DOUBLE WEDDING IN HAINA Commitment and Transformation.

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DOUBLE WEDDING IN HAINA Commitment and Transformation

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DOUBLE WEDDING IN HAINACommitment and Transformation

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Haina, Dominican Republic

• Most cohabitating couples are not married• Many have been together for years• Many have children

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Marriage ... A biblical concept

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Luz Jiménez and Zabdi Jessica Delgado

• Missionaries with Mesoamerica Genesis Initiative• Deployed to plant a church in Haina last year

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The Young Congregation Grew

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Nudged by the Holy Spirit

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One Couple’s Story

• Félix didn’t really want to get married• Jacqueline was a Christian and wanted to get married• Through discipleship, he realized that he needs to be

married to live a fuller life in God

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Félix Wanted to Surprise Jacqueline

• Félix couldn’t marry Jacqueline as a surprise• Jacqueline needed to be involved in the paperwork• The missionaries brought her in on the plan

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Paperwork Dilemmas

• Obtaining legal paperwork is a long and expensive process• Many poor Haina residents are not registered, so they don’t

have birth certificates required to be legally married

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Double Wedding Ceremony in February!

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A Testimony About God and Marriage

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Bluffton Church of the Nazarene

Work and Witness Team Financed Wedding

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Commitment and Transformation of Life!

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Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come,    and his bride has made herself ready.

Revelation 19:7

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