Youth for Christ launches program in Haiti

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Youth for Christ launches program in Haiti



By Brian Harmon
Special to ASSIST News Service

Youth for Christ Americas Area Director Larry Williams with Galilee Perilus, YFC National Director of Haiti

ST. MARC, HAITI (ANS) – Haiti, the poorest and least safe county in the Western Hemisphere is also the latest to form a national Youth for Christ organization, according to Larry Williams, YFCI Americas Area Director.

Haitian National YFC Director Galilee Perlus has already held a training
program for youth workers and pastors which has graduated 50 students. The training took place for three months, all day Fridays and Saturdays. The graduates were proudly decked out in full graduation garb, including robes and mortar board hats.

Students of the Youth for Christ Training graduating class of 2008 in St. Marc, Haiti.

“Haiti is currently in a state of semi-anarchy and armed mobs roam the streets and highways (or whatever). The YFC organization in Haiti is virtually self-supporting and was formed indigenously by the National Director Galilee Perilus with very little outside help,” Larry said.

Youth for Christ International operates in 22 countries in the Western Hemisphere and over 100 worldwide. The program in Brazil alone has 50 ministry centers throughout the country. Every YFC national program has a locally selected board and a National Director from within the country.

As of time of this story, YFCI Americas Area Director Larry Williams was in the island nation of Barbados dealing with leadership issues in that country’s program.

BIO

Larry Williams and his wife, Gail live in Poplar, Wisconsin. After college he worked with young people for the Salvation Army for two years before joining Youth for Christ over 30 years ago. On a mission trip to Haiti he developed a burning desire to help evangelize and disciple young people in the very poor countries. He spent four years in West Africa and then headed up “Project Serve”, YFC’s short-term missions program for twelve years before becoming the Americas Area Director. Their address is 5161 S. County Rd. P, Poplar, WI, 54864. Their phone number is 715-3642718 and Fax number is 715-364-2719. His cell phone number is 218-393-4593 and he can be reached at larry.williams@yfci.org.

Brian Harmon has been teaching college economics for 20 years in Orange County, California, and is a recent graduate of the School of Ministry at Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa. He holds a master’s degree in economics and three teaching credentials, has successfully run more than 10 political campaigns and has done economic and political analysis and research at the federal, state, county and city level. He is currently working on a book called, “If People were Good: A Beginniners Guide to Politics, Economics and the Bible.” He is a volunteer with Youth for Christ International.

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