Election and groups coming in

I pray that all of you keep us in your prayers. We really need them right now. One of the candidates supposedly cheated. The candidate for the people Michel Martelly. This has caused demonstrations all over Haiti. Keep this in your prayers. There are people protesting on the street everyday. They say they won't stop protesting until he is put in the election run off. We are safe. We thank you for all of you prayers. We have a group coming in the last week of the December and we need them to come so that they can restore hope to this country.

The government manipulated the ballots so they could get the candidate in to office. But the people here won't put up with it. This is the final straw for them they have put up with so much from the government not doing anything that they want their candidate.

I went today with an English friend of mine into the mountains trying to go to Furcy to figure out how we can best help the area that is in need. The people blocked the road with burned tires and trees that blocked the road. This all seems surreal, like it is not happening. We try to go to the store to find food. Many of the stores are closed and we go to the ones that are open. Please if you can help in anyway please contact our organization. The devil will not win this battle. We need your support. The uncertainty of everything is a little scary. We know God will give us the victory. Victory in Jesus name!!!!!!!!

Tropical Storm Tomas and other stuff

Hello everyone again. We all made it through the storm with no problems. We know that God protected us through the storm. We know that we can do it with out Jesus.

All of us need to remember that what is impossible with man is possible with God(Luke 18:27). We just had a revival in our area in Boucan. We had about 200 people and we were able to feed 95 percent of everyone. It was great to see how God gives us the victory.

We have been busy with small groups in September and October but now we are now getting ready for the groups who are coming in December.

We just heard some bad news. Donald and Majorie with not be able to attend Oneida Baptist Institute because they are too old. We are now trying to get them into Big sandy community college in Prestonsburg, ky. We just really need for all of you to pray that God will lead them to the right school. If you have any other options of schools that they can go to please contact me.

I know they have a hard road ahead of them but they are trusting that God will be the one that gets them there. Keep us in your prayers because we need them.

Any of you that would like to keep in contact with me through my email ramones225@gmail.com or talk to me on Facebook it really helps me to be encouraged to know that there are a lot of people who really care about us. We need your prayers and your encouragement to keep doing this work.

We have over 200 kids in school right now and more keep coming everyday. It will be great if we could get our school up by next year. There is an idea of using carports to get started which we would like to get started as soon as possible. Please if you would like to help with the school please contact me or my father to find out all of the programs that we are doing right now.

Thank you for all of our supporters, friends, families, and groups that have came to help us with our work. Thank you for all of your help and may God Bless all of you.

prayer requests & blessings

Hello everyone once again for the Hope in the Light update. We recently had a five day revival and many were blessed by that. We have just been able to buy our sound system :mixer speakers and a bass guitar. God has really blessed us. I would ask all of you to keep the church in your prayers because we are looking at some land and we don't know when we will have the money to buy land but we are believing God for that. The church is at max capacity at most of our services and we really need a space so that we can get even more people from the area involved with the church in our area.

My wife and I have started making our own house on a lot near our house. The problem is that we need to make a payment for it soon or we will have to pay more. Keep this in your prayers we need 8,000 US but if we could get at least 4,000 it would be appreciated. Just keep it in your prayers we are at the point where we don't know what to do. We have a sistern and we are digging the foundation right now. God has been doing many things for and he is always faithful and we are believing that he will do this also.

My brother in law Raymond will be getting married on the 16th of this month so pray that everything goes well with all the preparations. I will be preaching at the wedding but not doing the ceremony because I don't have all of my paperwork here registered with the Haitian government.

Keep Project 58 in your prayers they have taken on the task of finding support for our school and all of us here that is not and easy thing. They would like to partner with us to get our school built.

We recently found out that Donald and Marjorie will be able to attend a Oneida Baptist Institute free because they have received a scholarship. Praise God!! I almost couldn't believe it when the admissions lady said that she would give them scholarships. Isn't our God good. Now the real hurdles start: passport, application, plane ticket, but we know God will provide we just need to do it in his time not our time.

Also keep the church planting projects in our hearts Pastor Jason Hutchinson out of Painstville, Ky has the vision that God gave him to church plant churches all over Haiti but the project seems like it is taking a little while to get off the ground.

If any of you that feel that God is leading you to help us in anyway please email me at ramones225@gmail.com or my father at midonde@hotmail.com we would appreciate it.
Just check out our website to see in what ways you can help. www.hopeinthelight.org
Take Care and God Bless all of you.
Your brother in faith.

