Hi from Haiti Wednesday morning



I trust you all had a great Holy weekend as we celebrated what God did for us. As has become the new normal, we have been very busy. Here is an update:

Easter Weekend: We had a 4 service weekend which drew over 3000 people to our mission. Friday night was our biggest crowd as we showed the movie "the Passion of the Christ", followed by a Saturday service, Easter Sunday morning and a wonderful time Sunday night of praise and worship, special music and a drama. It was a wonderful 16 hours or so of honoring our Lord. Sunday morning during an alter call for prayer, 2 young women became demon possessed and we dealt with that during the service. This freaks some people out, but not me. I am thrilled that these women come and can gain Victory, at Victory Bible church. This is one of the reasons we exist

The Lighthouse: Our new Children's Home is doing really well. Our director Anderson and wife Mona are really bonding with these kids and becoming their parents, real quick. They still attend their old church but on Sunday morning we pick the kids up to go with us. Last Sunday we were really late and Anderson called me and said "Hey, where are my kids?"

New Guest house: This past week we rented a house, just a couple blocks from our mission home. This new guest house is where YOU will stay when you come. It is set up so that, when mission teams visit, their funds will pay the rent and for the total operation of the property. Ministry funds will not be used for this house. It is a huge, beautiful place and you will love it.

Our first team, from Kings Baptist in Florida came Monday and these 20 folks are staying there. They brought 40 suitcases of stuff to help stock the house with everything from dishes and toasters to plumbing and such. This house will allow us to have more visitors, larger groups without disrupting life for the houseful that I have.

The really neat thing is, they can walk across the street to the Lighthouse and hang with our kids. Or they can hang out at our house with our boys or be at their guest house. They eat breakfast at home, lunch on the road and supper at my home, with our family. This is working out really, really great.

Please contact Linda Neal at heart4haiti@gmail.com and set up a trip to come see and assist in what God is doing here, in Haiti.

No April fools: Thank you for the nearly 200 emails I received, all but 2 being very supportive of this fun thing. To the 2, and probably more that did not complain, I do apologize if I offended you. I was told by one dear supporter that they would not support me any longer because I wasted 10 minutes of their life and they would find a missionary that was more trustworthy.

That hurts to know that I offended anyone, certainly not the intent. I guess the only downside I see of a yearly April fool's joke is.............if I were to die on this day, and you got an email saying this, there would be a lot of chuckles and "yeah right, good one".

Grace Emmanuel School: Our school has been up and running and we are excited to get things back to as-normal-as-possible under the current conditions of Haiti.

Water, water everywhere: We are within hours of having clean, fresh water at our mission, as much as we want. A wonderful group of folks from Touch Global are working on piping the water from our well to a 1000 gallon tank, then hooking up a solar pump as well as a filtering system. We are hoping and praying to have our own water for church this weekend. What a blessing from God and we are so thankful. You just don't know what water will mean to us.

120 and counting: As I type this, I am in my final 120 hours before getting a break in the Queen City of Cincinnati, Ohio, with my daughter, son-in-law and grand kids. I have lots to do to prepare but feel really good about where my staff is and their ability to keep this going while I am gone. If anything, I am worried they might not need me back.

My grand kids are very excited, asking everyday if "today is the day". Will someone alert Burger King to buy some extra beef for the next couple weeks?

New Roads: We are so excited that the folks at the dump are eating a hot meal every day. Okay, not every day, twice we have had a glitch in our system of getting them supplies but we provided them with MRE's or sandwiches so they have not missed a meal, since we started this program last month.

Your support: I so wish I could write every one of you to thank you for your continued support. We could not do ministry so effectively without your sacrificial giving. People are hearing the gospel daily, disciples are being made daily and over 500 people are eating every day, people who can't care for themselves.................are being cared for by God, via you. Thank you on their behalf.

Closing: That's it, a partial report of a very busy time. Thank you for your prayers. My ribs are feeling much better this morning for the first time since I injured them. Looks like the grand kids might get their jungle gym after all. Keep the emails coming, even if I don't get to answer them all, I so enjoy your humor, your love and your wonderful words of encouragement. ASSIGNMENT: I would like to know how many states receive my email so, send me an email, putting your state in the subject line and I will give you update on how many states I heard from. Also, if you are out of the country, that would be a bonus to know what other countries are connected to us. I am waiting.

tominhaiti