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<\/p>\nEvery mission trip is different, and this one is no exception.\u00a0 I have been to Haiti 4 other times, and each time God has blessed me to see things through His eyes like I have never seen before.\u00a0 That makes me no better or worse than others who have or haven’t experienced a mission trip, and one to Haiti in particular.\u00a0 But it has given me a glimpse and affirmation of what God wants me to do for Him, and that is serve the people of Haiti.<\/p>\n
Ezra Vision Ministries was blessed to send 11 missionaries on this one trip alone.\u00a0 We arrived this past\u00a0Saturday, and got acclimated to the climate and area of Haiti where we have been staying near Chambrun, Haiti.\u00a0 To say it is a rural part of Haiti would be an understatement.\u00a0 To say the people here are not warm and friendly would also be so far from the truth – I could spend the rest of my time describing their insatiable love for God, Jesus, and Christians at large.<\/p>\n
EVM is building its first of many schools, starting in Onaville, Haiti.\u00a0 Our prayer and plan is to open this one this coming September when the school year officially begins.<\/p>\n
This morning, we had the wonderful opportunity to be in Onaville, and got to support another mission team who needed someone to lead in singing with the children during a Vacation Bible School.\u00a0\u00a0 We sang 3 songs,\u00a0all in Creole:\u00a0 “Soon and Very Soon, We are going to see the King,” “Jesus Loves Me,” and “Love Lifted Me.”<\/p>\n
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Singing songs at VBS. We actually sang in Creole!<\/strong><\/p>\n To see the love and hope in the eyes of the very same children who will,\u00a0for some,\u00a0have their first experience in a structured school setting this coming September,\u00a0was both eye-opening, and informative for what God has in store for the people of Onaville.\u00a0 Through the generous contribution of our donors, EVM,\u00a0will open the “Institution Chr\u00e9tien Mixte David Steward,” in September 2014.<\/p>\n One of the children who will be attending “Institution Chr\u00e9tien Mixte David Steward” this September<\/strong><\/p>\n Two songs come to mind after this particular experience; John P.\u00a0 Kee’s song, “There’s a Lily in the Valley,” and Chris Tomlin’s song, “I Will Follow.”\u00a0 Those songs say a lot about what God is doing to, and prayerfully, through me.<\/p>\n Children who are now living in abject poverty, will have the opportunity and ability to gain a Christian-based education.\u00a0 God showed me that He can be a “Lily in the Valley”–even in the lowest of valleys!\u00a0\u00a0 I have resolved once again to serve him through EVM,\u00a0and however else He decides to use me.<\/p>\n Thanks for reading this blog, and I pray God’s richest blessings on you.\u00a0 Please pray and support Ezra Vision Ministries through whatever means God lays on your heart.\u00a0 There is a mighty work to do in Haiti, and the true “Lily” is there too!<\/p>\n In His Grip<\/p>\n Ronnie Hawkins, Jr.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every mission trip is different, and this one is no exception.\u00a0 I have been to Haiti 4 other times, and each time God has blessed me to see things through His eyes like I have never seen before.\u00a0 That makes me no better or worse than others who have or haven’t experienced a mission trip, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[75,74,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/1724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lily\"](\"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lily.jpg\")
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