Pastor Clausel Cadet wants to help his family members and others in southern Haiti, an area devastated by Hurricane Melissa. Let’s help him! GIVE HERE Although the storm centered over Jamaica, more Haitians (30 at last count) lost their lives because of extensive flooding.

I have known and corresponded with Pastor Clausel for nearly two years. He lives in Port au Prince, where he leads a church and school for children. Clausel also hosts a training cohort for pastors in his city. He is a good brother, doing his best under circumstances I can’t imagine.

PPI’s mission is to “encourage, train and resource church leaders in Haiti and other developing countries.” At times, such as during COVID-19, the Lord moves us to encourage Haitian churches through meeting practical needs. This is one of those times. As the Lord leads you, would you consider giving to help Haitians in southern Haiti with food, water and materials to rebuild their homes? DONATE HERE

We will send funds given to Pastor Clausel to distribute. Here is his recent message to me:

Subject: Request for Humanitarian Assistance Following the Passage of Cyclone Melissa

Dear pastor Ken,

I am writing to you with deep humility. I am originally from the Grand’Anse Department, specifically from Jérémie, where my mother, sisters, and brothers still live. Unfortunately, they were severely affected by the passage of Cyclone Melissa.

The situation in this region is very critical, and I am deeply saddened to see my family suffering in such conditions. In addition, several members of my church, located in the community of Farouge (in the commune of Dame-Marie), have also suffered serious losses and are going through extremely difficult times.

I would like to visit them soon to bring some comfort and assistance, but my current means are very limited. Therefore, I am reaching out to kindly request your support—of any kind—to help my family and the members of my church during this time of great distress.

I sincerely thank you in advance for your understanding, compassion, and solidarity toward the people affected in Jérémie, Farouge, and throughout the Grand’Anse region.

Respectfully,
Pastor Clausel Cadet

Greetings to you all in our Lord Jesus! Thank you for praying for us and for PPI. The Lord is working through your prayers! As fall begins, we wanted to share some of what’s happening right now and related praise and prayer requests. 

Six Courses by Year-End

We’ll return to northern Haiti in early November then to northeastern Haiti in December. With the Lord’s help, we will offer three PPI courses each trip, six (6) courses in total through the end of 2025. We praise God for providing through His people (all of you!) for the increased number of courses we are able to offer this year!

Please pray for us as we prepare all the materials for these two training trips (600-800 lbs for each trip). Our shipping dates will be back to back, so we need to have everything organized and labeled well to avoid confusing Missionary Flights staff (who fly our shipments to Haiti) and our Haitian team on the receiving end.

Please pray for me (Ken) as I finishing writing Course 6 this fall. I thank the Lord for His Word and the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit, and sense His leading as I study and write the course for effectiveness.

Course 6 is about spiritual warfare as you can see from the title. Please pray that the Lord will protect Rena and me, our children and grandchildren as well as our Haitian team and their families from the attacks of Satan. God’s enemy has a lot of freedom to work in Haiti, and I’m sure he will not be happy with Biblical and practical teaching about our victory over him in Christ!

On a personal note, Rena and I completed a 3-day cycling trip (the Dalmac) to the Mackinac Bridge over Labor Day weekend. I participated in this group ride several years ago, and we wanted to do it together. It worked out this summer. We enjoyed the ride in God’s creation, the time with friends who rode with us, and opportunities to meet and talk with many others on the ride – believers and unbelievers. We praise God for this “cycling vacation.”

Thank you all again for praying for us. We pray for all of you as well, your church leaders and congregations. Please let us know how we can praise God and pray specifically for you right now. We’re honored to lift you up to our Father’s throne of grace.

Love to you all in Christ,

Ken and Rena MacGillivray

The Apostle Paul shares an amazing insight in Galatians 3:8 (quoting Genesis 12:3):

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

”Nations” certainly refers to nationalities, or ethnic groups. Some translations read, “In you, all families on earth will be blessed.” But this promise also extends to nations as political entities. Through the life-transforming power of Jesus Christ, nations will be blessed from their bureaucracies to their back streets. As Paul says in Colossians 1:20 (my summary), “Jesus died to fix everything !” And God had planned it all along, preaching the gospel to Abraham.

