Segaar-King June/May Update

Dear Friends and Family: Although “Evangelical Christian” culture has changed a lot in the last few decades, we find that people often see cross-cultural missionaries as odd—a strange breed who leave their own country to live among unfamiliar people. Actually, we are all missionaries in a sense (and not just because we all have a “mission” to demonstrate the love of God to others). Reflecting on the saints of old, the author of Hebrews (Heb. 11: 13-16) writes: “And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth...If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.” All Christians are living in a “country” and “culture” that is not our own. So, it is to be expected that sometimes this world should vex and confuse us—otherwise how would we know that our citizenship is in the world to come. We pray that God will convince us of our heavenly citizenship so that we can best change the world in which we live! Please give thanks for: 1. An extremely successful week of Timothy Training in 2-4 May. We had many more people (85+) than expected and graduated seven participants from the first and second levels. 2. Safety and success for a visit from a Worship and Music Team in May. The team visited numerous churches and hosted at what seems to be the first ever Worship and Music conference in Haiti. The conference and team were extremely well received. 3. Continued progress in the Vila de Woz church construction project. This week the Haitian team is putting up 24 trusses assembled with over 12,000 screws! Please pray for: 1. The annual Women’s Spiritual Conference to be held in an area of Haiti called Savannette 22-24 June. Along with some Haitian colleagues, Sharon will be teaching, preaching and encouraging the women in this isolated area near the Dominican border. 2. Visit of Zach’s parents to Haiti and our family’s trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan, for six weeks. Sharon is scheduled for a potential rotator-cuff surgery on Thursday the 27th of June pending results from an MRI she will have. Zach will remain in Haiti (until the end of July) and Zach’s parents will accompany Sharon to Michigan. Our whole family will return to Haiti mid-August, Lord willing. 3. The departure of our colleague and friend, Jennifer LeMahieu in June. Pray for Jenny’s transition as she concludes seven years of work with CRWM/Sous Espwa. FOR MORE PICTURES, STORIES, AND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR MINISTRY AND FAMILY, PLEASE SEE OUR BLOG AT segaarking.blogspot.com Thanks for your prayers and support, Zachary, Sharon, Hannah, Isaiah, Vivian and Esther Segaar-King Missionaries to Haiti Christian Reformed World Missions