Hi from Haiti,

Today was an incredible morning for us. As we arrived at our mission, hundreds of people lined the street walking to church. An hour before church, our “tent church” was full. Something that we just realized today is that we may be the only church in Haiti that people don't have to worry about falling on them.

Many churches are damaged and will be torn down including the beautiful church we rented for 4 years. People are afraid to enter the remaining churches, as the tremors are still coming. Over 100 tremors since Tuesday's quake.

In church we did a special tribute for the noble people that Haiti has lost, including 15 from our church. The relatives of each person came to the front, and of course in a very emotional time, gave their deceased loved one’s name, and shared about them and how they died.

We then did some worship and had testimony time. We had over 30 testimonies of people whose lives were spared. It was a very exciting time with lots of clapping. Roger and I each spoke about the situation and we ended with all of our nearly 600 people going to the middle of the yard, forming in a big circle and praying for Port-au-Prince. It was a remarkable morning.

On the way home, we again stopped and gave fresh, cold water for over 50 men working in the garbage dump, taking what they could from the debris brought from town. The one bright spot, if you can say it this way, is that these men will benefit greatly from the steel they will sell. We plan on bringing them water every single day, even as the cost of water has already doubled from pre-Tuesday prices.

A real God-thing happened. We have run out of emergency cash and this morning some doctors flying in near us were supposed to bring us cash from our quake fund. I went where they were supposed to be, but they had not made it in. As we were headed home, I saw them coming on a bus. We did a u-turn, stopped the bus, and received our cash plus a satellite phone.

First thing tomorrow morning, we will begin to care for hundreds of families in our villages, with food and money. I can't wait.

I could go on for an hour sharing what God is doing and how we are impacting these folks. Yesterday I saw a man with some little kids, I went and introduced myself, and saw his house and met his family. I never once mentioned God, or church. Today, this man and his family were sitting in church. You see, I didn't need to talk about church, I needed to BE the church, and that is what I did.

Before church, I was standing on our property line with my foot on the fence. I was looking over the water at Port-au-Prince. I saw the lines of hundreds on the road to my left coming to our mission. I looked behind me at a church filling with people. Tears began to well in my eyes. An incredible feeling of responsibility came over me. And for a brief moment, just a brief moment, I thought "I wonder if this is how Moses felt the day before he lead the Jewish nation out of Egypt".

Not comparing myself to Moses but, had a “Moses moment”. A moment of feeling overwhelmed for what is ahead, a feeling of "God, I can't do this but with your help, I will give it my best shot". I am ready to lead. Pray for the upcoming days, weeks and months.

This week will lead to many, many challenges- challenges we accept. We accept them on behalf of a people who have been beat, battered and knocked down for the past few years, but continue to fight on. We are fighting with them with your help. Thank you.

tominhaiti