starvation is to teach people how to fish instead of giving them a fish every day . God ’ s people , if we work together , we can do it ! In Haiti , just $ 250 per family will help them start a small , sustainable business that will meet their current family needs and provide opportunity for growth .
7 . THE LORD ’ S KITCHEN : Five day per week feeding program
As nearly 50 % of the country ’ s food production was destroyed in the storm , we expect an overflow of people to come to the city . Without any job , home or assistance , their situation looks dire . God ’ s people must not close their hearts or their hands ! Let us feed them as the Lord provides .
This is just a brief summary of the steps Grace International feels led to take to help our nation . We invite you to join our effort to bless , relieve and restore the people of Haiti .
Prayers and donations are much needed . We are not just an emergency relief organization ; we are a longterm mission focused and committed to impacting lives . I thank you very much on behalf of the Haitian people –– and especially the suffering children .
Questions ? Please contact Bishop Jeune : 954-394-8929 or Jonny : 305-776-0650 . Email : grace @ graceintl . org
To send love gifts to Grace
International , Inc ., mail to : Grace International , Inc . 20401 NW 2nd Ave . Miami Gardens , FL 33169
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Everyone loves a great adventure story –– all the more so if it ’ s truth not fiction . The spiritual journey of Grace International is replete with the miracles that attended a man born of humble circumstances who , with inspiration from an even more challenged father , found God and allowed his spirit to be transformed by the presence of Christ .
Bishop Joel Jeune ’ s destiny was prophesied by God to a father whose own life had been transformed from poverty and violence to salvation and purpose . At two years old , Joel fell ill and died –– only to be resurrected when his father challenged God about the truth of His prophetic promise . Through one trial and tribulation after another , he prevailed in a country bedeviled by Voodoo .
Joel ’ s steadfast resistance in the face of obstacles of all magnitudes earned him a following and reputation befitting a man of God . When the battle lines with the devil and his Voodoo converts were drawn at Bois-Caiman , the man of God drew thousands of supporters both in Haiti and around the world . Life threatened , thrown into jail , vexed by Voodoo magic tricks , Joel , now Bishop over a multitude of churches , soldiered on . The Haitian government of that time sent gangs of thugs to disrupt and destroy the anti-Voodoo rally at Bois Caiman . Amazingly God set ablaze the Voodoo Tree , sending its worshippers fearfully fleeing into hiding or a resultant death .
After January 12 , 2010 , perhaps the greatest challenge faced Bishop Joel and Grace International ’ s nearly four decade long ministry . Approximately 25,000 survivors of a 7.2 level seismic earthquake sought refuge at Grace Village within the sheltering confines of the Lamentin and Waney campuses .
Many years ago , Bishop found 15 girls , orphaned , homeless because of a devastating hurricane named Alicia . Bishop rescued and brought the girls home with him . This was the beginning of their first orphanage . From this modest beginning the Jeunes sheltered thousands of “ orphans of the storm ,” displaced by a cataclysm of unprecedented magnitude that killed hundreds of thousands and left more than a million homeless . Where there was but a 20- acre compound , a town of tents and tarps soon sprung up , offering hope , health and food . Though limbs were lost , lives were saved , and diseases spawned by devastation were defeated !
The road to normalcy may be long , but Haitians are strong –– a people historically born of hope , who have survived enslavement , exploitation , dictators and degradation . Their land once known as “ The Pearl of the Antilles ” can , with a little help from its friends , once more become a thing of beauty , a model of miracles , a success story written with the creativity and toil of its resilient people and the Word of God manifested by His grace .
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