It’s Monday, March 25th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Boston pastor’s family trapped in Haiti amid violence and civil unrest
A pastor from Boston is trying to evacuate his family from Haiti in the midst of chaotic civil unrest, reports The Christian Post.
Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint has two sisters and 10 nieces and nephews who have been unable to escape from Haiti amid an increase in violence that has led to thousands being displaced from their homes in recent weeks.
He talked with NBC10 Boston.
FLEURISSAINT: “No one is safe in Haiti. God is the only protection they have. They’re afraid even just to come to the phone and speak with me. It’s much better for them to send me a text or WhatsApp.”
Fleurissaint, who runs a nonprofit charity that helps Haitians, said that he has tried for over a year to get his family into America.
On Friday, March 8th, gangs launched a coordinated, large-scale attack on government buildings in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
A source, who spoke with ABC News, reports that various gangs targeted different buildings, including the Presidential Palace, the Interior Ministry, and a police headquarters. This resulted in gangs and police engaging in gun battles, sending civilians fleeing the area.
The Presidential Palace hasn’t been occupied since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
The recent uptick in violence began after armed groups conducted raids on two of the country’s largest prisons, freeing thousands of inmates. Port-au-Prince is under a complete state of emergency.
When Pastor Fleurissaint was last on the phone with his relatives in Haiti, he heard gun shots in the background.
FLEURISSAINT: “I was very terrified by that situation. The shootings were happening. It’s a very sad situation, but knowing that I can’t do much at this point, all I have to do is just to have faith and continue to pray.”
Psalm 82:4 contains a prayer you can pray for the vulnerable right now in Haiti. “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Muslim massacre in Russian concert hall claims 133 lives
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Those are the sounds of gun shots by Muslim terrorists this past Friday night inside a packed Moscow concert hall, armed with guns and incendiary devices, as they opened fire at random during a Picnic concert, killing 133 people and injuring hundreds more, reports CNN.
Panicked eyewitnesses captured on video the exact moment that Muslim gunmen, dressed in camouflage fatigues and carrying automatic weapons, started shooting indiscriminately. Then, the attackers doused the building in chemicals and threw a Molotov cocktail. One eyewitness said, “Everything was set on fire.”
The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denied any involvement. U.S. intelligence officials confirmed the claim by the Islamic group.
Thus far, 11 people have been arrested.
The assault came two weeks after the U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a notice urging Americans to avoid crowded places in view of “imminent” plans by extremists to target large Moscow gatherings, including concerts, reports the Associated Press.
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention the Islamic State in his speech to the nation. Zelenskyy accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely linking Ukraine to the assault to stoke fervor for Russia’s war in Ukraine, which recently entered its third year.
The Russian concert massacre is one of the worst terrorist acts in Russia’s modern history, surpassing the casualty number of the hostage crisis at Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater in 2002, where 130 people died.
GOP House bill funds late-term abortions and “gay” garden parties
The massive spending bill presented by House Republican leaders is filled with millions of dollars in funding for homosexual groups — including $845,000 for homosexual garden parties and art shows in Colorado, reports Christian talk show host Todd Starnes.
The House Freedom Caucus is urging all Republican lawmakers to reject the bill.
The conservative Republicans also uncovered millions of dollars to fund late-term abortions in several New England states.
The House Freedom Caucus asked, “Is Pelosi in charge?”
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas spoke from the floor of the House.
ROY: “Anyone who votes for this bill today will be supporting $156,000 for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, $2 million in Oregon clinic that provides hormone therapy for kids, $850,000 for gay senior housing in Massachusetts, $400,000 for the Briar Patch Youth Services in Wisconsin that has gender-affirming clothing program for kids 13 to 18, $400,000 to the Garden State of quality education fund which helps minors transition genders, promote biological boys playing girls sports, and using the same restrooms.
“How about the million dollars for the inner city Muslim network which calls for the destruction of Israel? My Republican colleagues, who will campaign against it all year — they will, they’re voting to fund it today, unless they choose the right path and vote against it. This is The Swamp acting what it does: Have government funding expire on the Friday before a two-week recess, heading into Easter, so that the American people are the ones left holding the bag.”
Todd Starnes rightly proclaimed, “If Colorado gays want to host garden parties, they can buy their pansies and Cosmopolitans with their own credit cards.”
School bus driver saves kids before it’s engulfed in flames
And finally, a Louisiana school bus driver is being hailed a hero after rescuing children just moments before her bus caught fire.
Kia Rousseve, age 28, saved nine children the morning of March 13. She told Good Morning America her quick-thinking actions came after the bus started acting strangely.
ROUSSEVE: “The bus started acting crazy and started jerking and going real, real slow.”
She immediately pulled over — and that’s when she realized something was very wrong. A bystander ran over to tell her about flames coming from the bus.
ROUSSEVE: “I have a child, so I treated them kids like they were my own child. We could have lost our lives. That’s what I’ve been thinking about every time I’m looking at the pictures and while my seat was the first thing that caught on fire.”
Rousseve said, “I’m just happy and glad that God was with me and I got the kids off the bus and got myself off the bus.”
Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.”
ROUSSEVE: “I was just glad that I was being a hero to the kids and being a hero to myself by getting them off the bus real quickly.”
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