Dear Friends and Family: For many years we have been itching for a opportunity to raise the question of worship and music in the Haitian Evangelical churches. Last week we finally got our chance. A group of four musicians, called the “Worship and Music Team” spent a little over a week with us in Haiti. Two of the four were from our supporting church of Calvin CRC (Holland, MI), one was Russian, and one other was from Cutlerville CRC (MI). The team was paired with two excellent Haitian worship leaders: Jean Marc Cassamajor (the music leader at a large Baptist church in Port-au-Prince) and Ronald Pierre (the worship leader at Quisqueya Chapel, our “home church” while in Haiti). There was quite a powerful dynamic between the visiting team and the Haitian worship leaders and we had four very powerful worship services in the two days of the conference. The participants informed us that to their knowledge, this was the first Worship and Music Conference held on Haitian soil with the Protestant churches. During the conference, we asked some big questions like “What is worship?”, “What are the parts of worship?”, “How can music help us and/or hinder us in worship?”, “How can you build a worship team in your church?” Zach and Sharon tackled the issue of worship and music from a Biblical perspective, while the other experts dealt with some more practical issues. This was a great opportunity for Sharon because she has served several churches as a worship and music leader. It was also a boon to get the Haitian perspective from our local worship leaders. The visiting team had two excellent instrumentalists on the guitar and piano. We also got to use a new digital piano that was donated to us by two faithful supporters of ours. At the end of the two-day conference, it was clear that we should try to do this again next year with a larger group of Haitian worship leaders. Thanks for your prayers for the visiting Music and Worship Team and for our ministry in general. God is equipping the Haitian church to sing the praises of his glory!