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Mary Davis in Haiti Emails (& if specified as texts, of her newsletters) reports
to keep you current about Mary's ministry in Torbeck/Les Cayes/Roche-a-bateau
area Haiti
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date,time report detail
=====January
MARY DAVIS EMAIL REPORT 1/22/20
Dear friends and family,
It was great to spend time with you this past month.
Thank you for every gift for reaching more people in Haiti for Christ and every
act of kindness directed this way.
Thank you for contributions for Bibles.
You are a blessing in my life and I pray I would be a blessing in your lives.
It is always exciting when I return to Haiti. We take a fresh look at the
ministry,
pray and begin to make plans for next few months I am there.
The Haitian people seem to be glad God is working in their midst.
There are many opportunities. I will let you know how God leads us.
I pray for safety and protection in travel and God's rich blessings for Haiti
especially for
those who are hungry for food or spiritually hungry for God's Word. -- Mary
Davis
=====February
Feb 19, 2020, 11:24 PM
Dear friends and family,
Thank you for your prayers and special contributions to this ministry in Haiti.
Every day is a new exciting time because "God's mercies are new every morning".
PTL for 25 people who prayed to accept Christ and 4 who recommitted their life
to the Lord including going back to attending church.
Our evangelism is built around going out with the pastor or church teams so they
can follow up in their church area.
Every week we are going out on evangelism with Pastor Senat in inter-city and
Pastor Jeudi in Les Cayes,
Pastor Colbert in Bereaud, and Pastor Badette's team (north), new church, past
airport of Les Cayes.
We are rotating these with other churches when they are added.
We participated at a Bible conference in Achin (east) after having an evangelism
training with them.
It is exciting to see pastors get interested in evangelism for their area.
After speaking at a meeting of APEFCA mission (south-west of Les Cayes) we are
having our first day of evangelism
Feb 26 (Carnival Days) with the pastors of the churches in that area.
We got to speak 10 minutes at a meeting of 100 pastors of the Association of
Protestant Pastors.
They want to continue to plan for another Les Cayes citiwide time of evangelism
Nov 1 &2 2020.
I am to have a Ladies Training in Encouraging Evangelism Feb 29.
We pray for God to help stop the violence & kidnaping in Port-au-Prince and that
it doesn't spread to Les Cayes or other cities of Haiti & America too.
Mary.
Feb 27,2020 edited 2:24 PM 3/2/2020
Subject: Haitian Mission Trip Mar 6-13 from Sanibel Community Church (island off
Fort Myers, FL)
Text:
Dear sisters and brothers of the faith, I praise the Lord for His care of each
one of us.
Please pray for this Haitian mission Team coming. I have the privilege of
joining and ministering with them.
I pray for their safety and for all things to go well for the glory of God.
The evangelism planned with APEFCA, the evangelistic mission west of Les Cayes
was postponed because of rain and muddy roads until next Wednesday.
Instead Pastor Prince, Pastor Colbert, Evangelist translator, Frantz Almeda and
myself went on evangelism in Pastor Colbert's community in Bereaud.
Because it was Carnival Days (Mardi Gra) many people were home.
Four men listened to the gospel but said, Things were well with them. They did
not need to be saved.
We reminded them of the eternal penalty or judgment for sin - eternal death and
that Jesus had paid the penalty for sin
when He died on the cross and shed his sinless blood, the only thing that can
wash away our sin, to pay the penalty for sin.
It is a gift but each person must put their faith in and receive Christ and what
He has done in order to count for them.
Even when Jesus walked among men, people made excuse and did not receive Him.
Then we witnessed to another man who said no not now. I asked what holds him
back from being right with his God?
He said he was involved in voodoo but periodically reads a Bible.
Ebel Compere asked us to pray that he would leave demons and come to Christ.
We shared the gospel with a Catholic woman, Clomie Laixama who said she would
always be catholic.
I said, The Bible doesn't tell us to be Catholic or Protestant. It is by putting
your faith in Christ and calling on Him to save you.
