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| Walking on the paths near Laflo during the dry season. |
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| Trees are in bloom in Laflo during the dry season. Unfortunately, the women's conference will happen in June when the roads are often impassable because women cannot make the trip to Laflo while their children are still in school. |
Every June we request prayer for the annual Women’s Conference that Sharon assists the
Christian Reformed Church of Haiti (CRCH) to organize. In order to avoid making the conference dependent on mission funds, we have no budget for the project intentionally. Instead, the conference is mainly funded by the participants and the local congregations in the area where it takes place. This year the conference will happen in Laflo, a small community in the Central Plateau area of Haiti. There are no actual roads to Laflo, so, if it rains, the unimproved paths are inaccessible to every form of transportation other than mule and donkey. Since Sharon fractured her knee-cap in February, she will have to weigh the pain of riding a mule to Laflo against the risks of driving a car on the dangerous and muddy paths (or not going to conference at all). This annual women’s conference is a highlight for the life of the churches—encouraging women to grow in their faith while struggling to feed and educate their children (men are often unstable in the Haitian family, frequently leaving their children and common-law wives to fend for themselves). Pray that if it is God’s will, Sharon can participate. But most of all pray that the churches and women who attend will be blessed and encouraged.
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| Worshippers walking to the Laflo church |
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