Lance Ware
Director of Operations

Trip, School and stuff

Hello everyone it has been quite awhile since I have written a blog. So the wait is over, I will break my silence now. Donald and Majorie are going to have a chance to study at a U.S. Boarding school!!!! Thanks to Lori Underwood who referred me to check out Oneida Bible Institute. God is Good, all the time!!!

Many things happened on our time in the U.S. we were able to go to from Miami to Hilton Head, South Carolina. We stayed with some friends of ours there for the night. Then the next morning we left to drive 12 hours to Williamson, WV. We stayed in the area for 2 weeks then made our way to St. Louis, MO where the founders of Project 58(www.project58.org) live. They are helping with getting support for the construction for the Hope in the Light school building. From St. Louis we went to Minneapolis, MN where we met one of our board members Steve Jacobs and his family. We stayed there about a week, we really enjoyed staying there we went to the zoo, I went to Target Field (the twins baseball field), and a hot air balloon ride. It was a great time. We went from there to my college town Alva, OK. While we were they we spoke at an Art counsel at Northwestern Oklahoma State University( my ama mauter). It was good to see friends and talk to people about Haiti. From there we made our way to Corpus Christi, TX where we saw my family and visited churches that feel like home to us. From there we went to Mobile, Alabama where we stayed the night and after that we made our way to Miami. We missed our first flight so we flew out the next day with a few problems but God got us back here to Haiti. The Devil couldn't stop us!!!

Keep Donald and Majorie in your prayers that everything will go smoothly, that we can find a sponsor for them. Please also keep Hope in the Light and all of our projects in your prayers. We really appreciate all of the support, prayers, and encouragement we receive from all of you. Take care. God Bless all of you.

Orphanage and other stuff

Hello everyone I know it has been awhile. But we have been really busy here in Haiti. We finished the orphanage. We had a small construction team come and put the roof on the orphanage. We are also working on an apartment for the future directors. We also have a school on our basketball court. So things have been moving along and it was a real blessing to have Pastor Jason Hutchinson, and Pastor Darrell here to do the pastor's conference here at our home church. We have been blessed by the groups coming. They have given us a lot of useful advice that will help us for the future. If you are interested in coming then please let us know email me at ramones225@gmail.com. For information, brochures, and any other literature just email the executive director Ralph Ware at midonde@hotmail.com.

The school is growing and we are praying for the school to be full next year. We have about 120 to 130 students in our school right now we are hoping to have closer to 200 students next year. Keep us in your prayers we really need them. We will be leaving for the U.S. in late July so if you would like to us to stop by please contact me. Thanks and God Bless.

Things are really coming along

We have been really busy that is why I haven't been able to blog. I pray that all of you that read this will get something out of this. My father and a evangelist friend Tallat Mohammed came in on March 26. Tallat helped us at our revival. We had about 10 salvations during this revival. It was a really great to see God moving. God was here in every service. We thank all of you who support us and please keep us in your prayers we will need them.

We had a group from Alabama they put the roof on our orphanage. We also had 2 people from West Virginia Bobby Edwards, and Rudy Slater. They really blessed us when they were here. We also started our school this past Monday and the kids will keep coming in. We just really pray that all of you will help in anyway you can.

It has been hard to go see my cousins in Port Au Prince because our organization can't help the way we would like to. But we know that God will provide everything for what we need to do. I was ordained while Tallat was here. It is a great privilege to be called Pastor Lance. It is something that has been on my mind for quite a while. All of us need to keep our heads up and know that God will provide for us. God Bless you all.

