Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2018 | Page 448

Helping Hands Initiative On the island of Nevis, the Helping Hands Initiative’s vision is to assist families both locally and regionally by providing the basic essentials of everyday life. They seek to devise strategies to assist each person to grow beyond their economic situation by providing job training information, money management training, heal-education and more, as part of a multi-faceted strategy towards self- sufficiency. Prophet Francine M. Anson is an anointed woman of God who has a powerful call of God on her life. She is the founder of Inter Caribbean Evangelism Ministries, Int’l, Shekinah House of Prayer and The Helping Hands Initiative. She has been active in ministry for 31 years. She began her ministry in 1987, preaching on various street corners in open air street meetings. As a result of these street meetings the Lord opened up many pulpits for her. In 1994, she began pastoral training at the Caribbean Nazarene Theological College’s extension program at the Beacon Light Church of the Nazarene where she received her first local ministerial license. She has also received her pastoral credentials from the Evangelical Association of Canada. She is the author of 16 books on various subjects including "Spiritual Warfare", "Deliverance", "Church Leadership" and "Time Management in the Body of Christ". She ministers powerfully under the anointing of the Holy Spirit in revivals, seminars and other teaching sessions. Her prophetic gifting has stretc