Don't you want to be right with God, God's way? She said yes and called on Jesus
to save her.
Then Pastor Colbert took us down a lane where some of the household went to his
church. One man said he goes to the Catholic Church but he would listen to the
gospel.
He said he would visit Pastor Colbert's church. We had 2 witness going on there.
Young people, Maurice and Carmelle Belance, Yervil and Cyssie Yivenson, Pierre
Sterline, Ketlin Cherisar and Cherilas Oslin prayed to accept Christ.
Frandzy Lavictoire rededicated his life to the Lord.
Praise The Lord
May God richly bless you as you yield your life to Him, Mary.
=====March
E-mail; 3/20/2020
PRAYER FOR WITCH DR.
I went to my Haitian home very excited about the SCC misson trip. When I arrived
March 13, I got news that on March 12 the voodoo witchdoctor, (F_D_) who we had
witnessed to 2 weeks before had prayed to receive Christ. Now we have the
responsibility to disciple him with the church we were working there with. We
pray for God's protection of him and us and God's will for an acceptable
occupation for Him so He can truly leave voodoo for the one true living God.
CORONAVIRUS19
So now we are involved in further spiritual warfare. Thursday, Pastor Prince,
Pastor Amos, Southern Baptist Mission Director for 3 departments of Haiti and
myself went to Anes D'Hanaut to provide a bible seminar on Encouraging
Evangelism.
After entering their beautiful sea-front - mountain-view city after a 7 hour
long trip through mountains, we headed 15 minutes up the mountain to the church
for worship service and welcome, but we were met with community resistance.
**Haiti had just heard there were 2 cases of corona-virus in Haiti connected with
white people. They were convinced the 2 pastors were bringing in a white person
- me- to bring in the virus & hide in the woods. They were not going to allow
it. They threatened to slice the motorcycyle tires with their macheti and beat
us with sticks if we went any further. After they were aggressive with us again,
we went to the police department. They did too. The police told the pastors, the
people were filled with fear of corona virus, and since no white people live
there, we needed to leave the community.
With no sleep we took a 3 AM bus and then taptap back to Les Cayes. Everywhere
Haitians are staring at any white people and telling us to go back to our
country. The country is under lock-down again- no school, no market, no church
and gasoline is about to be cut off.
My plan is to take off a week from the public eye and let Pastor Prince and the
pastors we work wih carry on the evanglism and otherwise seek the wisdom of God
& spiritual leaders here.
Possible POSTPONED TRAINING SEMINAR in JUNE
We have a wonderful plan of training in evangelism for April and May which can
be postponed for June. I don't want to overreact. 1Jn 4:4 "Greater is He that is
in me than he that is in the world."
I pray with you for our world, for God's will in our world: Peace of God in our
lives through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit...
Mary
Apr 17, 2020 Emailed Update with editing.
Mary Davis is safe still from COVID-19!
"Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, as we pray for God's will to be done and
plead for deliverance, we pray for you and your family.
Praise the Lord we can find comfort in the scriptures: PS 91:9-10. "Because you
have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation;
There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your
dwelling."
Here in Haiti we have not seen any c-virus cases but 46 are reported. Schools
and churches are closed. People are limited to groups of 10 but none in church.
We are meeting at church in small groups, sitting apart and providing bleach
water to wash hands meeting against threat of arrest. There is no known virus
case in our area. We continue to have Bible study with converted witch doctor,
F_D_ & family. He wants to start a church there. If the virus gets here it could
be very devastating. We praise God for His deliverance so far but I pray for the
needs of the poor living in slum conditions. God Bless You. Mary"
[If it does attack the island maybe we could pray God will use American
technology etc.to help with a medical salvation <?> -Br. Pat]
=====June
6/6/2020: Text only, edited for reading.
Praying for you too! Church limit 5 people. We are well. This is Time to give
hope, Pray with members & give gospel! Yesterday 6 boys saved!
Mary
=====July
7/7/2020: Text only, edited for reading.
