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00:05 ♪ I want to spend my life mending broken people ♪ 00:15 ♪ I want to spend my life removing pain ♪ 00:26 ♪ Lord let my words heal a heart that hurts ♪ 00:36 ♪ I want to spend my life mending broken people ♪ 00:58 ♪ ♪ 01:08 Hello friends. Welcome to 3ABN Today. My name is John Lomacang 01:10 and to my immediate right is my wife Angela. Always good to have 01:14 you on the program with me. 01:15 Always happy to be here and I'm glad that you have tuned in 01:18 today. You're going to be blessed by this program. 01:20 Yes, you're looking nice and chipper. Make me feel happy. 01:23 We're matching a little, huh? 01:26 Yes and you know we always are encouraged when you open your 01:29 home and turn your television on and maybe your radio if you're 01:32 listening by radio to invite 3ABN into your home and your 01:35 family. And we want to thank you for your prayers and all of your 01:38 support whether financial or physical, whether you're 01:42 volunteered or whatever you do even if it's prayer. Thank you 01:43 for all that you do to continue to keep this ministry going and 01:46 growing, getting ready for the coming of the Lord and Savior 01:50 Jesus Christ. And today's program is about missions. 01:54 Significant missions. We're going to talk about that in 01:56 detail today. You know we live in a very hopeless world and 01:59 there are many needs and we're going to be focused on a 02:02 particular region of the world today that our guests are going 02:04 to be talking about which we will introduce in just a moment. 02:07 But you may want to if you can, invite someone to sit down and 02:11 watch the program with you or if you're playing it back share 02:13 this with your church or your family members because I know 02:16 it's going to inspire you to not only support what we're going to 02:19 talk about today but also find a way that the Lord can use you 02:22 where you live to make a difference in your community and 02:26 well also in your church and maybe in your country depending 02:29 on where you are. But before that we have some music. 02:33 Yes we want to live the Lord's name on high and so we're going 02:36 to do that through this song by Tim Parton entitled Lord I Lift 02:41 Your Name on High. (Amen) 02:43 ♪ ♪ 05:30 Thank you so much for that wonderful song. That's what this 05:33 program is all about, lifting Jesus's name on high. And this 05:38 ministry continues to do that in bringing hope to other 05:41 individuals. So right now Honey why don't you introduce our 05:44 guests to us today. 05:45 Wow, this is Jesse Guillaume. Am I saying that right? Welcome 05:50 Jesse. (Thank you) Yes. 05:53 Thank you for inviting me to 3ABN and I want to give a 05:59 special thanks to my pastor, Pastor Rose, at Plantation 06:05 SDA Church and also to my members. The members have been 06:09 very supportive of my ministry. Thank you so much. 06:13 And you are the president of Hope Ministries Project. 06:16 Yes, I am. I'm the president also with the real president is Jesus 06:22 Where's the accent from? 06:25 I'm from Haiti so I have a French accent. That's why you 06:29 have that. 06:30 Okay, so we'll talk about some of the details in a moment 06:32 all right? (Okay) 06:34 Next to you is Steve Dalton. Welcome Steve. 06:37 Well, thank you very much. 06:39 Yes and you volunteer with the ministry? 06:42 Ah yes. You're watching Jesse and how she works and everything 06:47 she does it for the glory of God It just motivates me to know 06:52 be part of that. 06:53 And you're also a member at Plantation Seventh-day Adventist 06:56 Church. (I am, I am, yes) Yeah. Okay. 06:59 And you're a recent addition to the ministry. (Yes) Okay. 07:03 We'll talk about that more in detail. And who is this guy 07:06 across from us? 07:07 Aaha, I think I know him. He's been my brother all my life. 07:09 My mother had eight children and five were born on the island 07:16 of Jamaica and three were born in England. My brother Cliff was 07:20 the first one to be born in England, then I have a sister, 07:24 and then myself. So Cliff welcome. 07:28 Thank you. It's so nice to be here with my sister and 07:32 brother-in-law. 07:33 That's right. Good to be back. 07:35 Good to be back. 07:36 Yeah, you were here before. 07:38 And you and Jesse are long-time members of this Hope Ministry 07:41 we're going to talk about. 07:42 Yes, yes. Watching Jesse as she operates has really inspired 07:50 a lot of us here at Plantation SDA Church and I'm one of the 07:56 individuals whose...she has inspired me. She has helped me 08:01 to realize that we need to give back in every way we can. 08:06 That's right 08:08 And I forgot to ask, maybe I'll also ask Steve, because outside 08:10 of the ministry you also do something else for a living. 08:12 Correct? And what do you do? What's your full-time job? 08:16 My full-time job. I work as a teacher assistant for the school 08:23 board. I work in the shelter. And also I work as a private CNA 08:29 (Busy) Okay so that all helps in your ministry. (Yes) And Steve, 08:35 what about you? 08:36 Well one thing that I do is I'm a professional sports official. 