Prayer Request

Dear Friends and Family:

We are asking you to remember our colleague, Lesley Toussaint, her husband, Diego, and daughter Julianna, in your prayers.  Lesley and her family unexpectedly departed Haiti at the end of July because of complications with Lesley's pregancy.  Lesley was due in October and now is in a hospital in Canada on bed-rest until the birth of her child.  Please pray that Lesley will have a healthy baby and that she and her family can be patient until the whole ordeal is over.  Diego, who works for World Renew International Disaster Relief (formerly CRWRC IDR) in Leogane will return to Haiti after the birth of the child.  The Toussaint family will be missed.

Isaac's a Comin'

In the book of Genesis, Isaac seems pretty much the "good patriarch."  He doesn't lie about his wife being his sister (Abraham), he doesn't try to steal his brother's inheritance (Jacob).  Well, we are hoping that Tropical Storm Isaac lives up to its reputation as "the good tropical storm."  Why would a tropical storm be good?  Well, much of Haiti is suffering from the worst drought in a long time.  In the Port-au-Prince area, there has only been a few substancial rains since May, with periods of up to a month without a drop.  Some dry weather is normal for Haiti from November to March.  However, this is rainy season.  Many farmers in Haiti have lost their crops completely and there is no Federal Crop Insurance to bail them out.  In fact, what these farmers harvest is what they eat.  On the other hand, massive amount of rain from tropical systems are extremely dangerous because of flash flooding in Haiti's mountainous topography.  So far, Isaac is moving relatively quickly (21 knots) which means that catastrophic flooding may be avoided.  Please pray that Isaac will leave drought-breaking rains and not life-taking floods. 

Segaar-King July Update and Prayer Requests

Dear Friends and Family: Greetings!

We hope that you are experiencing the presence of God in your lives this summer. We are writing from Michigan where we are spending a few busy days of vacation before we leave for Haiti on the 11th of August. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement!

Please join us in giving thanks for:
-God’s blessing on the General Assembly of the CRC of Haiti in July. Although the assembly got off to a tough start due to a conflict between a group of churches and their representative, God’s healing Spirit made it possible to complete much pressing business of the church. We rejoiced for the 305 people converted through the CRC of Haiti’s ministries in the past year. Of these 173 became baptized church members.
  -The graduation of over 20 participants in the Perspectives Réformées bible study in the Savannette area. Zach had the privilege of participating in the graduation ceremony. -Success for the Timothy Leadership Training event held in Port-de-Paix for over forty church leaders. The passion and interest for learning about ministry among this group of TLT students is a great encouragement. Please join us in prayer for:
-Perseverance for Sharon as we return to Haiti. After an MRI at the end of June, the results suggested that Sharon might not have a torn rotator cuff from her September, 2011, car accident, but rather an impinged and inflamed rotator cuff with a possible tear in the supporting tissues that could only be discovered through explorative surgery. However, Sharon’s orthopedic surgeon preferred specialized physical therapy and cortisone treatments over surgery. That means that Sharon will return to Haiti still dealing with shoulder pain.

Please pray that the exercises will help to resolve this problem.
-Theological training that we will be leading in mid-August in Old Testament and Bible Interpretation.
-Our safe return to Haiti on the 12th of August and our children’s quick adjustment to school which will be starting on the 13th.
-Those who are sick and/or traveling on our ministry team. The load has been quite heavy as we have been filling in for lots of absent colleagues.

Thanks for your prayers and support,
Zachary, Sharon, Hannah, Isaiah, Vivian and Esther Segaar-King
Missionaries to Haiti
Christian Reformed World Missions