At Home with the Poor
- ISBN-10
- 1594980012
- ISBN-13
- 9781594980015
- Category
- Church work with the poor
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Barclay Press
- Authors
- Jean L. Thomas, Lon Fendall
Description
Jean Thomas and his wife, Joy, have lived in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, since 1982. Jean was born in central Haiti?the son of a Baptist pastor. Joy grew up in Oregon. They met at Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, Mississippi, and married in 1981. Learn how Jean and Joy have put the principles of relocation, reconciliation, and redistribution to work in Fond-des-Blancs. This account of personal commitment includes hardship and success. It teaches practical Christian involvement as Jean shares the story of projects that minister to the spiritual, physical, educational, economic, and medical needs of their community.
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