The Detour That Built a Church
In 2014, Pastor Marcus Rivera planned a mission trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His team of twelve from a small church in Durham, North Carolina, had...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 16:9-15.
In 2014, Pastor Marcus Rivera planned a mission trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His team of twelve from a small church in Durham, North Carolina, had raised funds for months. Three days before departure, a hurricane warning shut down their route. Marcus was devastated. A colleague suggested they redirect their efforts to a migrant farmworker community in rural Sampson County, just ninety minutes south.…
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