Haiti

The IFES Caribbean team are supporting Descheny, the only staff worker with GBEUH Haiti. In extremely challenging circumstances, Descheny and his students are sharing the hope of Christ with young people in Haiti. Ask God to bless and grow this work, and build a sustainable support structure for Descheny and the wider movement within Haiti, so that more students in more parts of the country can be equipped to follow and share Christ on campus and throughout their lives.

PiFò Haiti would like us to pray for security issues to improve - travelling by boat between the mainland and La Gonâve is dangerous, affecting supplies being transported. Thank God that PiFò Haiti’s garden project is growing hot peppers, green peppers, tomatoes, onions, spinach & cabbage during a time of great uncertainty and food insecurity.

Praise God that two women will be graduating from teacher’s college this month in Haiti. Naphtalie and Abigaëlle have worked hard for three years & are excited to begin their new teaching roles in the autumn.

Praise God that the first big crop of cabbage has been harvested from PiFò Haiti’s Community Garden Project and sold to local market vendors. This is an amazing blessing to so many amidst a time of severe food shortages. Thank God that we were successful in our grant application for PiFò Haiti’s Community Garden Project, improving food security on La Gonâve.

Banks on La Gonâve have been running out of cash and the queues are long every day. Pray that money can be transferred safely from mainland Haiti. Also, two large shipments sent from mainland Haiti to La Gonâve were pirated out on the water. Carl, a friend and supplier of PiFò Haiti, has lost everything. Pray for him & his family as they figure out the next steps for their business. Please pray for PiFò Haiti’s programme manager, Emerson, and his family. They are overwhelmed by the number of friends & neighbours asking for food and money. May God give them wisdom to know how best to help.

Ask God to bring peace, healing and political stability to the nation of Haiti. Pray that PiFò Haiti would be able to use their food programmes to support those on La Gonâve who are desperately hungry. Continue to thank God for PiFò Haiti’s new well at their community garden project, which is such a blessing to the local people, especially given the current instability.

Following prayers last month, PiFò Haiti have decided to drill a well at their garden project to ensure they have secure access to water for their crops. Thank God - we were able to release funds & work is already underway. Also, please continue to pray for PiFò Haiti’s Project Manager, Emerson, who has severe bone pain which has impacted his mobility. Pray he would focus on taking care of himself without feeling guilty about work.

Please pray for wisdom for PiFò Haiti as they consider buying a motorbike with a flatbed on the back to help transport building supplies up to the mountain garden. Each trip is currently costing them around $100. Praise God for the routine established in the schools of PiFò Haiti. Pray for continued success and growth in education for the students, especially the "littles" at Monal's school. Pray for the students and teachers at PiFò Haiti, especially those at Pastor Cenet's School in the mountains. Praise God for their small food programme and for the completion of their school building.

Thank God for the staff at PiFò Haiti who provide creative ways to enjoy school and learn about important holidays, such as the recently celebrated Haitian flag day. Pray also for all the team at PiFò Haiti as things are so bad in country right now. So many people they know have died recently from illness or gang violence on the mainland, and the country is on the brink of civil war.

Pray God will protect PiFò Haiti and people on the island of La Gonâve from fast-spreading cholera. Pray also that PiFò Haiti can meet its budget, so that it can focus on the all the aspects of mission God has for the team. Praise God for the small food programme run by three young men in the slum area of the island. There were big smiles from the thirty malnourished children as they saw the pot of food cooking and received a meal.

Laurent from GBEUH Haiti shares: “Our country has been going through a multidimensional crisis for many years, and recently the situation has worsened. Pray that the [student movement] board members, staff, students and friends of the movement would be renewed in their faith in Jesus Christ, relying on his divine and wonderful help. Despite the struggles, they do allow us to live and share our faith in Jesus Christ without risk, which can be a powerful testimony. Pray that people would notice and turn to Jesus themselves.”