Mesidor

Today started out like any ordinary day. But my father and a evangelist friend of mine Tallat Mohammed were here visiting. My friend Tallat wanted to see some of the devastation. So I thought okay I have my cousins who live in Port au Prince and they can show you some of the devastation and my cousins in the area will guide us through the destruction.
One of my cousins lost part of his leg during the earthquake. When I had been there before I didn't get to see him. His name is Mesidor. We had been praying for him since the earthquake on January 12th. I was so amazed about how he was still in such high hopes. I couldn't really understand how someone who had lost just about everything still could show love to his family that is not blood related.
I was so happy to see him when I got there. I hugged him a couple of times because I haven'tbeen able to help him since the earthquake. So we went to the tents where my family has been staying since the earthquake on January 12th. My father went to the side and was happyto see the family in the area. So Tallat and I went to sit with my cousin mesidor, we took a few pictures because I had been wanting some pictures with him for a long time. A moment later my friend Tallat started talking to Mesidor about the lord. I tried to translate as best as I could through creole which is not my official second language but I know how to speak in it well enough to get by in this country.
As we kept going it was like the power of God really came on Tallat and we brought Mesidor, his fiance Elena to the lord and a few people in the area to the lord.
One of the first things Tallat said was "Mesidor, this body is not the real Mesidor, the real mesidor is inside you, your spirit. Nobody's perfect, we all aren't perfect, but Jesus forgives us of all of our sins," Tallat Said. He later went on to have Mesidorsay the sinner's prayer with a few other people near him.
It was an amazing site and the funny thing was that Tallat didn't remember even what he said. God does work in mysterious ways. God is good all the time. It was an emotional time for all of us who were in the family. My wife had spoke to Mesidor about Jesus a week before and he didn't accept Jesus that day.
But it took a little man from Guyana to lead him to the lord. Praise God and Regions Beyond Evangelism.
If you would like to know more about Hope in the light Ministry and Regions Beyond Evangelism. Here is the website for regionsbeyond is www.regionsbeyond.tv, and Hope in the Light Ministryis www.hopeinthelight.org.
Thank you and God Bless you all.

orphanage started

The past week has been hard. But we are slowly getting on our feet.
It is just funny how God works. Right when you think things aren't working out he does something.
Right when you need it. That is how I feel in Haiti sometimes. I feel a little lost but God guides me to find the path.
He guides me of where to go. The orphanage is just getting started. We started bringing up
the supplies yesterday. We started the work week today. Pray that we can use the money wisely.
Help is slowly coming in but we know god will bless our organization, and bless us in multitudes.
Faith is something we have to let God do the work that he needs us to do without us interfering.
There are many needs for us as missionaries and also for the Haitian people.
We thank you for all of the help you are giving and all the future help that is coming through you.
Our prayers are with all of you.

God is moving 5 salvations last night

I am really glad to be back in Haiti. I felt uncomfortable while I was in Florida because we couldn't spend enough time with the people we cared about. It was hard Monday and Tuesday because of lack of sleep. But last night was amazing because we had a lady accept Jesus and 4 kids accepted Jesus. This is really amazing to see what God is doing in Haiti. It is easier for people to accept Jesus in Haiti because they need him. There is desperation in this country for an answer. People here and all over the world need Jesus. That is what I will leave you with today. God Bless all of you.

Back home in Haiti

It is good to finally get back here after the long day my family and I just had. We started at 3:45 this morning. I slept for about 2 and a half hours, then was woke up by a friend. He was worried my family and I would miss our flights so his dad got up at 3:00 and made sure that we were up. We were able to leave by 4:30 this morning and arrived in Tampa international airport by 5:30 after we returned the rental car, we made our way inside to check our bags. We checked 4 bags plus a car seat. Then we made our way onto the plane then went to Miami. We arrived in Miami and then about an hour later we left and were on our way to Haiti. Keep us in your prayers. A few needs we have if any of you have laptop computers you would like to donate or would like to purchase one for Hope in the Light it would be appreciated. For more information www.hopeinthelight.org

Haiti is starting to change

Haiti is starting to change. That is an understatement. There were thousands of people who became christians this past weekend. The churches of Haiti were urged to fast and pray February 12th,13th,14th. Many were blessed and many decided the way they live. This is just the start what God is going to do here. We had a girl who was possessed by an evil spirit, we tried 2 times to get it out of her during this fasting period, but he spirit didn't come out. Today February 16th we invited a Haitian Pastor, Pastor Enock, who prayed with us over her to make this spirit leave her alone and it did. Praise God! Her mother became a christian shortly after that. We had a service tonight and 5 people were saved. That is 6 salvations in one day. This is the most I have seen happen in one day, but I know God will do it. Tomorrow we are going to give out food in the village of Boucan. There has been money donated to get 30 bags of rice. We will see God use it like the 3 loaves and 2 fishes tomorrow. Keep us in your prayers. We will use it as an opportunity to let people about Jesus. Hope in the Light appreciates all the help that all of you have given. We really appreciate it. None of the work would be possible without you. For those of you who don't know about us you can check out our website www.hopeinthelight.org. Those of you suffering our prayers go out to you. I pray you seek god and find him. He will provide for your needs. If anyone is interested Hope in the Light please email me at ramones225@gmail.com or the executive director at midonde@hotmail.com. We are still looking for new churches to sponsor us if you maybe interested. If you need us to speak at your church we would the opportunity to come speak at your church.
Here is an update of Mona's cousin's we were able to get 2 of Mona's cousin's to come and live with with 3 small children. Please keep then in your prayers. They have had a tough time this past month. Will update about the food tomorrow. Take Care and God Bless all of you.