08:42 I am a volleyball referee, nationally certified, travel the 08:48 country to referee volleyball. But I also have a T-shirt 08:53 printing business. So with that I've been able to do a lot of 08:59 the shirts for a lot of different ministries in the 09:02 church. And that's something I want to continue doing and get 09:08 Christian shirts out there and design my own Christian shirts. 09:09 Now the reason I'm mentioning that is because we...while you 09:13 are together in this ministry you do have a life that you live 09:17 outside of the ministry that continues to carry on. And I'll 09:21 ask Cliff the same thing. I already know the answer but I 09:22 want you to tell us what you do. 09:25 Okay, I work at Miami Dade Aviation Department. I am 09:30 basically a telecom engineer. So part of that is just putting 09:36 together certain structures for telecommunications when it comes 09:41 to the airport. And that varies in every way, could be a telephone 09:45 could be when it comes to data it's so many different aspects 09:49 of it, but because of time I can't really get too much into 09:54 that. 09:55 That's right because our program is about something else. So 09:57 let's just start with I think the basic question. When did 10:00 Hope begin? I think that's a good thing. (Yes) 10:03 Okay. Hope ministry began in 2004. It was a group of people 10:09 at the church. It was a miracle Tina, Mufa, and Yonny? 10:14 And they were having a potluck 10:17 and there were some leftover food. And I said 10:20 You know what let me go and pass out the food on the street. 10:23 And then we saw so many needs so many homeless and we said we 10:29 should do that every Saturday. So every Saturday we will make 10:34 food and go to Broward. 10:36 The Boulevard, yes. And it was not in Miami Dade yet. So when I 10:43 came aboard I started with the food every Saturday but there 10:46 was a shortage of water. And I took over the water. I say no 10:51 more shortage of water. I'll be providing the water. That's how 10:54 I got into the Hope Ministry. Then that issue in Broward 11:01 to the homeless and there was a need in Miami Dade. Then we 11:07 moved to Miami Dade to serve the homeless. It was much, much 11:10 bigger and Hope Ministry, we used to serve the food there 11:14 After that, there was a need for people for a place to stay. 11:19 And I said...there was a lady a young girl I met on Saturday 11:25 and she was on the street and she said she was being abused 11:30 by her father. And I said, Lord only if I could find a place to 11:36 have a sleep for the night I would be at peace instead of her 11:41 being on the street. So I took Dinner for Profit with Precious 11:47 house is now a permanent home has been helping over 100 people 11:52 who've been under league that they get back on their feet. 11:58 So you prayed for the Lord... This young lady inspired you 12:01 to pray for God to provide a place for homeless people, 12:06 people that are trying to make ends meet. And what did the Lord 12:08 give you? 12:11 Pastor Lomacang there's a miracle right there. And I 12:17 didn't know that my teacher had a house. When I went home I 12:20 prayed and the Lord said to me specifically, go to your school 12:25 Monday and ask that lady whenever she is selling a home 12:28 going to buy it. I didn't know she owned a home. So on Monday 12:34 morning I went to work. I didn't know. I never knew that she 12:37 owned a home in Miami. So I went to work on Monday morning and I 12:42 went to the work room where the mail room is. There goes the 12:46 lady. And can be a testimony too I say, Ma'am do you have a 12:52 house in Miami? She said yes. I said whenever you want to sell 12:56 that home I want to buy it. 12:59 At that time she probably didn't intend to sell the house 13:02 No her aunt was living in the place. Not even three months 13:06 passed by she invited me 13:08 to come and see the home. And she said Jesse, Guess what? I'm 13:12 not even going to sell you the house at the price that you want 13:16 It was appraised for $372,000 She said don't worry, I'll give 13:22 you a better price. You know how much she sold me the house? 13:27 $172,000. (Not even half) $172,000. And that lady when we 13:33 opened the Hope House, she's the one who provided towels. 13:39 Everything for the homeless to be at the house. 13:41 So the impression that you got from the Lord to ask about it 13:44 when she...you didn't even know she had the house and she wasn't 13:48 intending on selling it anyway. (Nope) When she sells it to you 13:52 the price was in half. Providential! 13:54 You can see the footprints of the Lord. That is a miracle. 13:59 And then the house has been helping over 100 people. 14:03 How many bedrooms? 14:04 We have six bedrooms. We have three bathrooms. But it's a 14:10 triplex. We have an in-law's quarter We have two duplexes, two bedroom 14:15 one bath on each side. But before we should do only male 14:19 but now we added the _ quarters for the family. So whoever 14:25 has a family going through hard times, we help them. So that 14:28 became the not-for-profit it gives you a home to have the 14:32 less fortunate. But Pastor not only the homeless. Hope Ministry 14:38 help people even from our church that are going through hard 14:42 times. 