Petite Riviere de l’artibonite, Haiti
Pastor Jonas Bievenue
Jonas has been the pastor of the bible teaching church in Artibonite, Haiti since his graduation from the Cross to Light Haiti Bible Training Center in 2012. Artibonite is situated North of Port au Prince and has an overall population of over 1.7 million. The specific area that Jonas is situated in, Petit riviere de l’artibonite, has been historically rooted in voodoo and his church is the only one that teaches through the bible in that province.
Jonas prayed fervently about where God wanted him to start a church after he completed his pastoral training. God told him to go back to his home town. He was faithful and started a home group. He now has a solid leadership team who minister to children and adults every week with bible studies.
During the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, pastor Jonas was one of the first volunteers to come out with teams to help. He is always happy to lend a hand. He is an excellent servant Shepherd example to us all.
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Sleep Like a Baby
Life is tough. Whether taught or not we know it's true. Jesus taught the truth. He never promised life with Him would be easy. In fact, he taught the opposite. He was constantly coaching how to persevere through the storm, not on how to get out of the storm. His own example is remarkable. We find Him and his disciples in the middle of a terrifying storm on the Sea of Galilee. The reason they were in the storm to [...]
A Time to Mourn
A mother explains; it was in the middle of the night, total darkness, no light. The horrible sound of the hurricane was all around. There was no where safe to go. We were trapped inside our small hut that was a thin sheet against the raging storm. We were as high as we could get on our beds trying to stay above the water and mud. The walls could not bear the weight of the water flooding outside. The [...]
Hurricane Matthew Haiti Aftermath
Port au Prince, Haiti, October 6, 2016 Hurricane Matthew brought flooding, mud and wind damage to Haiti. Biggest need (in order): water, food, clothing, structure assistance: [x_button shape="square" size="regular" float="none" href="https://crosstolight.com/donate/" title="Donate to Help" info="none" info_place="top" info_trigger="hover"]Donate to Help[/x_button] Est. 350,000 people are in need of help. Shortage of food & water. Many homes destroyed/flattened. Mud and flooding clean-up continues. 108+ reported dead to date. God protected the Cross to Light facilities and most of the churches. The biggest [...]