Going to Port Au Prince

We had another salvation in our church it was Mona's cousin Dieula. Here is the story behind the whole thing:

Today I went to Port au Prince, in an area called Route St. Martin. When I first got there I cried. First we went to find my wife's cousins. They have always accepted them as family. I hated to see them that way. It was awful, to see people sitting under sheets they had put up so they have some shade in the hot sun. It felt like someone had shoved my head in an oven, it was so hot. Where I live it is cool because we live at a higher elevation, but where my family lives it is hot and there are flies everywhere. It just mad me feel sad, that they had to suffer like this and I can go home and sleep in a house that is still standing. But this gave me an opportunity to suggest the idea of having a clinic and I know God will bless it. After we talked with Mona's cousin's awhile, we asked who wanted to come and stay with us. There was only one that wanted to come with us her name is Dieula. She had stayed with us before when we were in another house, and mona has always had a special place in her heart for her. It was shocking to me that one of Mona's cousin's name fabiola, who has a one year old, rather stay there with her son playing in the dirt with no pants on then have him come with us. It is where they have lived all their lives I guess. People are always afraid of change. Shortly after that we left with Dieula and went to our house. Once we arrived at our house we had our Wednesday night service. After we sang our 5 or 6 songs we asked if there were any visitors. This is when Mona's cousin Dieula(jula) stood up and she said that mona had invited her to church, and that we had brought her to our house. Next they asked her if she wanted to become a christian. She said she was ready. Then they asked her if she wanted to accept Jesus today and she said yes. Finally we prayed over her and she said the sinner's prayer right after that. It was amazing. The people in her area are in real need. We pray that this story will show you why we are in Haiti. This is just one day in the life of most Haitians, very difficult but they find a way to go on. Please keep us in your prayers, we need them. God Bless all of you.

More Gridlock in Haiti

Well today is another day in Haiti. Why is it so hard for NGOs to find help for the people need them. There are so many people suffering right now in this country, why does it have to be so hard? My heart goes out to the people of Haiti. They have been though so much why do they need to suffer more? These are many of the thoughts I have when I am in Port Au Prince or Petionville and see so many people with no place to live and no food or water. Even when people get food some of them end up selling it, which is against the whole idea of aid. Everyone needs to pray for Hope in the Light Ministry and Haiti. Many people need tents to sleep under, food, water, port o potties, clothes, shoes, and toys for little kids. Any escape for a child is a good one right now. We need your help!! For those of you who are helping us right now, we thank you. For those of you who are interested please email the executive director in Texas at midonde@hotmail, or email us at ramones225@gmail.com. We appreciate all of you . God willing we will find the aid we need. Please email us with encouragement it helps us through this tough time in Haiti. Jesus said "when you give you will receive". This is the basis of all our work here. Jesus also said "I was hungry and your gave me something to eat".

Haiti needs help

This is Lance Ware Director of Operations of Hope in the Light Ministry in Haiti. The situation here in Haiti is dire. There are people living n tents, under tarps and sheets all over this country. This is a very critical time for Haiti because it is slowly recovering. But there needs to be a way for the NGO's here can get access to the Aid that is coming in. This one of the problems with the aid. The aid is not getting everywhere people are in need. It is almost 3 weeks after this earthquake and many people still are suffering with no help. I have many people calling me to help, but our organization is trying to get the help to the people who needs it but it is hard.
If any of you are interested in helpng these people, go to: www.hopeinthelight.org for more information. Our family is okay but we are in search of a new house, everyone please keep us in your prayers, we really need them. All the news agencies are talking about Port Au Prince but there are people in the mountains suffering too. We lost one of our students during the earthquake. This was a sad day for our school. I never wanted to see any of my students die! There are many people who are injured and in need in the village of Boucan and Madeleine. These people are waiting for us. Thank you to you who have donated already and those who want to give now. My family and I thank you and God Bless you all.