Haiti (MNN) — In all the challenges Haiti knows today, there’s also joy. This summer, Radio-TV 4VEH is celebrating 75 years of God’s faithfulness as they broadcast gospel hope to the nation.
Storly and Kate Michel serve with 4VEH, a ministry partner of Trans World Radio.
Storly serves as the station director for 4VEH. “People tell me I don’t look 75,” he jokes. “But the reality is, it’s the proof that it’s not me. I wasn’t there [at 4VEH’s beginning]. It’s been God using His servants over time … Haitians and non-Haitians, people coming from all over the place.”
Pray for endurance as believers broadcast critical updates and the hope of Christ.
(Photo courtesy of Radio 4VEH)
Kate says 4VEH was started by an American missionary named G. T. Bustin who felt God leading him to start a radio station, even though he knew nothing about radio. That’s how La Voix Evangélique d’Haïti, or The Evangelistic Voice of Haiti was born.
“People thought he was crazy for even trying to do this, but he was faithful to what God called him to,” Kate says. “And 75 years later, generations of Haitians have come to know the Lord, have grown up serving Him, have become more like Jesus, and are making a difference in their communities and around the world.”
Haitians know how to celebrate! Special church services across Haiti and also the U.S. this summer will be full of lively praise and worship. In Haitian communities they’re even planning soccer tournaments with some of the best teams in Haiti.
Kate shares another reason they’re excited for these upcoming celebrations: “because we know we’re going to hear from people who are listening, people who are watching 4VEH, and we’re going to hear just how God has moved in their lives.”
As 4VEH looks back, the team also looks forward. There’s much more ahead as they move to harness digital technologies for wider gospel reach, by God’s grace.
“We started as a radio station, and we’ve been doing radio for 75 years, but over the years, the way we see it is to use technology as a tool to reach people. So whether it’s radio, television, digital, we will use whatever [is] available and good to reach people where they are,” says Storly.
“The future for us is exactly that: What do we use today to reach people for Christ?”
Would you prayerfully consider partnering with 4VEH’s mission? Learn how at their website, 4veh.org/en (English).
“That gift will be used to broadcast the gospel across Haiti and beyond, and broadcast the gospel in a way that is Christ-centered, is compelling and is culturally relevant to the people who are listening,” Kate says.
“So God will use that to reach people, to disciple them to become more like Jesus, and to help them serve Him in their communities where they are.”
Header photo courtesy of 4VEH.
