We began our day at 7am reading from James where it talks about how faith without works is dead. Today we got to put our faith into action by going to a small CRC church in a Haitian community and paint both the inside and the outside - twice. The first coat was the primer and then the final coat. The high school girls got to work right away. They were amazing! They didn't quit until it was all done. They had so much fun painting with the all children that came from the community to help paint. At one time I think there were more children painting than people from PHCRC. The outside of the church went from concrete gray to a beautiful peachy color in one morning. Everyone worked very hard despite the intense heat of the day. When we were done with the church we moved on to build some beds for a woman, Seledonia, who has a rehab ministry. Steve, Charlie and Eric were already there and had most of the work done by the time we got there. We then heard the woman's incredible story of drug addicts she has helped in the last 17 years that she has done this. I hope you not picturing a modern day rehab center. This place is down a bumpy dirt road in a very rural area and her home is made out of cardboard and tin. It is what she loves to do and will continue to do. We praise God for her and her ministry. Please pray for her. The prayer requests she asked us to pray for are these:1. Pray for her continued strength and vision for the ministry. She does not sleep well because many of the women have such deep and intense spiritual issues that Seledonia spends most of her night in prayer for them. She averages 2-3 hours of sleep a night.
2. Pray for the Lord to provide all the resources that this ministry needs - food, money, clothing, etc.
3. Seledonia would love for us to pray for a nicer home for the ministry. She would love for a little more beauty and comfort for those she serves.
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