Segaar-King January Update

Dear Friends and Family:

Last week Zach preached on 1 Peter 5:1-11 at a Haitian church. This is a text that speaks to three groups: church leaders, young people, and all believers. Peter’s message for all three is that God himself will make a suffering church stand firmly in its faith. Verse ten stands out: “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” This comforting message is applicable to the Haitian church, which, though not persecuted, has to endure great physical hardship. It has been an encouragement to us as well since we have been troubled by a number of health related issues of late. We hope that it will be an encouragement to you too as you face the challenges of life!

Please join us in giving thanks for:
-A number of successful ministry events. In January, Zach went to Belladere to visit four very isolated CRC of Haiti churches with two board members of Christian Reformed World Missions. The churches seem to be doing well. We also met with leaders of Haitian organizations that have benefited from World Renew’s earthquake relief programs in January. It was a blessing to see how the programs gave these organizations an opportunity to show the love of Christ to suffering communities.
-Training of 16 church leaders in Jean-Rabel (in the northern part of Haiti) by two members of our Timothy Leadership Training Coordination Committee. The week was a success!
-The Haitian government is paving a road near our house that was absolutely terrible and caused billows of dust in our neighborhood and a lot of damage to our cars. What a blessing!

Please pray for:
-Healing: Zach has damage to his cornea (left eye) causing some temporary (we hope!) loss of vision after an infection, Sharon has been struggling with asthma (January is extremely windy and dusty) and now pneumonia. Our kids are doing pretty well!
-Construction at Jacquet church which will begin again on February 4.
-Theological training in February. We will be “Training the trainers” from Timothy Leadership on Feb. 8. On Feb. 18-21 we will be teaching ethics and the Minor Prophets to our group of ministry students.

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