Free Enterprise and Government Control

For this blog I am going to write about the government control and the regulations on missionary families and the spread of the gospel, which is what I would like to go into as my career. Missionaries can be stationed anywhere around the world, therefore I am going to write about the country that I would most like to go to. God commands us to “Go and make disciples of all men.” For me I would like to go to Haiti and minister to the orphans and women who suffer from HIV or other diseases.  For a missionary spreading God's message is one of the main goals in their ministry, and that is why the Government control is a huge problem in many countries. For example, how can someone talk about Christ when they aren't allowed to say his name in public? Haiti, on the other hand is mostly Roman Catholic so speaking about Christ is not prohibited. For countries like Haiti it is important to get government permission to be a missionary, mostly this is due to regulations that the government might have on evangelizing. The Haitian government is a Republic government that allows it’s citizen’s to have the freedom of choosing their own religion and it is easy to evangelize on the streets and anywhere else. For missionaries in Haiti it is simple and common to get missionary visas, as long as the person has a valid passport they are allowed into Haiti. After an incident in 2010 where American missionaries took some orphans to the Dominican Republic and were charged with ‘kidnap’, many Haitian’s have been wary of missionaries that enter the country. Like any other poorer country Haiti is in need of educated economists that will help with decision that will benefit the country as a whole. After the earthquake in 2010, Haitians have struggled to rebuild their country and have lost many of their free enterprising local businesses. Another problem that has caused the Haitian economy to be at a standstill instead of increasing is the lack of trustworthy banks. The economic system that they follow is the free-market economy, an economy based on supply and demand of the people. There is a lot of corruption not only from citizens but also from the government, leading to the governmental control to be quite serious in some cases. I think that missionaries can help the Haitian’s government to grow and evolve to be a prosperous nation and help the leaders to consider the entire country as a whole instead of their own selves.

We need to be reminded to pray for these countries so that they would see less corruption, and more growth in their economy.