November and December happenings

This past month has been really hard.  First we had a group come in November from Valley Baptist Church in Lakeland, Minnesota, during the thanksgiving holiday. They helped fix the Land Rover.  Also the head pastor from Valley Baptist lead a pastor and leadership conference.  We were all very blessed by their presence.  Thank you Valley Baptist Church for all of your help.
It is a real blessing but hard work to take care of the team and to have transportation and to get my kids to school.  It just can be hard.  So then we take care of the team and I think okay now I will have time for a few days to get a break. 

Mona and Marylyss Lucker of Valley Baptist Church
at the Apparent Project.

 But then my adopted son Tipaul started to go to night school to be a mechanic.  So then I had to take the kids to school at 5:30 and would come back and try to relax while trying to help my wife with her seminary work.  So then a few days pass and I then I think "Okay now maybe I will get a break for the weekend".  Nope then we had a revival every night for a week.  It just can be trying on you when you are taking the kids then relax for an hour then get up then go to a revival every night.  The youth did a really great job doing the revival here.  

I preached on Tuesday night, Pastor Canes ( my associate pastor), and Pastor Clairmont were speakers during the week.  Also there was a powerful testimony by a man named Wilner about how the devil was trying to kill him.  It was a long testimony and I revealed to him that God has a call on his life to preach. I prayed for him along with my wife Mona, that he maybe delivered and know the promises he has with Christ.  That the sickness will never return in Jesus name.  We will go and evangelize the village of Boucan on December 27th.  This is the area that the mission site is located and where we want to start our orphanage in the near future.  

Leaders leading worship on the final day of the revival

I will resume the Men's group.  We haven't met for 3 weeks and I just haven't felt right about it.  I am glad that we can get started again to build up the men so we can have the future elders of the church, and also to build up leaders to be able to go out and tell others about Jesus.  If you would like to support our men's group please contact me by Facebook or email.  We need support of about 20 dollars a week to be able to have refreshment for our group.  This group is life changing, it encourages the men to come when we have refreshments.  It is nice to have a secure area where we can talk about what we are going through and where we would like to be.  

This past week an anonymous donor gave 200 dollars so a single mother could pay for her kids to go to school.  She asked me about a week ago if I could find someone to pay for her kids so that they don't kick her kids out of the school.  I am so thankful that God had moved to be able to help this family in need.  I know many of you say what can I do?  You think you can't really make a difference in anyone's life but this family was so thankful because they had no answer.  

The church enjoying the final day of the revival.  

Keep us in your prayers this hasn't been an easy Christmas this year.  My parents and family had sent us money this year to help and we are very thankful.  I always want my Christmas celebration to be perfect and I never seem to get it right.  We just had our dell give me a blue screen and my little aspire one laptop will need a screen and keyboard.  It just seems like the devil wants to attack us through what we have.  Our solar panels were accidentally broken during our revival because we hadn't found a place to put it.  Even though he does this God always has an answer.  Please remember to give this Christmas season and know that Jesus was the ultimate gift for your and your family.  God Bless you all, Merry Christmas and Happy New year. 

new church opportunities

Imagine going to a city that you have been to many times.  But then you go to the bad part of town and you look at where the poorer people live.  At first you might be afraid to go there.  But when you get there, you find out that you actually have a heart for the people of thisarea and you are determined to help them no matter what.  This is what happened to me today.

In an area called Juvernat me, Pastor Clairmont, and Pastor Enock, Ivisited a church that is basically dying.  The pastor no longer can take care of this parish anymore and has been hungry for 5 days. When Iheard this it almost made me cry.  We had given him a little bit of money because it touched our hearts to help him.  This is a place surrounded by buildings.  It reminds me of an area in Port Au Prince called Route St. Martin.  I couldn't help that area but this area maybe able to accomplish the vision God has given me.  You never know what God is going to do.  Many times we think we know what we want but we actually don't.  He knows what is bettter for us. We are also working on taking over a church in Boucan.  This is going to be a lot of work but we know God will help us accomplish it.

