SIS, HOW DID YOU GET HERE !?

Hello Vision Radicale Family,

I would like to share a brief introduction about myself and the birth of this vision with you.

My name is Elcie Jean Baptiste, I am of Haitian origin and I am currently residing in Canada. Growing up, I was raised in a Christ-centered home in the city of Port-de-paix. From my childhood, I can vividly remember my grandmother taking me with her around for all-night prayers (I'm talking six P.M. to six A.M. programs with midnight prayers on the streets), mission trips where we would be singing and praying throughout the entire travel period and all-white fasting programs climbing steep mountains for prayer. Until this day, I remember the presence of God on the woman who spearheaded the church we attended, her name was Soeur Tony. When she entered the room, there was a shift; when she sang, evil spirits manifested and when she walked past individuals, they fell under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. I never spoke it out loud, but I remember between the age of 8-12, a strong desire began to grow in my heart: "When I grow up, I want to be like her".

"The people saw the power, but now I have come to understand it is because she paid the price in the secret place"

I did not fully understand at the time what it was but she carried something that I one day also wanted to carry - now I know that thing was the Spirit of God. It was the sweet incense of the presence of God; it was the results of deep moments of intimacy with God that the congregation never saw. In the church of Eglise Baptiste Nouvelle de Deliverance, every time Soeur Tony ministered, the glory of God was tangible. The people saw the power, but now I have come to understand it is because she paid the price in the secret place.

Although I grew up walking in faith, I spent my teenage years after coming to Canada not truly understanding what God had placed inside of me which need(ed)s to be birthed on earth, so I lived a lukewarm life of having the knowledge of God, but not knowing God.

La Croix, Haiti, 2015

I truly encountered the love of God and began to grow in my relationship with Jesus Christ during the summer of 2018, right before entering my fourth year of university. I was learning to give up and unlearn every habit I thought was beneficial to me while also growing an appetite for the things that please God. I began to experience what it meant to willingly separate and consecrate oneself unto God. I'm telling you guys, it was painful, it was uncomfortable, it was scary, it was uncertain, it felt like a storm of disruption overtook everything I thought I knew, and it was here to establish itself. It felt like a switch went off in my life and I kept losing and losing, yet I knew I was also gaining. Friendships, relationships, and financial stability were all pulled from under me, and I had no one and nothing to depend on but God.

On April 3, 2019, I got called into my work office at the time and was let go for no definitive reason. During that month, I was also finalizing my Undergraduate degree at Carleton University, which means there was no more school loan or grant to help support me financially, and now that my part-time job was also firing me, the bills I had to pay and the overdraft balance I was seeing in my account were not making sense boo! I began to desperately look for jobs and kept coming up with nothing. As I waited for my last paycheque to come from the job that let me go, I was now over one week into the month of April with my rent unpaid, I came home every night paranoid that I would find a notice of eviction waiting for me at the door. I envisioned myself pushing a cart in the city of Ottawa like the homeless people I had seen in movies because in my mind I was already homeless.

I began to bus two hours to a beauty store every now and then to braid people's hair, so I could make $70 or $80 simply to be able to eat and have transportation when I needed to go somewhere. I eventually got to the point where I had to call Ontario Works to ask for financial support, and the little they provided was not even sufficient to cover a decent room rental in Ottawa.

Feb, 2021 image by Ataisi Iris Photography

It was during that season that I decided to intentionally seek God and was determined to start a business out of nothing. I began to trust God for resources and I found someone who was giving student discounts to create logos for students, and so I got a logo made for what I believed would soon become my Sunglasses online store. I wrote down my detailed business plan, researched everything I would need to launch, and forwarded a document to my family members and close friends asking for financial support to help me launch. Then BAM! Mrs. Ronavirus came and my Sunglasses business seemed pointless to me at this point. From 2020, I've been staring at samples of the cases, and wondering God where do we go from here? And I remembered one of my friends I had shared the vision with telling me "I don't know what it is, but this is more than just a Sunglasses business".

I could not put my finger on what she was discerning in the spirit until November 30th, 2021 at midnight I heard God tell me clearly "Vision Radicale is a Ministry". From that point on, God just kept dropping ideas on my heart and after I wrote them down, He also sent many people to confirm His word concerning this vision. I am excited to finally be sharing it with the world. As the Chief Operating Officer of this platform, I cannot promise you of all that is to come with it, however, I can promise that I will be executing every order that I do receive from the Chief Executive Officer - AKA the Holy Spirit.

I share my story that you may be encouraged to give birth to what God has placed on the inside of you no matter how small it starts. Give yourself time, trust in the God who created you, and rely on Him for every part of the vision He has given you. When the appointed time comes for your release, even hell cannot hold back God's plan for your life. Your part is simply to submit under the leadership of God's Holy Spirit, and obey His directions. As you do so, every step you take will prosper.

With love,

Elcie