A Vision for 2025...finding joy!

The new year found me here in PA. I was thinking about the tough life people live each day in Pasbwadom and all over Haiti. I thought about the importance of ASAPH activities in the lives of so many students and young teachers.

I read a passage in a psalm that David handed to ASAPH in 1 Chronicles 16. Verse 10 says : "Find joy in His holy name ; Let the hearts of those who keep on seeking the Lord rejoice."

How do you find joy in Haiti? How do you find joy when life is difficult and nothing seems to ever improve? 

The verse refers to what I have experienced many times in Haiti. Joy is not a feeling you find either in things or people. Joy is in Him!  Joy is in His holy name. Those who seek the Lord have reason to rejoice. It is true.  

I have spent time with rich people while they bemoaned their problems and celebrated luxuries. I have spent time with poor people while they were hungry but celebrated their position in Jesus Christ.  The difference is stark. 

Joy is from Him. This year, 2025, I want ASAPH to help people find joy in the Lord! I want ASAPH to support so many people at ASAPH who do so already.

"Find joy in His holy name ; Let the hearts of those who keep on seeking the Lord rejoice."

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