Through the leading of the Holy Spirit we are able to accomplish many things. We just need to be willing to do the work. I had been discouraged this past few months because we hadn't really been doing anything. But when we I decided to step out and trust God for the answer he did it.
We just need to do the work that he has called us to do. Keep the faith and step out and he will do the work that he called us to do.

Needs for HLM and future

This past week we received 72 boxes from Love a Child.  That was a real blessing. We gave food at a remote village in the mountains of Haiti in an area called Robin.  The families there are very desperate for anyone to help them because the government does not help this area at all.  We are praying that God will help us start a school and church in this area.  Keep praying that God will make a way and Jesus Christ will be glorified.  

We have been having spirit filled services here at our Hope in the Light Church.  It has been very encouraging to see the young people blossom through the truth of Jesus Christ.  We have started a men's group and it has been great.  Me as a pastor have been blessed greately to hear the men of the church and their needs.  It makes me feel less disconnected from them.  It helps me know that I am not alone in many of the problems that I have are the problems of many other men.  Jesus gets all of the glory because I don't deserve any credit for this group it is all God.  For all of you who are out there reading this please keep this group in your prayers God has been using me and the leaders of the group greatly.  To God ge the glory.

We are looking at some land in the area for our church. We would also like to have a school so that students in the area may have a chance to have a christian education.  It is vital to our church and to the children in the area.  The building is a need because some people will not come to our church because it is being held in our garage.  We know that God will make a way for us he always does.  I have the vision that God has given me but I need to be patient with him to be able to accomplish his vision and not my own.

School started this past week but many of the students did not come.  We are encouraged that they will come this week.  I pray the support can grow so that we maybe able to have a high school for all of the students in the area that don't have a chance to go to school or the money to go to school.  Thank you for all of your support and prayers.God Bless you all.

Lance

Needs and situations of a missionary

Hello everyone.  This is the Director of operations here in Haiti.  Things have been a little trying.  We got Angie enrolled at Quisqueya Christian School.  That was a chore, but through God's grace we have been able to get through it.  But that doesn't really mean that the devil hasn't been trying to attack us in every way possible.  We have had problems with our power, our food, and also our vehicles.  We just had our Land Rover breakdown today and barely got it back to our house.  Keep us in your prayers and we know that God will make away through this tough time.  Donald and Marjorie have received scholarships to go to TBI for the fall semester but we are unsure what to do.  We would love to have them go but I don't know what they will do after their 4 month I-20 runs out.  I am applying to two schools for them one is a need based college and the other is a liberal arts young men's college in the California desert.  But the only problem is that they won't get accepted until next year.  So we have a window from January to July or August.  Please pray that God will help us to know what he wants us to do.  Our school in Boucan will start in either September or October.  Take Care and God Bless you all.
Lance

Share HLM Newsletter 23.pdf - 673 KB

Share HLM Newsletter 23.pdf - 673 KB

Hello everyone here is a link to download our new newsletter.  It features a testimony from my niece from Majorie.  We are looking for schools for Donald and Majo to go to college.  We have found some perspective schools but they haven't been accepted at them yet just believing God will show us the way to go from here.  We know God is leading us we just don't want them to lose this chance.



 It has been a trying time here in Haiti.  We are still trying to get our power under control.  We have recently taken Reynalto, Raymond's son into our home and are hopefully going to adopt him in the near future.  It has been a trying time for him because so many people have left him and he has not had the attention that a child should have at his age.



We do this for Raymond we know this is what he would want us to do.  The lord tells us to take care of orphans and widows.  They can't help themselves.  It is not this boy's fault that his dad died and his mom ran away.  When we took him he was really skinny and had diarhea for three months.  It is by the grace of God that we were here at the right time to help him.



