I’ve envisioned it, dreamed it, prayed it, longed for it, waited so many years. But I was always lacking what I needed to put feet on the vision. I was up in the sky with no way to come down to earth. What if you dreamed of leading worship but had no music skills? I’ve spent years dreaming of a Transformation Center for the nation of Haiti; I could “taste” it, imagine what it would be like once completed, but I couldn’t build it. Here I am gifted by God to preach, teach, lead worship, disciple and mentor…yet I’ve never succeeded in anything that requires entrepreneurial, business, fund-raising, or construction abilities. There are some skills you can learn, even at an older age, as I’ve discovered with various computer operations. Then there are other seemingly God-given attributes you either have or don’t have. In any case, the Transformation Center has continued to be a dream always alive yet never realized.
God, being God, created others with other gifts, like Pastor Herode Guillomettre. We have become friends over the past few years, and have come to realize how amazingly our ministry gifts complement one another. Pastor Guillomettre talks about the desperate need to “transform the mentality” of the Haitian people, and he works to establish schools of micro-business, micro-loans, and various training programs to create futures in Haiti for people willing to properly apply their talents and gifts. I talk about the desperate need to “transform the spirit” of the Haitian church and people, and I work to shape individuals, leaders, and churches to live and function from the perspective of the Kingdom of Heaven while walking on the earth. I can speak into the lives of people to draw them into a deeper spiritual life. Pastor Guillomettre can train people who seek the Lord to use their gifts to transform the nation. Pastor Guillomettre can raise funds, purchase land, and build buildings while I can record music and messages for radio programs, staff a worship and prayer on-site ministry, and plan conferences for pastors and worship leaders.
It was Pastor Guillomettre who planned the very special gathering on a mountain overlooking Port-au-Prince on the first anniversary of the earthquake (CLICK HERE TO READ). Now it appears that the Lord is working a miracle that goes beyond Pastor Guillomettre’s gifts when we see how quickly the Transformation Center is going up! A Conference Center building with two large conference rooms, meeting rooms and offices, complete except for furnishings. A large cafeteria and kitchen. A radio tower already erected and the station offices and studios nearly complete. Water wells dug and large cisterns built. Dormitory under construction. Large hilltop Prayer Gazebo under construction. Large church building nearly complete. Amphitheater planned. All high on breezy hilltops commanding a most breathtaking view of hills, mountains, and ocean not too far north of the capital.
Doesn’t God have a sense of humor? Instead of the normal situation of an American raising all the money to create that “always grateful but always needing more” Haitian mentality, here we have a Haitian who owns the land, builds the buildings, and is humble enough to allow this American access to “complete the vision” of Transformation! How well we understand one another, and sometimes can laugh at our total opposite personalities!
Now I’m so excited to see how the Lord will direct all that will take place at this site! There’s no other place like it in all of Haiti. The very ground seems holy to me each time I walk it.
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Perhaps there are some of you reading this who would want to take part in the great potential of this Transformation Center. We would welcome financial contributions toward this project. We would also welcome any groups who would like to spend a week or more working at the site itself in various areas of building design and construction, landscape, electrical/plumbing, interiors, etc. Contact us if you want to be part of this “revival of a nation” opportunity.
