Port-au-Prince seminary students need YOUR help!
 

 Here's how:

 ONLINE

  United States and International: Click to give here, and use project code 390170


 MAIL

  United States: Send checks to...

OMS International, Inc. PO Box 1648 Monument CO 80132-1648

Be sure to attach a note for Project 390170, EBS Haiti Student Scholarships


  Canada:  Send cheques to...

OMS Canada Wellington Street N,
   Box 132 Hamilton, ON L8L 8E7 

  Be sure to attach a note for Project 70541, EBS Haiti Student Scholarships 

PHONE

 United States:  317-881-6751

Canada:  1800-784-7077 to make visa or mastercard donations.

 
If more funds are raised than are needed for incoming Port-au-Prince students, they will be used to provide for our current students that are still lacking full scholarships.

EBS in Port-au-Prince 

“God still has a plan for His people in Haiti,” he said resolutely.

“I can see it.”

Janiel Charlot graduated from Emmaus Biblical Seminary in 2008, and is the pastor of the small church right across the street from EBS’s new campus. Not long after the earthquake shook Haiti, he was anxious to get to the epicenter. But while most of the world rushed there to help quench the millions of arising needs for shelter, food, clothing and medical care, Janiel had something else in mind entirely.

“The message of the Gospel, this is the pi gwo beswin, the most big need, of the people.” Janiel said, no hint of doubt in his voice. “Not just because of the earthquake. Not just in Port-au-Prince. But totally. Our biggest need is Him.”
So, on January 26th, Janiel left with Lucner, the Dean of Men, and three students for a week that he says changed everything.
“When we got there, we saw hundreds of people coming to OMS’s makeshift medical clinic on the head of the mountain of Diquini,” he shared.

“We didn’t know how to go about telling such a huge number of people, right out of a crisis, about Jesus, so the first afternoon we held a big service in the midst of them, and preached about the Lord. Everyone seemed interested, but not one person wanted to give their life to Jesus.

“But I could see, so clearly, that people were just ready to receive the Gospel. I could see that their hearts were soft.

“So we talked to Dr. Gavin and were given a tent. Each person that came through the gate would first go to the Sign-In tent, then the Consultation tent, then the Pharmacy tent. But before they headed out, they moved right into the fourth tent, OURS.




“There were only three chairs, so we would put the people in the chairs and we would each sit on a cardboard box in front of them. Everything we did was one-on-one. We asked for their stories. We listened to their nightmares. We told them about Jesus. We showed them His plan for salvation for them in the Bible. We answered their questions. We prayed for them.”

Seeing that I was totally enthralled and taking notes as rapidly as possible, Janiel continued with his huge signature smile.

“One after another, sister. One after another they came to Jesus. They KNEW their problem. We showed them the answer, and one after another they took Him, with tears and with repentance, with singing and joy.

“If I would grow discouraged, I would just listen to the voice of my brother beside me. I would listen to Benjamin or Jasmin, speaking to their people about Jesus, I would listen to the patients confessing their sins and coming to Christ, and I would become so encouraged again! We were of One Spirit...HIS! Doing One Work...HIS!

“After that first morning, every single time you came into that white stuffy tent, your skin could FEEL the presence of God. It was like when Moses talked with God!

And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent which was outside the camp. Thus, the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. And when Moses came out, he did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. (Exodus 33, 34)

“My face was shining, sister Stacey!” Janiel said with almost a shout. “His presence was there, and for five days we worked together like this, sitting on our boxes, working together, leading people to Jesus. Many people were unsure when they came in, but as soon as we began to show them what the Bible said, people saw that it was Truth.
“Can I tell you without tears in my eyes,” he asked rhetorically, “that 243 people became Christians during those five days?!”

“Everyone was asking for services in the evenings, and so every evening we would preach and sing and read from the Bible and saw so many old and new Christians being fed and encouraged. This area needs a CHURCH" suddenly his joyful sharing took on a heavy burden.

"All the temples in the area were voodoo or Seventh Day Adventist. Please PRAY that the one whom God is calling to GO and begin a church there will obey! I am praying that one of the students will go.”

The day before Janiel and his group left Port-au-Prince, Matt and another group arrived. They spent one sweet evening of fellowship together, praying and sharing, instructing and praising the Lord for all that had come to pass.
This group will leave the crippled city behind this afternoon, and another group of Emmaus men headed down yesterday perched on bags of rice under the blazing sun.

Almost 200 more people in this Diquini area have come to know their Savior this past week, and all together these hundreds of new converts and dozens of older Christians have been worshipping together every evening. The students have been preaching the Word to these masses in rotation.

 

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On any given day, there is a LOT going on at Emmaus.  Students are in classes such as Hebrew, Christian Theology, Romans, Greek, Homiletics, English and Isaiah all morning.  Staff strives to pull critical thinking and discussion into the classroom, and students are hungry to learn as much about the Bible and Christian Living as possible.  Daily chapel services get students out of the classroom for thirty minutes and gives them a chance to practice preaching.  Lunch is at 12:30, and students study, are tutored, work or rest in the afternoons.  After dinner, on-campus students study from 6:30 until 8:30.

Each weekend, most students head home to pastor churches, teach Sunday school, lead services, do community service, minister to families and friends, and lead Bible studies.

We are seeing the Lord MOVE in Haiti because of this training, and because of the frequent hands-on opportunities our students have to minister and use what they are learning.

That's why we need your help! 

While it costs $2450 US a year to educate, house and feed each student at EBS, students are only able to pay $450 a year for tuition.  If the education cost less, it would not be seen as having high value.  But if it cost more, Emmaus would be a seminary without students.

These men and women have been praying for partners and for Scholarships of Hope.  A $2000 scholarship would completely underwrite a student for an entire year!    Students can also be underwritten by several smaller scholarships.  Scholarships can be given in any amount, monthly or annually.  

Upon aligning your life with one of these students, you will receive their photo, their testimony, letters from them each year and letters from Emmaus.

We need your help in order to continue sharing the life-transforming message of the Bible!  Please consider doing ministry with one or more Emmaus students with your church, small group, Bible study or family today!

How to provide a scholarship for a specific Emmaus student...

 1) Email our marketing director, Stacey, to tell her who you are looking for (ie...a new student from PAP, someone interested in children's ministry, a young person interested in evangelism)

2) Once you have selected a student, you will be sent their photo, testimony and more information about Emmaus Biblical Seminary.  You will also receive a response card in order to select the terms of the scholarship you wish to give.

3) Your response card will go directly to the OMS headquarters in your region, and your sponsorship has begun.

4) Each year, you will receive a letter from your student and updates from Emmaus!

 THANK YOU!