Ambassador Raymond Joseph

Well, Let's start with a story a few weeks old. My first day at the office (Tuesday, May 27) Rev. Schenck was scheduled to attend a meeting with The Institute on Religion and Public Policy. The key note speaker was Ambassador Raymond Joseph from Haiti.

The ambassador, come to find out, is a committed Christian. He started the meeting with his testimony - His father was a Baptist minister in Haiti and directed the operations of a school and a hospital. When he was young, God called him to translate the New Testament into the common language of Haiti - Creole. His countrymen were getting their theology mixed up because the preachers were teaching in French. He was eventually successful with the translation and God called him to his next assignment - speak out for the downtrodden of Haiti! Today, he continues to work for his people as their ambassador and is excited that Democracy is taking root in his country.

What a mountain top experience on my first day at work! I did get to meet the ambassador (there were only about 12 people in the meeting). Also, Rev. Schenck was able to pose a question to him concerning the most important message he would give to missionaries in Haiti. He said that Missionaries should aim to work themselves out of a Job! In other words, train nationals to reach their own people!