14:43 So from Plantation (Plantation) people that, members, that 14:44 are going through hard times. 14:46 And if I have refuge in that home. And that's 14:52 Hope Ministry from here in America. But deep in my heart 14:56 I feel I was missing something. What to do for my country? 15:01 (Which is?) Haiti. I said I give back to here. How about my 15:08 country. But in my heart, tipping my heart God knew, I 15:12 wanted an orphanage in Haiti. I wanted to take care 15:14 of the children. But with what means? 15:16 Just bought a house, I don't have a big income, 15:20 cannot build a home. But God made it happen. 15:24 So what we're saying here is when God gives you a dream He is 15:28 responsible for the dream being fulfilled. (Yes) 15:32 You have to be willing too. 15:33 You have to be willing, right, that's right. 15:35 To take the risk and trust God. Trust God and His word. So there 15:40 was an orphanage in Haiti and the children were in dire need. 15:43 And one of my classmates said Jesse, we need your help. 15:48 I said how can we do that in Haiti? And we took up a team 15:52 God made a group of people, and they could be Cliff, Carlos, Akeem 16:00 Daudi that will never be available again. That was a 16:04 sign for me from the Lord to make sure that was the team 16:08 that God wanted to be there to take care of the orphanage. 16:09 (How many of?) About 18 people called in. 16:13 It was here. Corlee, we had Sara, we had a lot of people 16:18 that team never happened again. 16:21 Wow, I think it's a good place to bring a clip right now. So 16:24 what was it like for you to go (first time to Haiti) to Haiti. 16:28 Well I can tell you this, it was life-changing because when you 16:34 go and you see how the kids were living, the poverty level, and 16:40 it was not good. They had no electricity, they had no running 16:46 water that was working at the time. They had barely any food. 16:51 I mean, it was really, really bad. And you can see that we 16:59 needed to step in and do something. And when we visited 17:05 I remember they were singing songs of welcome. They were just 17:10 so happy to see us because as I mentioned earlier I believe they 17:17 saw hope and what we had to give wasn't much but it...something 17:27 that's indescribable because you go there to bless them but you 17:32 end up being blessed. I mean I was totally...after we finished 17:37 that program, I said we have to do something to help these kids 17:43 in the orphanage in Haiti. We had to. 17:46 What's the age group? 17:47 They were from six months up to 18. (Six months?) Six months. 17:57 Wesley, Wesley was about six months old if I recall. 18:01 So it's interesting. How do you find out about these people that 18:06 have these needs? 18:08 The people who took over the orphanage, there were children 18:10 that it was not registered and they would find out that they're 18:18 quickly affirmed to be accepted to the community orphanage you 18:21 have to have either a father or a mother that was dead. 18:27 So they go through the people and qualify who can be a part 18:30 of the orphanage and who can't. 18:31 The Wesley is a story that needs to be told. Wesley 18:38 who was six months old like Cliff said, his father died, and his 18:41 Mom died on their way to Haiti from the Dominican Republic. 18:47 And there was a car accident and the mother was pregnant and the 18:53 mother lost, they were twins. The sister died after four hours 18:59 that the mother passed. The baby came in Wesley and he was 19:05 alive. So we have had him since he was six months old till now he's 19:11 six years old. 19:13 Now before we go any further in some of the amazing stories 19:16 that are connected to the Hope Ministries and HOPE means 19:20 Helping Oppressed People Everywhere. It's not just a word 19:24 but it's an acronym. And we have a short video, well under five 19:28 minutes that we want to allow you to see right now which kind 19:31 of gives a summary of where the ministry was and what they did 19:35 when they went to Haiti and where it is today. After the 19:38 video we'll be right back. 19:53 We took on the orphanage because it was closed. There were 19:58 children on the compound and they were not being cared for. 20:02 So in 2018, we went to Haiti and we saw the deplorable conditions 20:10 that the children were living in and we knew we had to do 20:14 something. 20:16 I experienced poverty of my own life but what I've experienced 20:20 has nothing...it's not even close, not even close. It was 20:26 below poverty level. You can't I mean use the word poverty. 20:29 It was like they had nothing. And you didn't see anything or 20:34 any way for anything to come. They were like no light at the 20:39 end of the tunnel. But you now you were in a tunnel. At that 20:45 point of time like a tunnel of life that just stood still and 20:51 You have no words because you've never seen anything like it 20:55 before. 