Dear friends, I pray for you too that God delivers you from c-virus. We continue
to evangelize & [conduct] 3 discipleship classes including 1 former witchdoctor.
I plan to be in OH by July 21 --Mary.
=====August
8/4/2020: Email, Title: Removing the Basket from over our Light that God gets
the Glory
I pray blessings of safety, protection & good health for you as God has blessed
me with also. We cannot take his grace of light for granted in a dark world.
Praise God! Peter said, "Grow in grace and knowledge of Him". As we go through
every day trusting in our great God surely we do just that.
I was without internet access until my Christian friend, Nancy Ryan said,"Try at
the library!" Praise the Lord for people God puts in our path at the right time
to bless us. Thank you Nancy also for supplies and wedding dresses for the Haiti
marriage project. Thank you for all you do to help the needy of Mansfield in the
name of Jesus. I am visiting family & home churches while in US in August.
God willing I return to Haiti in September with exciting ministry of taking the
gospel house to house with church teams, encouraging evangelism wherever God
gives opportunity, giving hope by pointing people to God as well as continuing
the bible study-discipleship classes He has opened the door to.
We continue such with former voodoo witchdoctor, Fenes Decor who was saved after
I told him 1Cor 10:21-22 "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of
devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of devils.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?" We have seen other
voodoo worshipers accept Christ there also, when Fenes tells them that he
doesn't do voodoo any more, that He became a Christian & invites them to the
Bible study. Please pray with us about the possibility of starting a church
there.
Enclosed is my outline for encouraging evangelism and message for Hope in Haiti
in English which I distribute in Haiti in Haitian creole as well as bibles & new
testaments when I can.
Phil 2:13-15 It is God who works in us (Christians) both to will & to do of His
good pleasure. Don't grumble. "That you may be blameless & harmless, the sons of
God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked & perverse nation, among whom you
shine as lights in the world." Amen.
Mary Davis
8/30/20 Email. Thank you, Pat, Chris, David, Joseph, for your generous
sacrificial yet faithful gift to reach the dear Haitian people with the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. Also thanks to my other sister, Vicki Wise, from Ohio and Alma
Kurtz, Mansfield Baptist Temple for the case of 90 Haitian Creole New Testaments
and Psalms. Bearing Precious Seed is contributing 600 John & Romans in French
Creole. Another Christian, Carol Tooker from Truth Baptist Church, E Hartford Ct
who moved to CA, sent a gift to help pay for Gospel tracts, shipping and
opportunity to distribute them. My heart is warmed by your desire to participate
in this ministry to take the Gospel to the Haitian people who have not heard or
made a decision yet. Praise The Lord.
This week I was also so surprised to receive a big box containing a gorgeous
wedding dress. The postal worker carried it to my car. As part of the Haitian
women's Christian marriage ministry, it will promote an opportunity for
Christian marriage in Haiti.This is the 5th wedding dress this Christian friend
from Ohio has contributed. God is So Good.
I was blessed to be here for the Republican National Convention to hear the
testimonies of what God has done and is doing in the lives of people of faith as
well as to see the president proclaim his faith.
I praise the Lord to see and be with my family in Ohio & Florida. I have
purchased a ticket to Haiti for Labor Day Sept 7 AM. They will take temperatures
upon entering the country and require us to sign a health form pledging we are
not sick & require a 14 day self quarantine.
Thank you for your prayers and God bless you as you live & serve Him as God
gives you strength, health & ability to do so. Praise His Holy name. Mary
=====September
9/12/2020 10:02 AM call from Mary and FB post following by CPL: We just got a
call from Mary Davis direct from Haiti. She asked for prayer for Haitian Clergy
who will be peacefully protesting dire conditions in the country to the
elected-become-dictator President. They will be wearing white shirts with ties
so as to be distinguished from other actors. Let us be in prayer for this in our
churches here for conditions are far worse in countries such as these.
