My Brother's House

Pastors and church leaders like Jan learn about pastoral care, stewardship, preaching, teaching, and other practical topics.

Barren salt flats peppered with cacti, thorny bushes, and a few low hills spread as far as the eye can see.  Dust devils, resembling miniature tornadoes, whip up enough dirt to choke those unfortunate enough to be passing by under the blistering desert sun.  This  is not Arizona or New Mexico.  This is the critically underdeveloped and environmentally degraded northwest corner of Haiti.  This where Jan (John) lives, a young man who took a course on Christian stewardship with us a few years ago.  After learning about Scriptural principles of resource management, Jan  challenged his brother, who lived with his young family in a mud-brick hovel, to start saving a few dollars a day to buy construction materials (blocks, tin-roofing and steel rebar).  After about eighteen months, Jan and his brother collected enough materials to build a simple masonry house with a tin roof.  Now Jan and his brother have nearly completed the new home.  Soon Jan’s brother, his wife, and the rest of his family will have better housing to protect them from the harsh environment of Haiti’s northwest peninsula.  These are the practical blessings that God is giving the work of Timothy Leadership Training in Haiti.