20:59 When we first arrived at the orphanage I was blown away by 21:05 the reception. They were singing a song like Welcome, welcome 21:10 They were just happy to see us there because I believe they saw 21:17 hope. 21:20 Since our arrival, we've done a lot. They have running water, 21:24 they have plumbing, they have electricity through a solar 21:28 panel. They are being educated. We have three children who are 21:34 now in the Dominican Republic and we are supporting them 21:39 through the donations. Widlin, she is in medical school. We 21:45 have Georgie who is learning computer science. Jeffrey who is 21:49 learning braille and he is learning to play the piano. 21:53 And so they are certainly being cared for. 21:57 ♪ ♪ 22:02 Due to the political turmoil in Haiti schools are closed. The 22:07 country's on lockdown. The cost of food has tripled. The 22:13 security of the workers and the children are being threatened. 22:18 As a result, we have had to ensure that the children stay on 22:24 the compound and that they do not go out for fear of them 22:27 being kidnapped. We have security on the premises both 22:31 day and night. We have hired three teachers, one of whom is a 22:37 music teacher so that you know the children are still being 22:41 educated while Haiti is you know in a state of flux. 22:46 ♪ ♪ 22:52 Having an education, which is very important, because if they don't 22:55 have education how can they change their life situation. 23:00 They are learning 23:01 English, learning French, learning Spanish, 23:04 different languages that if they are able to go to another place 23:10 and thrive. 23:12 They can because they have been educated and that's 23:15 all because of the sponsors and because of the donations from 23:22 people like you that donate, and give their time give their 23:30 financial backing for someone to have a different lifestyle. And 23:36 to see that anything is possible I mean it's what they see around 23:41 their country. It doesn't shut off the possibilities of God 23:46 being in your life and impacting in such a way that when you look 23:52 back and see where you came from it's impossible or amazing to 23:57 know that you are where you are. 23:58 Those who want to support this ministry can go to 24:02 HopeHouseMiami.org 24:06 ♪ ♪ 24:23 Wow that's an amazing story and I know that when they saw this 24:27 group of 18 you said, 18 of you going to Haiti and turning that 24:33 building that was pretty much in horrible conditions. Let's 24:39 reiterate some of the things that were restored there. I'm 24:41 going to go to Cliff in just a moment. What were some of the 24:43 things you saw when you went there. We saw the video, but 24:46 just kind of takes us behind the scenes... 24:48 When we were in Haiti the children were in dire need. There was no 24:54 food. There was no sanitation. No water, no drinking water. 24:58 And it was a very big challenge to take on. That was a very 25:03 expensive challenge. But we say we have to trust the word of God. 25:08 God said we have to help the orphans, the widows, the less 25:16 fortunate. And that's Him to say we need to do something. 25:18 We need to act on it. 25:20 And we're invited to 3ABN. We say first we have to 25:26 provide for these children the very basics: water, light so 25:33 they can study, they can drink water. So we came here with the 25:37 donors from 3ABN were able to build the solar panels, 25:42 $30,000.00 to have 15 batteries and 16 solar panels... 25:47 Which are in place today so the batteries and solar panels as a 25:52 result of donations from the last time you were here. (Yes)OK 25:55 We also were able to have a garden to grow, agriculture to 26:00 with a good diet for the children. But what had transpired, in 26:06 Haiti with the turmoil right now is when the children are done 26:10 with the high school, what is the future? If we have children we 26:16 don't let them finish in high school. We push them all the way 26:20 in and the country is in lock- down (at the present time) at the 26:23 the present time. Yes you cannot go to University. So there are 26:27 more challenges for us after we did all of this then more 26:31 challenges arrive. Now the school out ages we have to send 26:36 them to the Dominican Republic to go for higher study. So now 26:43 Hope Ministry took on more challenges based upon trust 26:48 and the faith in Jesus. 26:50 So you have people on the ground over there in Haiti that are 26:54 keeping the orphanage going. 26:56 Yes. We have a director. (How many people?) We have 12 26:59 employees because we have security. We have security, two 27:04 securities in the morning, in the afternoon. We have people 27:09 that look after washing the children's clothes, to cook, and 27:13 we have one lady that her job is specifically to teach those 27:17 children how to know God. How to do devotion. 27:21 I want to ask Cliff about that because he was there too. You 27:24 commented on what you saw when you were there in Haiti. Kind of 27:30 give us your experience because you talked about how it was life 27:31 transforming. Just give us some of your background and what you 27:36 saw and what difference it made with your team going there. 