Haiti

As I mentioned earlier, Phil and I are heading to Haiti. We are going with a team of 16 others from our church. We leave on June 15th and will return June 24th. This is the second of 5 planned trips that our church will be making to this area this year. We will be staying in Port au Prince and traveling about an hour north, along the coast, each day to work in Arcahaie. Here, Pastor Rene Joseph has been able to purchase 80 acres of land that is being developed into a walled community to assist those displaced by the earthquake in the area. We will be partnering with Pastor Rene and Loving Hands Ministry in order to provide construction assistance and simply help meet the needs of the Haitian people. Check this out....

God has been working in our hearts for quite some time regarding missions, and we are so excited to take this step. Please be praying for us and our team as we are preparing for this trip. Pray for our safety as we travel to an unstable area, the courage to be completely open to how God will use us, and the strength to rely on God when Satan tries to interfere.

We have already seen some amazing answers to prayer specifically regarding our safety. One of our team members was eating dinner at a restaurant and telling her family about the trip. A man came to the table, apologized for eavesdropping, and asked if he had heard correctly that she was going to Haiti. She said yes, and he explained to her that he was an ambassador for Haiti. After the earthquake he was relocated to the States. He said he was more than willing to speak to our group to help us prepare. On top of this, he's close friends with the Chief of Police in Haiti. He gave her both his contact information and the Chief of Police's and asked to contact him if we had any trouble arise while there. Praise God! A real answer to prayer and some tangible sense of security!