News from Trinity HOPE
This is one of a series of articles which we make available each month to keep our supporters informed about our activities. Trinity HOPE, a not-for-profit charitable organization, raises funds and administers feeding programs that provide a noon meal for the hungry children who attend our schools in Haiti where the Good News of Jesus is shared daily.
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Will the program survive.
By Jay Brinkmeyer
Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
Mark 5:35
My family has been reading through the Bible this year using the Bible Recap app. As I am writing this, we are in the book of Chronicles, and I have been reminded that there have been sometimes that our ancient ancestors were roughed up pretty soundly by their adversaries. Whole towns and clans of ‘kites’ were wiped from the face of the earth. After reading about old history, it sure seems like the children of Haiti have been going through very tough challenges of their own for several centuries and many believers now are wondering when the Lord will
prevail and bring them peace.
I came across an old saying in a book about Nebraska History recently that caused me to consider the journey of Haitian school children. The old proverb advised that “Shared joy is a double joy, shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” In July 2021, Haitian President Moise was assassinated, and the country has been experiencing a gang related turmoil ever since. How can the Christian schools with Trinity HOPE feeding programs continue to remain open amid this daily chaos? Will the program survive? “Don’t be afraid, just believe.”
We have an awesome God. Christian schools with Trinity HOPE feeding programs don’t just survive…they thrive. As of March, the program started adding schools again! There are currently 335 schools throughout Haiti with Trinity HOPE feeding programs. Back in the day when I lived and worked in Haiti, there were no Christian schools in the Northwest corner of Haiti where Port-de-Paix is located. Now, God is thriving. Trinity HOPE is feeding children in Christian schools today in Northwest Haiti; God is thriving.
Will the program survive? It sure appears that is what God is doing in Haiti despite the gangs and lack of government. We serve an awesome God who has been with us forever. I happened to read Psalm 9:10 recently and the verse seemed to accurately describe the relationship that the Haitian children and we have with our God; “And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.” Will the program survive? Don’t be afraid…just believe.
May God be with you.