That’s the promise we stand on as we train church leaders in Haiti. The Lord Jesus, through the power of the gospel proclaimed and lived out by His church, can change this broken nation. Humanly speaking, it seems impossible. The history is too distorted, habits of life too ingrained, corruption too deep. But we belong to a Savior who defeated the grave and crushed the head of the Serpent. Nothing is too hard for Him! So we serve with all the energy, diligence and joy He gives.

July/August Training

Thank you for praying for our latest training in northeast Haiti. From July 31-August 8, we offered Courses 1, 2 and 5 in two cities, Course 5 for the first time. It was well received by 105 church leaders! This course is our second of two courses on church leadership, titled (in English) Leading Jesus’ Church (Leaders and Organization). In Part 1 of the course, we study leadership roles and titles in the New Testament church, leader qualifications and the biblical process of appointing church leaders. In Part 2, we focus on organizing all aspects of a local church around the Lord’s mission of making disciples, meetings and mentoring, financial management and church discipline – all through the lens of Scripture and aimed practically at making local churches effective for Christ.

Haitian church leaders searched the Scriptures, discussed the issues even during their breaks and lunch time, and had a LOT of questions. On the last day of the course, they didn’t want to stop! They asked if we could continue the course. Our team praised the Lord that He encouraged, instructed and challenged church leaders through this new course. May He use this course – and all PPI courses – to strengthen His church and bless the nation of Haiti.

Closed Door, Open Window

Speaking of nations, we need to postpone PPI training in the Dominican Republic (DR) because of travel restrictions on Haitian nationals. Our plan was to introduce PPI courses to Haitian church leaders in two cities in the DR in November. Our core Haitian team (Jasmin, Isaiah and Hebert) would travel with me to the DR to assist me in launching PPI training there with excellence.

Unfortunately, the DR government – like the United States – now prohibits Haitian nationals from entering the DR for any reason, unless they have a current visa to the U.S., Canada or EU, which none of our guys now possess. (Isaiah’s U.S. tourist visa expired last year, and we have found it impossible to renew right now.) We worked hard on all the possibilities, but concluded that for now the door to the DR is closed to us.

But God had plans! On my way to and from Haiti in July-August, I talked with several people about options for travel to southern Haiti. They came out of the woodwork. Clearly, the Lord was opening a window! I talked and prayed with our team about the situation in DR and about training in southern Haiti for the first time in mid-2026. They’re hugely excited! We all sense the Lord’s leading in this step.

Please pray for us as we work out the details. Safe travel there will be more expensive, and we need to figure out the best shipping option. Carrying 600-800 lbs of Bibles and training materials to southern Haiti will be tricky to say the least! Yet we sense the Lord’s leading and know that He will make a way for us – in order to bless this nation of people that He loves.

We’ve had a good first week in Haiti. We began with a “beach day” with our core team and their families – a first for them and they loved it! Along with playing in the water, talking and praying, and enjoying a nice dinner together, I marveled at the changes in our team families.

Isaiah and Celina had their second baby, Blessly-Love, in May, and big sister Naomy has grown into a happy, talkative 3-year-old. Jasmin and Olimene’s daughter, Jasmine, is now a thoughtful and athletic 6-year-old. Hebert looks forward to his marriage to Nanjee, who begins her last year of nursing school in the U.S. this fall. Thanks so much for praying for our Haitian team and their families!

After taking families back home, we traveled to Fort-Liberté to lead Course 2. We first offered PPI training in this “chief city” (capital) of the Northeast Department last year. A number of church leaders told us this week how their ministry has changed since they learned to use the Thompson Bible. They now understand the importance of God’s Word to all aspects of their ministry, and they’re excited to study Scripture for themselves. They jumped into Course 2 with energy! Thank you for faithfully praying and giving to make this training possible.

After completing Course 2, we drove an hour south to Ouanaminthe, our “home base” city. I am amazed at how the city continues to change. The population is growing leaps and bounds. So many Haitians are relocating here to get away from the violence and hardship in and around Port au Prince. Situated on the border of the Dominican Republic, Ouanaminthe enjoys a better economy and quieter living conditions compared to many other Haitian cities. It would rank high on Haiti’s list of “best cities to live in.”

Tomorrow we start a week of training here, beginning with Course 5 and concluding with Course 1. Both courses likely will be full. We’re praying that God will use PPI courses – and how we lead them – to strengthen church leaders in the Way of Jesus, which leads to real, lasting change in churches, neighborhoods and, ultimately, this nation. Please pray for us this week!