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| Emilien Mogene |
The first portion of the following is a little about Emilien and then his testimony. Both are written by Emilien but we are guessing that Stacey Ayars has done a little editing of his English.
“My name is Emilien Mogene and I’m from Dondon. I live at the Seminary during the week and travel to my home on the weekends to be with my wife, son, and to work at my church. I’m in the third year class at EBS. One Sunday a month I preach at the church, and I also work in the garden to take care of my family. I watch tv and play soccer sometimes, but most of the time I work in ministries at the church, like leading the worship service and teaching a Sunday School class.
I would love your prayers for my spiritual life and I want to praise the Lord for all of the opportunities He is giving me to study theology and to take care of my family.
I hope that one day Haiti can be changed for Christ. I thank you for your prayers for Haiti and for me, and for helping me in my studies. I ask that God will protect you and give you good health. I cannot thank you sufficiently for all that you have done for me, so I pray that God will bless you abundantly.
Thank you!
Mogene
Student: Emilien Mogene
Expected Graduation Date: 2013
Personal Testimony:
I was born in a Christian family. I kept all the principles of the Bible when I was a child. When I was a child, someone practicing Voodoo wanted to kill me, but they couldn’t have success because my parents had a strong faith in God. Because of that, it became my intention to live close to God day by day.
After finishing my high school, I had many dreams but they did not come to pass. My first hope was to become a doctor. I wanted to help my people to have good health. I tried to do this, but nothing came through for me in this way. So, I started to study Economic Science at the University of Cap-Haitien.
However, I was not able to complete these studies. After a long time of silence from the Lord, I thought a lot about my future. I realized God had a marvelous thing for me in my life, even though I did not have beautiful qualities or good knowledge.
One day I heard a message from a preacher who said “even though I was born in a Christian family, you have to accept Christ personally in your life to be saved.” Immediately, I knew he was talking about me, and I accepted Jesus as my Savior, and I became a new believer.
When I came to Emmaus, it was because it was a seminary that trains people to become pastors. My purpose is to live like Christ during my life on the earth. When I came to the Seminary the doctrine I found was one of holiness. I can say with sincerity that my vocation is to become a pastor to work in the local church to help the people to live holy lives day by day.
I have a wife and a son who is one year old. Please pray for us! Thank you.
Emilien’s testimony is somewhat different from what we have seen in many cases. Unlike many of the student’s here at the seminary he was raised in a Christian home that was not influenced overtly by voodoo. Next week we would like to share with you the testimony of another student that we are helping personally who is now in his 4th year at the Emmaus Biblical Seminary which is more typical.
We are starting to get a little tired physically so please continue to keep us in your prayers as we finish up our final week of hosting and prepare to return home on the 6th of December.
The peace of Christ
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