{"id":13190,"date":"2024-08-21T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13190"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:38:54","slug":"haiti-loving-care-leads-survivors-of-voodoo-boat-explosion-to-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13190","title":{"rendered":"Haiti: Loving Care Leads Survivors of Voodoo Boat Explosion to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Mission Network News, August 13, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dozens of Haitians recently survived a tragic boat explosion off the coast of northern Haiti. Roseline DeHart of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forhaitiwithlove.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For Haiti With Love<\/a> says, \u201cThey are guessing there were around 80 people on the boat, but they don\u2019t know because only 30 of them survived.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcohol and fire used in a voodoo ceremony caused the explosion, leaving survivors with severe burns. Many turned to For Haiti\u2019s burn clinic for help when they came ashore, and their treatments continue today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBurns are slow healing. [They] take a lot of a lot of bandages, a lot of materials,\u201d DeHart explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had sent supplies down there just before that (accident) happened, so God had everything in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clinic workers shared the gospel with every survivor as they began initial treatments. \u201cThey were telling us their story, and we started telling them about Jesus and how Jesus is waiting for them to come to him,\u201d DeHart says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey said after surviving from that (accident) they were ready for Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, God is turning what the enemy meant for evil into something good. For Haiti\u2019s burn treatments and discipleship sessions continue. \u201cThey come in every other day until they\u2019re healed, and they will hear the gospel while they\u2019re getting treated the whole time,\u201d DeHart says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe water is still pushing bodies out; it\u2019s a very tragic time,\u201d DeHart says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/voodoo-boat-explosion-leads-haitians-to-christ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the full story with prayer points and a few photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/08\/18\/woman-dies-vodou-retreat-haiti-dana-jackson\/74836194007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina Woman Dies During Haiti Vodou Retreat to Become Manbo Priestess<\/a> (Christian News Network).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Mission Network News, August 13, 2024 Dozens of Haitians recently survived a tragic boat explosion off the coast of northern Haiti. Roseline DeHart of For Haiti With Love says, \u201cThey are guessing there were around 80 people on the boat, but they don\u2019t know because only 30 of them survived.\u201d Alcohol and fire used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13190\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Haiti: Loving Care Leads Survivors of Voodoo Boat Explosion to Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13191,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions\/13191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}