Disciples Making Disciples in Haiti
By Kate Michel, Communications and Fundraising
Director, 4VEH/Resounding Hope
What would Brother Bustin, founder of
4VEH, make of today’s live video-streamed
program that joins Haitians together across
the globe in prayer before the throne of
grace? What would he think of the com-
ment from a Haitian woman, who via the
internet on her cellphone, is watching and
writes “Pray for me, that I will not fall away
from the Gospel”?
Back in 1946, Brother Bustin heard a
message unmistakably from God. “I want
you to build a radio station to evangelize
Haiti. It is to be called Radio 4VEH, La
Voix Evangelique d’Haiti (The Evangelistic
Voice of Haiti).” Despite objections, Bustin
felt so convicted that he declared, “I know
nothing about radio, and I do not know
how we will carry on, but I know God is
leading, and he will surely provide!”
And God did provide!
With its first broadcast on June 2,
1950, 4VEH began as a ministry of East
and West Indies Mission. In 1958, One
Mission Society took over responsibil-
ity for 4VEH, and in so doing, started the
OMS work in Haiti that has since estab-
lished ministries that include church plant-
ing, a seminary/university, an international
school, child sponsorship programs, and
a medical center.
Today, these thriving ministries stand in
awe at what God can do as we obey his
call.
Through one obedient person, God
has transformed the lives of generations
of Haitians who have come to know, love,
and follow Christ as Lord and Savior. In
all circumstances, through dictatorship,
military coups, desperate poverty, dev-
astating earthquakes, and more, 4VEH
has shared the Gospel every day, first by
radio, and now through television, digital
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