27:39 Well Jesse asked me and a few others to join her and as I 27:46 mentioned it was life-changing in the sense that it was life 27:50 changing in a spiritual sense. Not only in just what we see 27:54 but in a spiritual sense. What we were able to do is get these 28:01 solar panels in and the batteries as well as fixing the 28:06 plumbing. Now keep in mind all of this that was done was due 28:12 to the fact that 3ABN stepped in to listeners like what (viewers) 28:16 like you that are out there. 28:18 The viewers came in and donated and we want to thank 28:24 Everyone that did that. That's just the beginning. But we still 28:27 have a lot of work to do. And as the Lord says whatever you do to 28:32 the least of these you do to me. And so we are asking for just a 28:38 little more donation because we need these funds to keep these 28:43 children basically alive. 28:44 And what I want to point out (go ahead) what I want to point 28:48 out to those who are watching the program, these donations are 28:50 not going to them, it's going right to the orphanage. A 28:55 hundred percent of that is going to the orphanage for the 28:57 operation, for the keeping of the staff, the needs that the 29:00 children have because you all are gainfully employed already 29:03 outside of what you do here. 29:05 How are they educated? 29:06 So we have schools but because of the turmoil, the situation in 29:11 Haiti school has been closed. Because it's not safe. What 29:15 they're doing right now if they got you, you'll be kidnapped. 29:19 And they would ask for money. So our children are forced to 29:24 stay in the compound. But we have the school curriculum so we 29:29 hire teachers to work with the children, so they don't lose the 29:33 academic and then since they are let down what they will do all 29:39 day throughout the day is shooting. They don't have any 29:43 funds for children. So we give them a music teacher because 29:46 music helps to build their self esteem. So now they start to 29:52 know how to sing and it's so amazing to see their voices. 29:55 So that brings joy and they love to sing. And then also when we 30:02 come down to this when the children in the? Dominican 30:08 Republic where Widley is. I don't know if you saw the video 30:12 a couple years ago when Widley said I don't even have books 30:15 to study. I can't even eat. I can't even go to school. 30:19 Brother and Sister, Mr. Rumakin, Now Widlin, she's in her third 30:26 year in medical school. (From the donations) From the donation 30:30 and she is a Christian leader in the Dominican? as the 30:35 treasurer at church. At the church. And if can remember... 30:40 How old is she? 30:41 She's 22. And you can remember Shetly, Shetly your blind boy 30:45 that used to play the music you know he sang with Akeem. 30:49 (Multiple voices) But now he's in the Dominican Republic also 30:56 He's learning Braille. Somebody sent him a Braille machine and 31:01 his computer. And he's going to school for the blind but we 31:05 went further. We sent him to a private school for music. So he 31:12 can specialize in his gift. So he can live on it and live 31:16 that way. That's what we do for our children, give them the best 31:19 Wow. Why don't you share the experience of the 31:23 evangelistic series that was... I don't know if it was 31:25 evangelistic but why don't you share that experience, Jesse, 31:30 how it got started. 31:34 Well Jesse I'll let you start it. Got it, okay. 31:36 Remember everything that we do is to give God glory. We are 31:44 wishing the people physically, emotionally, but the main goal 31:48 is to bring them to the kingdom of God. So the ultimate goal for 31:54 us is why we're giving them the help, they know Jesus. Because 31:59 if you know Jesus everything will come to them from out here. 32:03 We have an experience. Somebody got baptized and then the wife 32:11 of that person wanted to get baptized also. But that day for 32:19 the baptism as Cliff is going to tell you and we went to the bus. 32:25 But I'm going to show you the power of God. When God says I got 32:29 this, I got this. Because I went to Cliff, Cliff wasn't on the bus 32:34 so we were ready to leave to get that baptism done. He was not in 32:39 the bus. He stayed behind to have his breakfast. And when I 32:43 got on the bus I said where is Cliff too. And they told me no 32:46 he's staying behind. I said, no, no, no. I said to the driver you 32:51 wait. I'm going to get Cliff too So I went back into the hotel 32:54 and I saw Cliff. I said, Cliff you need to go with us. And 32:58 Cliff said Ah you just came and tell me to go, I must go. 33:02 Was this Sabbath? 33:04 It was a Sunday morning, it was Sunday morning. And we got over 33:09 there. We were supposed to have a baptism and the elder of the 33:13 Church, Elder Deacon, is the elder, first deacon. He came to 33:18 us and said I cannot baptize a person because you know the 33:24 pastor said we cannot do that. She's not ready. And I said let 33:26 me tell you something. You can go, take your bike, and flee. Hope 33:32 Ministry got this. Don't let them even see you there, Hope 33:37 Ministry got this. So, that's the reason Cliff was there, that we 33:46 Jesse wanted to bring it over to your house. I want to just be 33:50 kind of careful. So the elders they're not wanting to baptize 33:53 her. They tried to find reasons not to and you say Hope Ministry 33:58 has this. Just take your bike and