Life is never dull in Haiti. We love January because of the constant winds and cooler temperatures. When it is 75 early in the morning and the wind is blowing...it is "jacket time" time in Haiti. Jeff Haight, from Indianapolis, joined us for a week. He is so flexible and willing to do whatever. Samaritan's Purse has moved their operation to the lower part of our property and across the bay. We now have our conference center back and of course we had lots of repairs and painting to get ready for groups to come back in. We've spent most of this month getting ready and on Jan 23rd the second John Maxwell Leadership Conference was launched. Tom Christopher headed this up this conference. Side note*** This same conference with Tom was in session when the earthquake struck in Jan 2010. It was the last conference we had here at GO property and what a blessing that it is the first one we've hosted since the quake. What a great group and the three days were so anointed by God.
The rest of Tom's team....his wife, two of his sisters and a friend Bill , have been going to the Cite of Reparatries each day. They are doing training for teachers and each afternoon they are holding a VBS for the children.
David is loading a container in Nashville on Saturday. He's been busy rounding up supplies to send to Haiti. I will be flying out on Sat. We will be teaching for a week at MOT in Tupelo before flying back to Haiti on the 14th of Feb.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Today marks the second anniversary of the 2010 Earthquake. The president declared it a holiday so our Haitian staff is off and businesses and schools are closed. Just talked with a missionary that decided to go to the Mass grave site...about 3 miles south of our compound...and be a part of the program the government was having there today. He said former Pres. Clinton was in attendance. I asked if there were lots of people and he said a "fair amount" but not overwhelming. He said that he was standing in the sun and it was just too hot to stay for the entire program. Can't imagine...HOT? It was 99 degrees here at 3 pm. Many many churches took this as a day of prayer for the country.
Last Sunday David preached at TiTanyen. It was such a Holy Spirit filled service. Even before the message the worship leader called people to repentance and renewal. As David gave his invitation there were 3 people that accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Again the altar was full ...people praying and weeping before the Lord. The service lasted four hours but not sure anyone noticed the time. What a sweet time of being in His presence.
Yesterday we received a phone call from our daughter saying that her mother-in-law had passed away suddenly. Please be in prayer for Mike and the entire Hamilton family. David flew to the US late yesterday afternoon to be with the family during these difficult days.
Last Sunday David preached at TiTanyen. It was such a Holy Spirit filled service. Even before the message the worship leader called people to repentance and renewal. As David gave his invitation there were 3 people that accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Again the altar was full ...people praying and weeping before the Lord. The service lasted four hours but not sure anyone noticed the time. What a sweet time of being in His presence.
Yesterday we received a phone call from our daughter saying that her mother-in-law had passed away suddenly. Please be in prayer for Mike and the entire Hamilton family. David flew to the US late yesterday afternoon to be with the family during these difficult days.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012
A NEW YEAR !!! Praise the Lord.
We ended up being able to give out over 900 Christmas bags with children in our area. God seem to multiply the items we had to share. Such a joy to see the delight in the eyes of the children.
It has been an interesting time for us on the compound during the holiday season. We have been challenged again on the property ....this is the 7th time. Always have proved it is ours. Only in Haiti could this happen. We know it is an attack of satan however situations like this are very good for our prayer life. We have confidence and trust in the Lord and we have been at peace the entire time. Only He can give us this kind of peace.
Samaritan's Purse has moved most of their operation to another part of the island that had the most damage during the earthquake. They are keeping a presence on our compound....on about 4 acres in the front of the property. They haven't completed all their move yet but most of it. Now we can get back to our ministry of training Haitian pastors, teachers, youth groups, etc. It's been two years since we've had a place to bring in our conferences. Our first conference will be a John Maxwell Leadership Conf. that will begin on Jan 23rd. This will be headed up by Tom Christopher from Danville, KY.
We are gearing up for a very busy team season. We are thrilled people continue to want to come and serve the Haitian people.
We ended up being able to give out over 900 Christmas bags with children in our area. God seem to multiply the items we had to share. Such a joy to see the delight in the eyes of the children.
It has been an interesting time for us on the compound during the holiday season. We have been challenged again on the property ....this is the 7th time. Always have proved it is ours. Only in Haiti could this happen. We know it is an attack of satan however situations like this are very good for our prayer life. We have confidence and trust in the Lord and we have been at peace the entire time. Only He can give us this kind of peace.
Samaritan's Purse has moved most of their operation to another part of the island that had the most damage during the earthquake. They are keeping a presence on our compound....on about 4 acres in the front of the property. They haven't completed all their move yet but most of it. Now we can get back to our ministry of training Haitian pastors, teachers, youth groups, etc. It's been two years since we've had a place to bring in our conferences. Our first conference will be a John Maxwell Leadership Conf. that will begin on Jan 23rd. This will be headed up by Tom Christopher from Danville, KY.
We are gearing up for a very busy team season. We are thrilled people continue to want to come and serve the Haitian people.
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