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Thursday, February 10, 2011
SLAM In Collinsville
SLAM is a youth outreach in the city of Collinsville. God is really beginning to move on these kids hearts. In time with the Word and God's presence, the stronghold of the devil will be broken. Praise God!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Haiti Update
Dear Friends,
I am writing to give you a report of my last mission trip to Haiti from January 8-22. I was accompanied by four teams. I had one group each from Eastern Canada, Montana/Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina with the total being twenty adults. The twenty were very diverse consisting of four pastors, one overseer, one youth pastor, two ladies, one architect, and a variety of other backgrounds.
I am thankful to be able to report that after four months that the wall around the orphanage has been completed which includes the sea wall portion. When I first went to the orphanage a few months ago, it was overrun with goats and community people walking through the property at will. There was no sense of security at all. Now that the wall has been completed, the environment is much improved, and there was a sense of peace in the whole place. Also, the new generator has been hooked up, water is being pumped from the well, and the school is operational. We have approximately forty-six children back on the property and another one hundred and fifty attending the school on the property. GAIN had also purchased a relatively new Ford pickup truck that I was able to use while there.
Our first church building project this trip was a church building in DuFort. This building was for a thriving congregation which was worshipping under a tarp. We welded steel angle iron together, made T-posts, and set them in concrete. We braced them and made steel trusses and placed them on the walls. We then ran the lathe and attached the metal roof by special screws that we had transported from the states. The building was approximately 34 feet wide and 60 feel long. When I left, I ordered and had delivered the materials to begin building the block walls that will fill the spaces between the posts.
The second project was in Grand Gove. This church was on a narrow piece of land between two buildings, and it was 21 feet wide and about 74 feel long. This construction was not as conductive for steel construction so I purchased treated (insect and rot resistant) lumber and built frame walls and wooden trusses, and then we attached metal roofing. The ladies of this church worked with sledge hammers, picks, shovels, and wheel barrows to the point that we were simply amazed.
In short, both churches turned out to be beautiful structures of which both congregations were very proud. The people who went with me seemed thrilled with the whole experience and have already begun talking about going again next year. In fact, some are talking about going again in just a month or two.
I should also report that on the last Friday of January 21, that we visited the only pastor that we still have living in a tent. The brethren from Canada wanted to buy a piece of land to build him a house. They authorized the purchase of a lot that we were shown.
I am taking another group to work at the orphanage and in the surrounding churches in February. I have pasted some pictures below.
I am writing to give you a report of my last mission trip to Haiti from January 8-22. I was accompanied by four teams. I had one group each from Eastern Canada, Montana/Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina with the total being twenty adults. The twenty were very diverse consisting of four pastors, one overseer, one youth pastor, two ladies, one architect, and a variety of other backgrounds.
I am thankful to be able to report that after four months that the wall around the orphanage has been completed which includes the sea wall portion. When I first went to the orphanage a few months ago, it was overrun with goats and community people walking through the property at will. There was no sense of security at all. Now that the wall has been completed, the environment is much improved, and there was a sense of peace in the whole place. Also, the new generator has been hooked up, water is being pumped from the well, and the school is operational. We have approximately forty-six children back on the property and another one hundred and fifty attending the school on the property. GAIN had also purchased a relatively new Ford pickup truck that I was able to use while there.
Our first church building project this trip was a church building in DuFort. This building was for a thriving congregation which was worshipping under a tarp. We welded steel angle iron together, made T-posts, and set them in concrete. We braced them and made steel trusses and placed them on the walls. We then ran the lathe and attached the metal roof by special screws that we had transported from the states. The building was approximately 34 feet wide and 60 feel long. When I left, I ordered and had delivered the materials to begin building the block walls that will fill the spaces between the posts.
The second project was in Grand Gove. This church was on a narrow piece of land between two buildings, and it was 21 feet wide and about 74 feel long. This construction was not as conductive for steel construction so I purchased treated (insect and rot resistant) lumber and built frame walls and wooden trusses, and then we attached metal roofing. The ladies of this church worked with sledge hammers, picks, shovels, and wheel barrows to the point that we were simply amazed.
In short, both churches turned out to be beautiful structures of which both congregations were very proud. The people who went with me seemed thrilled with the whole experience and have already begun talking about going again next year. In fact, some are talking about going again in just a month or two.
I should also report that on the last Friday of January 21, that we visited the only pastor that we still have living in a tent. The brethren from Canada wanted to buy a piece of land to build him a house. They authorized the purchase of a lot that we were shown.
I am taking another group to work at the orphanage and in the surrounding churches in February. I have pasted some pictures below.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Pastors Retreat/Summit January 2011
"I was challenged, filled, emptied, made to rejoice, cry, and just flow into the presence of the presence of the Lord. I have been made to step up and be more than I have been." Pastor A.L. Henderson
"The retreat was absolutely amazing. Rev. Massey's messages and instructions were phenomenal." Going home we all made the statement, "We could have listened to him all day long". Randy and Cathi Jones
"My soul is bursting at the seams it's so full. Dr. Massey was God sent." Pastor Judy Lyles.
"My wife and I returned to Short Creek better equipped to shepherd God's wonderful sheep." Pastor Shane Pate
"I was truly amazed and blessed by the message of Dr. Massey. I have never seen a theological scholar who is so godly like Dr. Massey. I could feel the awesome presence of God throughout the meeting. It was wonderful. I also have decided to spend time with the Lord every morning alone for a few hours. I am still shaking in my heart because of the presence of the Holy Spirit." Pastor John Wessly
These are some of the emails that have been coming in. Dr. Massey and Dr. Cardin blessed us so much this pass weekend.
Dr. Massey taught three pastoral lessons with Dr. Cardin's message closing the retreat. Someone said of Bishop Cardin, "He put the icing on the cake".
We left feeling blessed of God and ready to forge ahead in our ministry of Pastoral Care.
More pictures will follow soon.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Update: Bishop John Doroshuk
Bishop John Doroshuk was able to spend a few days home from the hospital to be with his family over the holidays. He fights a daily battle with the tumor on his brain, but continues in steadfast faith, sharing always of the joy of the Lord
Please continue to remember Bishop John, his wife Ruth and their ever present and caring family during this time. Europe, the CIS and the Middle East continue to fast and pray for his healing and we with the family ask the church and friends to continue praying in faith.
Please continue to remember Bishop John, his wife Ruth and their ever present and caring family during this time. Europe, the CIS and the Middle East continue to fast and pray for his healing and we with the family ask the church and friends to continue praying in faith.
Join The Heritage Ministries Association for 2011
The Heritage Ministries Association supports the Heritage Ministries Department, assists in maintaining and improving the Fields of the Wood, First Assembly House, Shearer Schoolhouse site, and the Holy Ghost marker.
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