Conversations

This is a local general contractor, Elicien, who has worked with HAFF off and on for longer than I have been in Haiti. The other day I had the opportunity to give him a ride as we were both heading toward Pignon. While we were traveling, we had another of the many conversations like we have had over the years about matters of faith.

As a missionary with HAFF, I do not go door to door handing out Christian literature or asking people to make a decision right now about faith in Christ. What I do is engage in conversations in the course of my daily activities, driving, teaching, meeting people at the door or on the road or in the office. Those conversations frequently turn to talk of faith. And over the years, Lord willing, these conversations will hopefully break down the barriers preventing people from putting their faith fully in Christ or will encourage them to deepen their faith. Just as the conversations I had with family and friends many years ago broke down the barriers that prevented me from putting my faith in Christ.

Please pray for Eliciene and others like him that they would be able to put their faith fully in Christ. Please pray for me while I am up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States this summer (I leave Thursday), that I would be strenghtened to return and have more of these conversations. Please pray that those conversations would more frequently become the type of conversations that draw people closer to Jesus Christ.