Wa Wo - woohoo!

One of our first day's biggest joys for Storly and me was hand delivering this fresh-off-the-press CD to Witny Telfort - our good friend, inspired Christian artist, maestro (choir leader) of the Flamme Spirituelle (Spiritual Flame) Choir, and Operations Director at Radio 4VEH. 

Witny Telfort holding first copy of his choir's new CD release Wa Wo.

Joy's really the word for this whole project. 

Back in 2007, Storly and I worked with Witny on the first album produced by 4VEH, called Louwe Bondje (Worship the Lord) with Witny as the musical talent, pulling together recordings from many local Christian groups that he has directed who offered their music as a gift to 4VEH for this album (he wrote most of the songs on that CD). Storly directed the whole project, and I did design and promotional materials (including making it available for online purchase - buy your copy of Louwe Bondje on Amazon.)

This new release has been a few years in the making, but it's now here! On Thursday, members of the Flamme Spirituelle choir were at the station, and asked Storly and I to step in to their meeting. Their prayer committee, finance committee, administrative committee and one of the sponsors for the CD had gathered to pray over their new CDs, asking that God be glorified, that He use their music to reach others, to change lives, to draw people to Himself. It's an absolute joy and a great honor for us - for me - to work together with this group of God-honoring, on-fire young men and women. 

This choir of young people comes out of Première Eglise Baptiste
du Cap-Haitien, our 'home' church in Haiti. 

They'd asked us to join them so they could thank us for getting this CD released, and it brought tears to my eyes. We just wanted to thank them for allowing us to be a part, and to congratulate and woo-hoo with them over their achievements in this fantastic CD. (Yeh, I know I'm biased. I first heard the title track Wa Wo when the choir performed for 4VEH's 60th Anniversary celebrations during a service in the city square in Cap. It was awesome. Encouragement since that time has helped them complete the CD, to the glory of God.)

If you're still reading, you might be wondering what Wa Wo means. It's an expression used when a child shares food with a grown-up, meaning 'you're going to grow up well'. The song's about putting your faith in Jesus and following Him, and He will make you 'grow up well'. 

The CD is on sale at $10 US. Profits support the choir and 4VEH ministry. If you'd like to buy one, let me know. Or watch this space for info on buying it online. (I still need to set that up!).