ACTS 29

30, 60 and even 100 fold...

 "And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."   Mark 4:20

That scripture came to mind as I watched 60 women surround our Texas team with prayer. After the two ladies from Texas prayed over every single woman, then the tables were turned and the Haitian women prayed over them. Wow! It was awesome! A sixty fold increase! To see and hear 60 women singing and praying over these ladies will be in my mind forever. After it was all done and I was walking our American team to the truck, and I asked one of the ladies that taught how she was feeling. She simply looked into the sky and said "I'm a wreck". That is probably about the only word that could describe what happened back there with those women. The Holy Spirit shows up and all of a sudden...your'e a wreck. After that meeting, nobody will ever be the same.

Widows Care Package in Sophie

This month we picked 20 new widows for our Widows Care Packages. Last month the Mayor of Cabaret was able to send 20 widows to our office. But this time we decided we should stay true to our idea of being "decentralized" and take the packages to them. So we loaded up the truck and our first stop was Sophie. In each tub we had rice, flour, corn meal, spaghetti, vegetable oil, cooking spices, towels, utensils, soap, shampoo, Tylenol, vitamins, toothpaste, lotion, band-aids and flashlights. As always we not only gave them natural food, but spiritual as well. The Gospel is good news to anyone who hears it. Please keep our widows in prayer as things in Haiti are getting more difficult and expensive. I believe our care packages give them and their families hope.

NEVER TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT

You'd think I would have figured it out by now. Obessa is the smallest village we go to.  I've been to this village over one hundred times.  In my mind, I'm preparing for 50 or less children when we do a kids club.  But on this day, we show up and lo and behold -- 88 children came!  If you asked me I'd tell you I didn't think there were 88 children in the whole village.  This was a GREAT kids club!  We laughed, we sweated and most importantly we talked about Jesus.

A great part of this trip was afterward when we were able to drive the truck into the river and wash off all the mud.  It's a great blessing when you're unable to detect the color of your truck!

Thanks to ALL for helping us to be here!!!!

Don

WHAT IS THEIR PROBLEM??

At first glance, it looks like our Texas team had bad Haitian food. But on this day they're doing a skit for the children in Sofie.  Haitian culture is a very visual one.  Just opening up your bible and reading scripture doesn't work, so in every village we do a skit, drama or a fun song to get our point across.  In this skit, they were showing that Jesus heals us physically and spiritually.

To he who the Son sets free is free indeed.  Thanks to everyone who helps us preach, teach and ... act in the nation of Haiti.

Dedication of New Church

Ten years ago I helped a young man named Israel from the village of Titanyen go to school.  Little did I know that this connection would come back around in 2010. On the backside of the village Arcahaie, Israel planted a brand new church.  I took the Texas team to this tarp covered dwelling packed out with new believers.  I had no idea that I would be the one dedicating it during their first service that day. (Welcome to Haiti!) I later learned there were no churches in that area and the majority of people in that area practice voodoo so I am excited to see what God does.

It has been my honor to watch a wonderful young man bring the good news of Jesus Christ to his part of the nation of Haiti.

...and a side note ... I'm thankful for the Texas team for their "spirit of flexibility" during an 4 hour service that was still going when we left!!

200 Teens on the Side of a Mountain

I couldn't believe my eyes.  After we set up for Youth Ministry in the village of Germain, I had to take care of business in another part of the village.  When I returned, there were over two hundred young people gathered around our Haitian team.The music was blaring and the people were dancing.  After two hours of ministry, we packed up just in time before a tropical storm hit.  You could see sheets of rain coming down the mountain.  One of my best memories is hearing everyone talking about Acts 29.  These types of meetings are a perfect set up for successful crusades that we will be having on in this village later this fall.

As you can see, this was done on two 5 inch speakers.  A portable sound system is essential in reaching more villages like this. Hey...it is a big mountain!

Anything that moves

I just got home from a great trip. I was joined by a team from Alpine, TX.  After several unexplained flight delays and a few "bumps in the road" by the end of the trip everyone was excited about what took place. It's tough being without internet access for two weeks, but one of the highlights was the women's meeting we had in Casale.  As one of the ladies on our team was preparing to speak, she asked me for direction and my response was "to pray for anything that moves."  We started out the meeting in one of the school rooms but had expanded out into the school yard because there were so many women who came out for prayer!  It was wonderful!!

Everything is in place for the sewing business to begin for these women next month and they are truly grateful for what you have done for them.  Stay tuned for more ...

To go up...you must go down

Jesus said to be great, you have to serve. To live, you have to die. To go up, you must go down. I take that last line seriously. Because everytime I go up in an airplane, my body wants to go down and take a nap. This picture is very typical of me on an airplane. But I can promise you that when we land in Port-Au-Prince, the sleeping is over as the airport is crazy!

 We will have a team from Texas called Texas Wildfire Ministries. Wow, I like that name. Bring the FIRE!

 Keep us in prayer everyday so we can make this trip a success.

Little Dana

The disaster that hit Haiti this year was...and is, a particularly cruel one. But I guess they all are. One of tragedies of the earthquake is the amount of orphans the disaster left behind. Because Titanyen is the first village out of Port-Au-Prince, many are dropped off on the road to be cared for by anyone who can pick them up. One of these orphans is a little girl we named "Little Dana". Dana is being taken care of by Vercilee, who we have helped with housing for the last couple years. Vercilee is very poor and I would have thought she would be the least of people who would want to take on another mouth to feed. But she was so thankful to God for her little one room house that she took Little Dana home. I will be adding Vercilee to our Widows Care Packages so she can have some relief in taking care of her and her now expanded family.

Pray for us as we leave on Tuesday to feed the poor, clothe the naked, preach the Gospel...and take care of the "Little Dana's".

A date with 62 women

 Near the end of where the road meets the river is the village of Casale. I'm really not even sure how I met a woman named Marymilion...??? But none the less she invited to me to her woman's'group. When I arrived I felt an instant connection. These ladies would get together twice a week and study the bible, pray and discuss how to make their village and families better. Two months ago an idea was was brought forth to help them start a business. Over the last few week we have made great progress as we are beginning a sewing business. I would love to call it by the acronyms A.C.T.S. So if anyone has any ideas, email me and let me know.