Why Haiti?
That’s the same question I asked God when he put this little country on my heart earlier this year. Of all the places in the world he could have called me, why Haiti? Sure I had heard of Haiti, knew about the earthquake, but what could I do?
I decided to follow God’s instruction (always a good idea) and went to Haiti in May of 2010. While I was there I came to full realization why God has put this country on my heart. It is a country that has been devastated by civil war, natural disasters, and the spiritual grip of voodoo for many years. A country rife with a poverty that I had never before experienced and a people that seemed resigned that life had simply dealt them a bad hand. It is also a country that is in desperate need of the hope and love that only God can provide and a people that are searching for just that.
He is calling me to go there again and show that there is more, that God has not forgotten them. My prayer is that when 8 strangers from America show up to build a house for two families we don’t even know that we will be asked “why”. Then we can tell them that God sent us to show them that He loves and cares for them and that even though their situation looks impossible - nothing is impossible for God.
The scripture that God has put on my heart for the Haitian people is Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I would appreciate your prayers for me and my team as we travel to Haiti to show them there is hope and that God has a plan for each and every one of them.
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