She will be in quarantine for 11 more days because of the virus threat perceived
there. She paid for 10 minutes of air time to talk, and is praying for America
as well. I told her to be encouraged because we have seen astounding answers to
prayer here in USA, so God can work there in the same way! #ThePowerOfPrayer
#GodWinsAlways
=====October
10/8/2020 Email. We praise the Lord for delivering Haiti from vast spread of
Corona virus. God knew they had no resources (except tea) to fight it, and in
answer of prayer gave delivery. Praise The Lord.
Well, it looked like the calm before the storm last week. The currency exchange
rate of the American dollar has gone down since I left Haiti in July. It was $1
American = 106 Haitian goude. Now it is $1 American = 60 goude, but the
government will only give 18 goude for each $1 American. This results in
factories threatening to close putting 150,000 out of work. Also the president
had required a new high fee on the sale of gasoline. The station owners said
they would close down because they could not pay it or raise the price of
gasoline. But this week after American government spoke harshly to Haiti
government, the president is lowering the price of gasoline and Haiti is to
proceed with elections in January.
But PTL, God willing we will continue to go with the gospel, train church
leaders in evangelism and invite them to participate in the citywide evangelism
of Les Cayes on devil's day, Oct 31 and days of the dead Nov 1&2. Many missions
and churches have committed to participate. I am preparing a citywide map to use
to assign & record our efforts.
Pastor Emilio Voltaire, though paralyzed, as president of Assoc. Protestant
Churches in Les Cayes & South department, oversees this project and has
initiated formation of Evangelistic Commission - calling together leaders in
evangelism. President is Jean Chery, MEBSH - Mission of Evangelical Baptists
Serving Haiti; vice president is Pastor Gerald Carisme, Fishers of Men;
secretary is Pastor Wilfrid Prince, Pastor & evangelist. They asked me to be an
ambassador for the group. We are all working together to support each other's
ministries for the glory of God and good of Haiti. Oct 21-25 Pastor Prince & 2
others are to go to Cap Haitian, north department to share work of south
department in Haiti and go on evangelism with them. All this is an answer to
prayer (last email) to see Haitian pastors lead the way in preaching the Gospel.
PTL.
Thanks to contributions from Mansfield Baptist Temple OH, Sanibel Community
Church, Sanibel Island FL (where daughter Deb Ames has a landscape business),
Truth Baptist Church, E. Hartford CT (where Pat & Christine {my sister} Lanyon
serve in ministry), friends & family; God is blessing this ministry to involve
more Christians to reach more people with the Gospel & Word of God.
Thank you so much and may God mightily bless our work together for His Glory.
Praying & Praising God for you "Christ in us, the Hope of Glory" Col 1:27. Mary
OCTOBER 25 -- Please pray for Oct 31; Nov 1&2 citywide evangelism Les Cayes,
Haiti
Thank you for your prayers. God has been so good in giving us safety,
protection, and wellness.
This is a culmination of 1 year of encouragement in evangelism in churches. 25
churches & missions have committed to participate. Please pray for clear
effective assignment of the various teams to evangelize. We will send the teams
out from a ministry center church 10-12 &1-3 each day in which they will return
to give reports. Pastor Emilio sent out a request to all the churches to pray
for us.
My daughter, Deb Ames, made a special effort to send more tracts and Agape
Flights made special effort to timely ship them so I received them Thursday in
the midst of the rainy season (rained all last week).
Though Oct31 Nov 1&2 are days to celebrate the dead in Haiti, Oct 31 is also day
to remember the leaders of the reformation. 503 years ago, Oct 31, 1517, Martin
Luther nailed the 95 theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenburg Germany,
proclaiming why the sale of indulgences to release a person from consequences of
sin was wrong & dangerous. Martin Luther, former monk of the Catholic Church,
when he was saved, was insistent that forgiveness of sin could not be achieved
by paying a gift, saying prayers, or being given a letter of indulgence. It is
not by works! But by faith in the sinless blood of Christ shed on the cross to
pay the penalty for our sin; His resurrection being our assurance a holy God
accepted His sacrifice for our justification from sin. PTL.