The church is stable right now.  We are hopefully going to get a men's group to meet soon.  It has been a need for a long time.  For men to have fellowship and have a place to say their peace with out Judgement.  We have lost our transportation for the moment.  We have a motorcycle that is our only transportation.  I was trying to drive the Dodge Dakota last week and the crankshaft broke.  Please keep us in your prayers because Angie is going to have to go to her Christian school next month.  God is in control and he will take care of it.  God Bless you all.

Lance

Share HLM Newsletter 23.pdf - 673 KB

Share HLM Newsletter 23.pdf - 673 KB

Hello everyone here is a link to download our new newsletter.  It features a testimony from my niece from Majorie.  We are looking for schools for Donald and Majo to go to college.  We have found some perspective schools but they haven't been accepted at them yet just believing God will show us the way to go from here.  We know God is leading us we just don't want them to lose this chance.



 It has been a trying time here in Haiti.  We are still trying to get our power under control.  We have recently taken Reynalto, Raymond's son into our home and are hopefully going to adopt him in the near future.  It has been a trying time for him because so many people have left him and he has not had the attention that a child should have at his age.



We do this for Raymond we know this is what he would want us to do.  The lord tells us to take care of orphans and widows.  They can't help themselves.  It is not this boy's fault that his dad died and his mom ran away.  When we took him he was really skinny and had diarhea for three months.  It is by the grace of God that we were here at the right time to help him.



The church is stable right now.  We are hopefully going to get a men's group to meet soon.  It has been a need for a long time.  For men to have fellowship and have a place to say their peace with out Judgement.  We have lost our transportation for the moment.  We have a motorcycle that is our only transportation.  I was trying to drive the Dodge Dakota last week and the crankshaft broke.  Please keep us in your prayers because Angie is going to have to go to her Christian school next month.  God is in control and he will take care of it.  God Bless you all.

Lance

Hello everyone it has been a long strange trip to get here.  The devil has been trying to attack us in every way.  First when we were leaving the U.S.  I forgot my Haitian resident card and we were delayed a day until we could leave.  We arrive in Haiti the next day.  We return to a house with an inverter that is slowly dying and electricity that is given on the mercy of the Haitian government.  All in all I have grown closer to God through all of these trials.  We don't have the words to thank all of the faithful people who have helped us throughout the year.  The work continues here even though the devil has tried everything to stop us from doing the work of God, we have the victory through our faith in Christ.

The church is almost around 60 people.  We are a young church but God uses us to continue to preach the Gospel to Haiti, to have Jesus Christ be glorified.  The school will be starting school and we need your continued sponsorship to help further the future of the children in the mountains of Haiti.  To let us shine in the darkness.  Haiti is a very dark place and a stronghold for the devil.  We can only do this work, through the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Without God I can do nothing.  That is why we depend so heavily on the support of faithful Christians who have a heart for Haiti and for the work of God.

Even though I was worried the the church here in Haiti would die or that the work here would fail.  God is faithful and it has continued and is growing.  We are very thankful for all of the support and prayers throughout this past year and we need them to continue.  Thank you Cornerstone Church, STBI,and especially Pastor Darryl Smith and Sister Catherine Smith. We couldn't do this work without you.  We would also like to thank Harborview Chapel who has be instrumental in helping in whatever we need through this year and beyond.

Thank you Pastor Rusty Maddox and his wife Heide you have adopted us into your family and we are very thankful for that.  Thank you Portland Christian Center for all of your support and all the prayers.  You have been faithful since 2008 and we are very thankful for our with you and all that you do.  Thank you Pastor Jim Harris for making us feel like part of the family whenever we are attending church. Thank you Golden years group for your faithful support and prayers.  We love to thank the Board and that they do.  We would love to thank my aunt Terecia and my cousins for the money they raised recently.  Also Steve and Ann Jacobs thank you for your companies help and your faithfulness to support us in our work.  Also Miss Lawanda at PCC you are so faithful in your support we would not have made it this past year without you.

Thanks to and know that your reward is in heaven, even though sometimes you may not think that you are doing something big, you are in our eyes.  It through faith and through support that we are able to do the work we are doing.  God Bless you all

Lance