Quite a different Sunday...

Ruthie and Andrew arrived today, and it was great to see them again.  They both bring lots of joy and laughter to the team.  

Today we were taken into the capital of Port a Prince which is where the brunt of the earthquake was.  We can't put into words the disaster there, and it was overwhelming the needs of the people.  Tent cities are everywhere. We saw many US military units there helping out.  To be honest, we all felt helpless in the situation.   We walked and prayed over the city, and the Lord opened doors for us to lay hands on people and pray.  We need to remind ourselves that prayer is the most effecitve way to reach hurting people, even if it is tough because we may not see the immediate fruit.  We then went to visit a childrens orphange.  It was amazing to see saints reaching out to these kids. Loads of tents were alll over the place, which provided housing for the many volunteers.  One cool thing the Lord spoke to Tim was through a small garden in the orpahnage.   Haiti is dry, barren, and dusty.  Amongst it all, there is this small fertile garden with dark soil and green shoots coming up at that orphange.  Tim felt that God was sepaking that despite the barren situation, there is hope in God.  There is refreshment in His love for the Haitian people.  

This evening we have church. Last night we went out in groups into the city and handed out invitations.  It was extremely difficult to walk around because there is literally no lights lighting the streets. The people were warm and welcoming to our invitations, and we were able to lay hands and pray over people.  Brad has managed to become the 2^nd in command of the kitchen here, pray for him because with all the people coming through that is a HUGE job.  He is doing a great job as always. Wayne has been able to put his skills to work and helped yesterday doing some practical manual help in the YWAM clinic that has been set up.  Jesse and Tim were involved all morning with a think tank strategizing and planning for the future, in particular for the development of the 3 tent cities that YWAM here will be establishing.  We are actually helping to plan and figure out the practical side of things when it comes to choosen the land for the camps.  A little out of our league, but we trust God will give us the wisdom we need.  Amongst all, it seems that the tent cities is the biggest need rite now.  They do not exist yet, but YWAM Haiti wants them put up as soon as they find land.  As you can imagine, there is so much that goes into that type of project.  Pray for us all as we plan out things.  YWAM Haiti has been so open to ask for wisdom and advice from us  and other people.  They are truly humble people. 

Keep Jesse in your prayers as he is feeling a bit sick.  Well, I think that is all for now.  Thank you all for your prayers!