Martin Luther taught, Just as the earth cannot produce rain but receives it as a
gift from God, even so, we do nothing to deserve the righteousness of God but
receive it by faith.
As we pray for each other, may God's perfect will prevail. With coming
elections: Dan 2:21 "He changes the times and the seasons: He removes kings, and
sets up kings.."
May we be vigilant in telling the Gospel. All is in the hand of God. PTL. Mary
=====November
11/6/2020 Email. Les Cayes Results (106 Professions!)
Jer 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace (Peace comes from God) and not of evil (calamity) to give you
an expected end (a future and a hope)."
PTL Our hope is in Christ, hope of glory, hope of eternal life.
Thank you for your prayers. Writing to you and praying for you encourages me in
the faith past obstacles of age. Fourteen (14) churches participated in the
citywide evangelism of Les Cayes. Groups came in at different times, prayed,
picked up their tracts, John & Romans and bottles of water and went out. There
were 106 decisions for Christ. PTL. We will continue to go out with church
teams. God bless you as you live for Him. Mary
=====December
7:22 AM 12/3/2020 Email. "Witch Doctor Mini$tries Crying out..."
Special needs in Haiti as we continue in evangelism in many areas.
Mexico Philyppeau is a growing Christian young man who serves in ministry at
Pastor Prince's church, in Kahouck in the South department, Haiti, even with his
disability of a mouth tumor. This condition causes him so much pain, that now he
can't eat. He is in need of surgery for this condition, which cannot be done in
Haiti. We have been trying to organize an American medical team for him for
years to no avail. In January he went to the hospital boat in Port au Prince
sent from the United States for the surgery after we paid for the necessary
x-rays. There were so many Haitian people with this condition only worse, his
surgery was postponed until March when the threat of co-vid hit. We did not hear
anything until just now when Dr. Canton told Mexico to send the amount of money
shown on the quote attachment and they would do the surgery in Cuba. Cathie
Moleus in Boston, Mass, who knows Dr. Canton has been trying to raise money for
this surgical procedure, Her telephone number is 781 363 4865.
I am writing to prayerfully request the possibility of a special offering to
help with this financial need. I thank you for your consideration. Please see
Attachments.
I also ask you to pray about this need. The converted witchdoctor (March 2020)
Fanes Decor, has many problems of satanic oppression with a new reality without
the income he once had. He tried animal buying and selling that did not work for
him. He is living by faith but needs to make some significant decisions. Other
people who came there for witchdoctor services or to work for him, and then came
to our bible study there and made decisions for Christ, struggle also.
One decision for Fanes is to choose to proceed with marriage to Rose, a
recommitted Christian, whom he lives with & they have a child together or to
separate until they do marry. She waits for him.
A problem we also have to deal with is that Fanes had a room of Satanic things
which he failed to destroy. They belonged to his grandfather who was a
witchdoctor before him. Now, some of the other relatives who share in the
grandfather's inheritance of the contents of that room want them so they can
take up witchdoctor practice. They want to tear down & move the room with its
contents. This action would destroy the room Fanes lives in next to it. Fanes
inherited the land from his father. He wants to build a house there and, God
willing, a place to worship God. Another pastor donated money for rock & sand to
start to build. Please pray with us for our safety and that the contents of the
room could be destroyed, not passed on to other faithless people - that those
relatives could be saved and they could have Christian harmony in that area.
A higher-up witchdoctor repossessed Fanes' motorcycle last week when 3
witchdoctors came to our bible study. When new ones come we give a strong
presentation of the gospel, the only way according to the Bible to be right
with, and have restored relationship with the one, true, living God & to have
His eternal life; versus the state of all other people in sin, under the
influence of the defeated angel, Satan,who are headed for the judgment of
eternal death. Two of the witchdoctors who came, wanted to consider salvation
but could not give up their incomes. One young man, Masolyn, who came to hire
the witchdoctor accepted Christ. Nine months since Fanes' conversion, people are
getting saved there. They need a new source of income in a country with few
jobs. Only God can help. So we trust Him & faithfully study & teach His Word.
