Hi from Haiti,

Yesterday I did something I had never done (no smarties, not showered) I drove west of Port-au-Prince. For the first few years in Haiti I did not have dependable transportation. Then the kidnappings took over for 3 years and for the past year I have been too busy.

Yesterday I took Matthew and Jovens to see an eye doctor a couple hours away, on the west side of Por-au-Prince with the boys. As you remember Matthew cut his eye two years ago and has had two surgeries but still blurred vision in the eye. Jovens is blind.

The trip took us through down town Port-au-Prince and through Carrefour which is where the center of the earth quake hit. Wow was everything in shambles. It was a very interesting trip and I had a great time with Matthew, Berthony, Georgie, Jovens and our security man, Mark.

At one point we saw a line nearly 2 miles long of women waiting for a bag of rice. Marines were stationed every so often to keep the men at bay. I know many of you are teachers and so I have a problem for your class to figure for me. How many women could stand in a line 2 miles long, if each woman took up 15 inches of space? I await the answer.

The paved road on this trip was cracked and broken in many places. At one point I drove over a 3 foot wide crack I didn't see.

We arrived at a Christian community mission called Christianville. An American doctor checked Matthew's vision and thought if he were fitted with a contact lens, that would clear up the blurry vision and he can do that in two weeks and order the lens. Matthew could have full sight restored within a month or so. Please pray that way. NOT ONE time has Matthew complained or thought it was a problem that he could only see with one eye. I have prayed many times for God to take the sight from my eye and restore Matthew's vision, if that was the only way for him to see.

Then it was time for Jovens. A doctor had visited us and given us hope for what he saw. That hope was drained out yesterday as the doctor explained that some form of glaucoma had stretched his eyes so badly that he would never see, short a miracle. It would have had to have been repaired the first 6 months of his life.

As I looked at Jovens, tears just started to roll down my face, thinking that this boy would never see, unless God intervened. We don't know the future of Jovens, or if his mom will want him back or want him with me, but, we know who holds the future, and we trust HIM.

The ride home was a great time as we listened to praise music, and even stopped by the ocean for some fresh cooked Griot, or fired pork and plantains. And a coke of course.

Today we have our first group arriving around noon, 15 brave souls from Minnesota. Their mission they say is to serve us, build bunk beds and continue our mission of sharing the gospel with these wonderful people of Haiti.

I ask that you continue to pray for Haiti and the spiritual awakening that we see. I told our staff Tuesday that at some point, the momentum will fade. If anyone thinks that the old crusty general Satan is going to hand over his country without a fight, they are not thinking right. As we plan our strategy, you can bet there are staff meetings in hell to stop what has started in Haiti, for God. We prepare for the onslaught and although we know every battle has casualties, we have read the end of the story; we know we win, so we press on.

Much more exciting news on the horizon but I will close for now. Keep us in your prayers. Thank you for your support of our general fund needed to run this mission, and the extra for the relief fund, which is still making a difference, every day in the lives of these wonderful people. God bless you folks and keep being Jesus in your neck of the woods will ya? tominhaiti


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