flee. Okay. 34:01 Let me chime in a little bit on this. Let me add a little 34:06 clarity. Now the reason why I was a little reluctant to go 34:13 Sunday morning is because the Sabbath afternoon we were there 34:19 baptizing not only the kids but that particular person was 34:25 there who was an adult and I was filming it and so but and I 34:31 didn't that, I was filming it on my phone, I didn't notice this 34:35 until later on that day I opened my phone back up and I 34:41 was looking and I saw the video of him being baptized and he was 34:45 giving praises to the Lord. But in the background, I saw his wife 34:52 running, she ran. And I said wow that's strange because if you're 35:00 giving your life to the Lord this is something this is a 35:04 celebration, you know we celebrate. 35:05 Were you on the beach, was this on the beach? 35:07 Yeah, this was on the beach. And so when Jesse came to me and 35:12 says this person's wife wanted to be baptized I said Jesse I 35:18 don't think she wants to be baptized. Now think about this. 35:20 See Jesse didn't know what I knew because when she witnessed 35:27 her husband being baptized she ran off. And I thought that was 35:34 strange. Now fast forward to the next day Jesse was looking for 35:38 me and I was eating breakfast and she comes to me and says 35:42 Cliff where are you and she said I need you. And I said Okay well 35:48 if you call me I'll come. So I went with her. We went back to 35:54 the orphanage actually to pick her up and I noticed she was 35:58 taking a little time. What I didn't know was...there were two 36:05 vans. Now we were in one van waiting. The people in the 36:10 second van were praying for her. I didn't know all what was going 36:16 on. Yes. Now let's keep in mind Jesse is also understanding 36:22 another thing. Jesse was conver- sing with that elder. I saw them 36:27 talking. I don't understand Creole so I didn't know what was 36:32 being said. But I knew something was going on. Because he did 36:36 take his bike and flee. He took his bike and fled. So whatever 36:44 said he was gone. But the point here is I didn't think she was 36:49 ready. Now for some reason, prayer, prayer works because 36:55 she came down, she came with us. We took her to the beach to 36:59 baptize her. Now before we did that Elder Akeem, by the way, 37:05 we were all put in the middle and we put our hands on her and 37:10 we prayed for her and in the middle of that prayer I heard a 37:17 growling, a growling noise. So I opened my eyes. I looked at her 37:23 and her eyes rolled back into her head and she collapsed and 37:28 so I grabbed her and Elder Akeem grabbed her before she hit...it 37:34 was cement pavement where we were. So we grabbed and held her 37:38 And so I was wondering what's going on here and this other 37:45 sister, I forgot her name, but she started praying and said 37:49 Satan leave this woman. Get out of her. Leave her now. That's 37:56 when it became very real because I was holding her head and I 38:02 looked and her eyes were rolled back into her head and so I 38:07 started praying and so we all started praying because we knew 38:12 something was happening here. 38:14 Spiritual encounter. (Yes) Deep. 38:16 It was very deep. And so this is something that a lot of us when 38:20 you go on a mission trip in may or may not experience. I know I 38:25 never experienced it. But it was something that brought reality 38:29 home because now we know, we know, that the forces of evil 38:33 are at work. (But also) 38:35 No, we got to find out what happened to her. 38:38 But also there were people that were looking. Security was there 38:44 watching that because it was the way it is. And then now we 38:50 say don't worry. When she gets to the water, to the beach, to 38:51 get baptized, she won't be able to get up. And this is the way 38:56 I'm telling you the power of God He already had Cliff on his mind 39:02 to do the job. Because Cliff and Elder Akeem were the ones 39:06 who went into the water with her to get her baptized. And after 39:11 she went into the water she came back up she was a 39:14 totally changed person. Her face had the glory of God. And 39:19 further down the road, she had a daughter and I am the Godmother 39:26 for her daughter. She presented her daughter to God's temple. 39:29 I went to Haiti on that one day Wesley and the daughter were 39:35 presented to the Lord. It's amazing... 39:40 You mean she was dedicated to the Lord? 39:42 Yeah the child, (the baby) the baby because she either will go 39:46 to the next person to the Voodoo to dedicate but now she was 39:52 dedicated to the Lord. 39:54 Amen. After giving her life to the Lord she now declared her 39:58 allegiance to a different God (to a different God) by giving 39:59 her daughter. Okay, I get it. 40:01 So that case showed me, that the whole experience transformed the 40:08 lives of a group. And you know sometimes Pastor when you're 40:14 going to do some kind of mission God knows when it's to be there. 