Winning Haiti from Satan to Christ

Below is a report from Christian World News. If you click the link, you can see the TV report.

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Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and is getting poorer every day.
Half the population is under-nourished. One in five children dies before he or she reaches five. The majority in the country don't have access to clean water.
But the nation's top evangelical leader says there are deeper issues that plague his nation.
Haitians made a blood pact with the devil 200 years ago after a witchdoctor by the name of Boukman dedicated the island to Satan.
Lesly - not his real name - is a voodoo priest. He says that is his spirit name. Lesly runs a voodoo temple on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
He says for the last three decades, he has tended to the desperate needs of many Haitians.
"Many come to me with all kinds of sickness. Some have evil spirits in them," the voodoo priest said. "They ask me to solve their problems and I do. I also help them get voodoo spirits that can look after them in the future."
One Haitan sees the future of his nation in a different light.
"There's a saying in this country that Haiti is 70 percent Catholic and 30 percent Protestant and 100 percent voodoo! But things are changing," the native said. "An army of believers says it is enough that for 200 years, this nation has suffered under the curse of voodoo. Things are changing."
Spearheading that change is Pastor Chavannes Jeune, Haiti's most prominent evangelical leader. On most days, you'll find him traveling around the island with one goal in mind.
"What we are trying to do to our country is to claim it back for the Lord."
Thousands of Christians are joining that campaign with fervent prayer and fasting.
Pastor Jeune visited CBN News in our studios. He talked with Reporter Wendy Griffith about how the the island has changed in recent years. Below is a transcript of that conversation. You can watch the entire interview by clicking play above.
Jeune: Haiti was called a voodoo country, but now I think the Christians are taking over because we have about 42 to 46 percent Christians in the country.
Wendy: And you're seeing a revival now?
Jeune: We are on the verge of revival because their is a lot of room given to spiritual things, even at the national palace we've been granted permission to organize a monthly prayer service, every first thursday of the month, we do that also at the Prime Minister's office and at the ministry of Justice, and also the Parliament, the Congress is open to that to.
Wendy: What impact is that having on the Haitian government?
Jeune: I think they recognize that the current stability and security that is being developed is the result of the Christian prayers and the effort and the will of the government to create this environment.
Wendy: What would you say Pastor Jeune are Haiti's greatest needs?
Jeune: I think the greatest need is, you know, the poverty is so rampant, and we need to create jobs because 80 percent of the people are not working, and the literacy rate is very weak, because it's only 35 percent of the people that can read and write.
Wendy: How is the church on the ground in Haiti helping meet some of those dire needs in Haiti.
Jeune: Well you know that the church is mostly from the poor, bottom line, and I think that the church is doing its best, like in school, we have 39 percent of all the elementary school -- that's the highest percent in the country -- the government only has 11 percent. Also, a lot of development in social work is being conducted by the church in health and in microcredit and in a lot of things like that.
Wendy: Well let me ask you, what can Christians here in the United States and throughout the world do to help Haiti.
Jeune: First, I think that they should continue to pray for Haiti because we are on the verge of a revival and we want that revival to break through.
Wendy: Well, we will pray for Haiti and we thank you so much for being with us.