I’ve gotten to where not a lot startles me in Haitian church. I know the rhythm of worship. I have friends to help me find the songs in the hymnal when I don’t hear the right number. I have other friends who know their English well enough to find the Bible passages for me when … Continue reading congregation

For many pastors in Haiti, they never imagined themselves as being a pastor. In Pastor Isaac’s case, it elicited significant feelings when others would look to him as though he was expected to be a pastor. “When I was growing up I didn’t expect to be a Pastor. I thought being a Pastor was hard, … Continue reading isaac

God’s call on the lives of pastors in Haiti is unique to each one, and drawing on that direction from God gives them encouragement even when difficulties are presented. For Pastor Mongerard, it was God’s call to go back Cayes while he was studying to be a car mechanic in Port-au-Prince that led him to … Continue reading mongerard

The community of Cassamajor is ingrained in Pastor Renaud since he was a child growing up there. He went to school and seminary when he started the church in early 2007, and then began housing children by September of that same year. “I was not a pastor before I started the church. I never wanted … Continue reading renaud

For many Haitian pastors, they easily talk about dreams, visions and times that God has led them to this life of caring for orphans and advocating for their education. Pastor Jeannot, who ministers at the end of a very arduous road in the same village he grew up in, is no exception: “Before I started, … Continue reading jeannot

Pastor Lavaud didn’t choose to go to Bible school and take the path of being a pastor on his own, it was a friend’s insistence that he would come with him that gained him the education that led him through moments leading to starting a church. “I knew too much about pastors in Haiti to … Continue reading lavaud

Pastor Laventure and his wife had been taking care of kids and helping them gain an education many years before he was asked a simple question in 2010 after the earthquake. “Pastor Moise asked me to move to the village, and I said I would pray. For one month, I didn’t give him an answer. … Continue reading laventure

When you first walk through the compound gate at All In One Family, it is easy to see how the foundation operates as a community center. Many in the community would be without food, jobs, and local church had Pastor Kesnel not been given a vision from God. “In the end of 2004, I came … Continue reading kesnel