Please pray for God's will in this situation. I see a need for a ministry to
reach the voodoo practitoners of Haiti: a place where when they come, they find
the way, the truth & the life in Christ and some support until they are on their
feet on God's side instead of working for the devil. It's their tradition but
the Bible says in 1Pet 1:18-19, "You know that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things.. received by tradition from your fathers; but with the
precious blood of Christ. as of a lamb without blemish, without spot.". Please
pray with me for a Christian outreach or sponsor to uphold a ministry to them.
Thank you for your prayers & support of this ministry. God bless. Mary
1:45 PM 12/10/2020
Hark the Herald angels sing: The new born king! PTL
We continue to pray for funds for surgery needs for Mexico Philyppeau
The new Evangelism Commission of The Association of Pastors of Protestant
Churches of Les Cayes (of which I am a member) is starting to meet to plan the
program for the new year. The goal is to develop an evangelism program for all
19 cities in the South Department, then include the other 9 Departments (like
counties) of Haiti (which is the size of Maryland) through their Association of
Pastors of Protestant Churches; then other countries. It is exciting to me. God
has blessed Pastor Prince and myself with churches that welcome our
encouragement in evangelism and in helping them build evangelism teams. I would
love to do this with Sanibel Island [Florida] when I am home.
When times are bad, the easier it is to not go, but all the more people need
encouragement to turn to God who is our help, refuge and salvation. PTL. Did you
ever think that we could partner with Haitians right in our part of Florida?
Back to the former witchdoctor, Fanes Decor, Rose the woman he lives with, and
Masolyn, a young man that came, accepted Christ and has stayed there. I need
counsel and prayer for the situation. We are counseling Fanes. He just recently
took worship of God in the church more seriously. In bible study we stress
prayer and bible study. We have had lessons on putting on the whole armor of God
taken from my notes in the RMI Bible study on "The Invisible War". We are
counseling him in God's institution of marriage and the need to destroy the
remnants of his voodoo practice. We are trying to convict the relatives that
want to continue that practice that God is against it and cannot bless or will
not answer prayers while they are in sin. As we plan a worship and praise to God
with them, we pray for a miracle that they will all agree to destroy the satanic
items. I pray Fanes with Rose will make godly choices, God could get the glory &
they would find His blessings.
PTL! We celebrate the Coming of our Savior as a a baby! God Bless. Mary.
2:08 PM 12/31/2020 copy from 12/28/2020
Rom 8:28,31 "All things work together for good for them who love God who are
called according to His purpose. If God be for us who can be against us?"
I am back in Fort Myers FL with family. However I spent Christmas with a pain in
the groin and a swollen leg where I had been bitten by attack of a dog in Haiti
the week before. The diagnoses was a blood clot in that leg. The dog bite was
healing. They put me on Xarelto for treatment of deep vein thrombosis. I am
doing fine with minimal activity. My telephone - Whats App is 239-291-8362.
Lord willing, I will return to Haiti Jan 18 to speak at an evangelism mission
meeting in Jacmel - my first time there. I look forward to continue to plan with
the Association of Protestant Churches' Evangelism Commission, to assist a
(Church sponsored) English school for Haitians on Sunday afternoons &
participate in evangelism during the week.
In regard to the prayer requests: Mexico Philippeau for surgery for a mouth
tumor - not yet - we are looking into more details - one being a cost increase.
We thank those who were led to make a contribution for him which we are holding
until it can happen. He is like a Christian brother and needs the operation. Any
contribution can be sent to MBT [Mansfield Baptist Temple] 752 N.Stewart Rd
Mansfield OH 44905 c/o Mary Davis for Mexico Philippeau and we thank you.
The 2nd prayer request was for the family members of former witch doctor, Fanes
Decor to be saved and not carry on that evil. His sister, Ketteline Kernizan has
made a sincere thought-out decision to accept & follow Christ. We continue to
pray for them & God's will in all things. Mary