40:16 You have to share to see fit with you and during that process 40:21 Haiti was in trouble and other people out of the group didn't 40:25 want to go. And I spoke to the Lord. I said, God if it's your 40:27 will I have to dedicate the orphanage, I have to do baptism, 40:31 I said God it cannot be wrong. We're seeking souls for you, we 40:35 need to go. Give me a sign that we can go. And God showed me 40:39 that it was okay for us to go to Haiti. But a lot of peoples 40:41 here. I'm going. I said even if I have to baptize them I will go 40:46 to Haiti. So there was a people the group of people that was 40:50 there that God wanted to be there. Choose to be there. 40:53 Don't ever follow people. Follow God, in his lead. 41:00 That's right. And Cliff wanted to add something in here. 41:02 Just had one caveat we found out later because we still 41:08 didn't know; this young lady the matriarch of her family was a 41:15 Voodoo priestess. So this tells you what was going on. This is 41:20 a little background that we didn't know. Now this is 41:23 probably the reason why the deacon took off, okay. But you 41:29 see you still realize we serve a God that just the mention of his 41:33 name Satan will flee. We have no reason to fear Satan because we 41:39 believe in Jesus Christ. 41:40 Greater is he that is in us. 41:42 And also when you do this kind of spiritual warfare the devil 41:47 expose you if you're not walking with the Lord and 41:51 your team is under 41:52 attack too. So when I saw that I had to protect my team, my 41:57 people and I call on the blood of Jesus and I make a circle 42:02 like the Wall of Jericho because I was the leader and I took them 42:07 to Haiti so when those spirits come out he has to go somewhere 42:10 else but not my people. 42:12 That's a very good point. 42:14 Not my people, so I pray I made a circle. I said the blood of 42:18 Jesus the Devil bow before you. And none of our people were 42:25 affected and there was a man who had_ the baptism but is not 42:30 like we say ma'am you have the victory. Stop calling on the 42:36 name of Jesus. Because you know what the spirit was moving his 42:40 way. So he said you won, good one you didn't win, the glory is for 42:46 God, God won. 42:47 Right and before we go any further, I want to bring in Steve 42:51 because is a recent addition to this ministry, to Hope Ministry, 42:56 Steve shared with us how you came aboard and in what capacity. 43:01 Well for me you know I watch Jesse and Cliff and Akeem and 43:07 just everything that they were all doing and it was just so 43:11 inspiring to see what was going on and to hear what was 43:16 happening. And it started for me in 2016 when there was an 43:23 international volleyball tournament in Ft. Lauderdale. 43:27 And I was officiating at this event and there was a team from 43:32 Haiti was being represented was their women's junior national 43:36 team. And I noticed that the first meal the young ladies on 43:44 the team barely took any food and I thought that was kind 43:49 of strange because here they are and they've got you know this 43:51 big spread of food and they're barely taking any. And I found 43:56 out that's it's because they all felt guilty about taking the 44:01 food when they had everybody at home, all their family members 44:05 at home who didn't have anything And they're eating these big 44:10 meals. They couldn't do it. And so that really brought me 44:14 you know closer to what Jesse was doing because I could see 44:20 first hand now what really was going on in Haiti and the help 44:25 that's needed. So I just got with Jesse and it's like 44:30 whatever you need you know I'll help out with whatever needs to 44:33 be done. You don't have to be on the ground in Haiti to help. 44:38 There's different ways of helping. You can help with your 44:40 donations. You can help by just doing things at home. You know 44:44 for me, it was printed shirts you know that she sold, T-shirts 44:49 that she was selling at the concerts for the Hope Ministry. 44:52 Advice on fundraising for fundraising events. You know 44:59 whatever capacity Jesse needs help she knows that I'm there 45:04 and it's even at the concerts it's seating people at the 45:09 concerts or you know passing the donation plate. Whatever is 45:12 needed. You know I'm here to serve God and give him all the 45:18 glory and that's how it is. 45:23 Now Jesse what are some of the needs that this ministry has? 45:27 As you can see, when we started there was either food (two 45:34 voices) light. Okay but even here now the challenges are 45:39 greater because what those children were afraid of when we 45:45 got there from the get-go, the children they were afraid of 45:49 when we got there, they say everybody they come here and 45:51 they say they want to help us and they turn their back on us I 45:56 made up my mind at any cost by the grace of the Lord these 46:01 children that we have now we never turn our back on them. 46:05 All right. Praise God. 46:07 So now things got worse lately The food we used to buy even 46:13 still hard used to buy it would cost us now three times the 46:18 amount of money. Because before we could ship food to Haiti but 46:23 if it is on lockdown you cannot ship. 46:27 So you cannot bring, you can't send things into the country. 