Hi from the island.

Survivor: Yes, I am still here, they did not vote me off.

Weekend of prayer: Haitians by the hundreds of thousands from every corner in Haiti spent 3 days praying and thanking God. What a weekend. Friday and Saturday my nearly 20 teens went to a soccer field nearby from 6am to noon.

Something interesting happened as my boys were leaving Saturday. Those of you who have been to Haiti know that garbage is everywhere. One thing I teach my boys is that no matter what the rest of Haiti does, we are going to try to keep our home and mission trash free.

After the Saturday service of over 10,000 people finished, Altimae and my boys began to pick all the trash up from the soccer field. The pastor on stage grabbed the microphone and thanked them, and everyone joined in this effort. Isn't that neat?

Food getting around: Today as I went to pick up some tents in the city, I saw people carrying bags of rice on their head, and I mean thousands of people. The food is getting out, but there is still a great need for food in the villages we serve.

I did get 12 more tents, although it took about 8 hours, I do have them. Praise God.

Presidential Pardon: We have unofficial word that our President Renee Preval accepted Christ as his personal Savior this past Friday, then shared this at a mass rally, and asked the people to pray for him to lead. If this is true, watch out for Haiti. The Heavens might open up.

Victory: Our church service yesterday morning had, are you ready for this, drum roll please, 1300 people in the morning and 400 at the night service. Here is the exciting part. Ninety people came forward and gave their lives to Christ, having their names written down in the Lambs book of Life. How about that?

Included was the entire family of a man and wife who accepted Christ two weeks ago. Ironic thing is, they were big into voodoo and after the service they went home and smashed all their voodoo stuff. Roger visited today. Roger our assistant pastor was excited because growing up this woman was like a mom to him and he has prayed for her for years.

Grace Emmanuel School: Today we had English class for our teachers and kid's club for our students.

New Tent: One decision the board and I made was to hold off on the start of building our new church. It didn't seem proper with so many people homeless plus the Haitians are afraid to go into a building. A new, much larger tent has been purchased and is being sent. The new tent should hold well over 1000. Between two tents we feel we can seat 2000 people. God is moving.

Eyes: This Wednesday little Jovens, my blind boy, will be going for an eye appointment. A visiting Doctor said he thinks he has cataracts and that it is treatable, pray with us, will ya?


So much good news: Have you digested what you have just read? To me it is pretty remarkable. However, like Fox news, I need to be fair and balanced. Today I had a gut wrenching experience as I drove by the only American fast food restaurant in Haiti, Domino's Pizza and...................it crashed and is no more. A fat guy without pizza, does it get any worse than that? Sorry to leave you on this terrible note.

More: So much more to share but will stop to let you digest just how God is working here in Haiti. Take care, tominhaiti