraging notes from you after Zach’s unexpected trip to Michigan for surgery on a painful abdominal hernia in February. On Sunday, February 28th, Zach was able to return home to Sharon and the kids in Haiti. While Zach has some restrictions on his activity for the next week or so, he is glad to be home and is trying not to “overdo” work and activities.

Please join us in giving thanks for:
1. God’s protection of Sharon and our kids while Zach was gone. Sharon even managed to attend a week of trauma awareness training during that time.
2. Zach’s continued recovery. Though he is still having some pain, Zach was able to teach a session on healthy church development the day after he returned to Haiti.
3. Progress in developing relief and pastoral care programs for earthquake survivors with our partner organizations.
4. Success in hosting many visiting teams during the month of February.

Please join us in praying for:
1. Wisdom for hiring new colleagues: CRWRC will be hiring a new Country Coordinator to manage programming in Haiti and also a new Constituency Bridger to help with visiting teams and individuals.
2. A week of training that the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti will be holding for pastors and other church leaders.
3. Continued legal problems with the Haitian government as aid organizations and missions fall under severe scrutiny in the post-earthquake context.
4. Healing for Zach. Pray specifically that this surgery would resolve his abdominal pain.

Thanks for your prayers and support,

Zachary, Sharon, Hannah, Isaiah, Vivian and Esther Segaar-King
Missionaries to Haiti
Christian Reformed World Missions