46:28 You have to buy... 46:30 No, we have to buy everything local in Haiti. But when you buy 46:32 in Haiti, it's triple the price. Because it's like a black market 46:36 because the people that are bringing the merchandise they 46:40 have to pay different people that the merchandise can arrive 46:44 where it's supposed to arrive. So you, the customer, have to pay 46:48 you have to pay the tariff of all these expenses. So we cannot go 46:54 Port au Prince to the capitol. We have to buy in the 46:57 countryside more than ever. It's more money. Remember we didn't 47:02 have no children in Giah Dominican Republic. Now we have 47:05 those who study. We have to pay for their room, their 47:09 apartment. We have to pay for their food in Najee 47:12 that's adding more. 47:14 Okay so let's go down this. Now not only their food which is 47:17 tripled in price because you have to buy it there but the 47:21 lodging, the clothing, the education. All these things are 47:26 now, say it again, (medical) medical, all that 47:31 All that. So now I can tell you see God's footprint in all 47:38 of that. Because not even one day our children didn't have no 47:43 food. The way we're running the orphanage you have to add a 47:50 million to our assets. We don't. But every day God showed up he 47:56 took care of his children. So I learn I say to you I thank those 48:02 donors. Remember you can never outgiving God. Malachi 3 verse 48:08 10 said you know when you give to the Lord, your house will not 48:12 be even enough to receive his blessings. (Open the windows) 48:16 Pastor Lomacang, we are called to do what we do. It's a 48:20 privilege and an honor for all of us here to serve. Jesus the 48:27 King of kings, the Lord of lords, has spoken, everything comes into 48:32 existence. I Am Who I Am came down to this earth to meet me 48:38 where I am and to presume my life to his likeness. That's why 48:42 we are called to do. We are called to do the same thing. 48:47 When you see someone that has no future, an orphan, since five 48:52 years old and was in an orphanage. Now she has an A+ grade. She 48:58 have three years of medical school. What more can you ask 49:02 for? A blind boy who is playing every Saturday in the church 49:06 where people rely on his music. What reward is that? 49:10 That's what God does through us. 49:13 He took us from there and put us where he is. 49:20 This is priceless. Our legacy is to touch people's lives. That's 49:26 true success. 49:28 Helping Oppressed People Everywhere. God is blessing this 49:32 ministry amazingly. You know we have some more time but I just 49:36 want to reiterate what we're talking about here. You know 49:38 when Jesse's talking you can see the passion. 49:40 I see it in her eyes. In her voice. 49:43 In her voice and what I like about it is that if you're 49:47 watching this program you know that Jesse doesn't believe in 49:50 obstacles. Okay if you cut off one means of support, we can't 49:55 go to the country. We have 12 people on the ground guarding 49:59 that orphanage, taking care of their daily needs. 50:00 And she's doing that for the homeless in Miami, too. 50:04 That's right. 50:06 So many obstacles. In Miami you know now you have to have a 50:11 permit to feed the homeless. And then I went not even feeding the 50:17 homeless. My call was there for Dade. You go by Dade. And I took 50:22 the youth from the foundation to go claim the street for the 50:24 homeless. And there goes the police. And they say you're not 50:27 allowed to feed and I've been doing for 20 years and 24 years. 50:31 And now I've been blocked. Give me a ticket for $250 for feeding 50:37 the homeless. So on Monday morning I stay in Miami and I 50:44 look at the people who were sleeping on the street. No one 50:48 choose to be there. And I cried because I went earlier to the 50:52 City of Miami and the guy said to me, you are working against 50:56 me because we don't want to see the homeless on the street. I 50:59 could be on the street too. And I stand for homeless people. Now 51:04 you get really into my shoes. 51:06 Okay when you step in front of me you get in my shoes. Yeah. 51:12 Every time I apply for my permit to feed the homeless because I 51:14 they do, they have a parking lot In the parking lot have to apply 51:18 and they have to approve it for you to feed. They deny me. And 51:23 wherever I went there, there was nobody serving. They said 51:26 another organization is serving. That's not true. The parking lot 51:31 is empty. And I say God really I'm going to give this to God. 51:36 (Okay) You can out forgive God. (Wow) 51:38 You know we're going to take a short break here to make sure 51:44 that you get the information that you need to be supportive 51:46 of Hope Ministries. And there's more to come on the other side 51:50 of this but after this news break, after getting the address 51:53 that you need to support we'll be back with a few closing 51:55 thoughts. 51:56 If you would like to contact or know more about Hope Ministries 52:02 Project Inc. you can write to them at 1528 NE 135 St. 52:09 Miami, FL 33161. You can also call them at (954) 667-4503 52:24 You can also visit their website at HopeHouseMiami.org 52:30 or you can email them at HopeHouseMiami@gmail.com |
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