When you look at this picture, what do you see? We see the joy of friendship. It’s the pure delight and joy of 2 friends who haven’t seen each other for a year. They do not speak the same language; they live over 2,100 miles, as the crow flies, apart – in fact, they don’t even live on the same continent and aren’t from the same culture. Yet they have been friends for 4 years.
Melanie is from Loomis, Nebraska and Madame Maxell is from Policard, Haiti. They when Melanie’s church went to visit her Sister Church for the first time and put on a skit for the women’s group. Each team member from the US church danced with one lady from the Haitian church and she happened to be paired up with Madame Maxell. They’ve been friends ever since.
Melanie shared, “I have been down to Haiti four times, three times to my Sister Church. I met her the first time we were down. Then her husband’s last name was Berendt. And last year when we were there she told me that he had passed away. This time when we went I found out she has been remarried.” Upholding each other and praying for each other throughout these kinds of life’s ups and downs is a part of the types of relationships that are developed as a result of being in a C3 Partnership.
They are experiencing the oneness of the body of Christ. The expression “brothers and sisters in Christ” really comes alive in the C3 Partnership Program. This is what it is all about. Developing relationships that endure through the years, relationships that weather storms, that bears one another’s burdens and prays faithfully for one another truly helps us exhibit Christlikeness.
If you are interested in life-changing relationships, consider an ongoing cross-cultural partnership with a church in Haiti. Please contact us at info@rmibridge.org.
If you are already a part of a C3 Partnership, could you share the program and your experiences with your friends and family? There are so many churches who are desirous of hands-on ministry that will effect real change, but they don’t know where to go for it. We need your help in getting the word out about RMI’s unique ministry. We can equip you with materials and information to do that. Contact us at info@rmibridge.org or call RMI at 239-368-8390.
Our staff are also happy to come talk to your church leaders or your contact from another church!
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